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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: Atlantic Trader on November 19, 2013, 07:48:16 PM

Title: Trying to ID saw mill
Post by: Atlantic Trader on November 19, 2013, 07:48:16 PM
A friend was telling me about a rotary mill he bought many years ago in Ohio or Penn I believe. iam trying to find out who made this mill. He resold it and cant remember the name?

He said it a rotary with a 36" and it had a 16-20 ft carriage and it had the blade fixed in the middle with the carriage with a slot that passed on either side of the blade? Oh yes and it was portable on a trailer axle factory built.

Any idea what this may be?
Title: Re: Trying to ID saw mill
Post by: bandmiller2 on November 19, 2013, 08:35:10 PM
Trader,it could possibly be a Jackson lumber harvestor,not really much information to go on. Frank C.
Title: Re: Trying to ID saw mill
Post by: Ron Wenrich on November 20, 2013, 06:07:44 AM
The Jackson portable run on bearings instead of a set of tracks.  I ran one for a good number of years.  Meadows also makes portable circle mills.
Title: Re: Trying to ID saw mill
Post by: bandmiller2 on November 20, 2013, 04:20:28 PM
Ron, is that ride on the carriage Jackson hard on the sawyers back, don't you have to reach over to turn and dog the logs and cants.?? Frank C.
Title: Re: Trying to ID saw mill
Post by: Atlantic Trader on November 21, 2013, 09:05:11 PM
Thanks guys for the info, i will try and see if my friend has any pictures of his old mill, or if he can remember what make it was.