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Title: new from michigan
Post by: michiganmilkman on April 12, 2015, 03:02:41 PM
hello. my name is rob. im from the thumb area of michigan. the sawdust bug bite me a few years ago and ive been planing on building a mill ever sence. so far ive bought the plans from procut to make the chainsaw mill. I think that it should work for the time being. my interest would be to make lumber that would be used for my dairy farm. thanks for reading Rob
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Magicman on April 12, 2015, 04:06:40 PM
Hello michiganmilkman, and Welcome to the Forestry Forum.   :)
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on April 12, 2015, 04:32:29 PM
Welcome Milkman. Now you're one of us. :D
Good luck with your sawmill journey.
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: thechknhwk on April 12, 2015, 04:36:10 PM
Howdy from the middle of the mitten :)
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Jeff on April 12, 2015, 05:02:16 PM
Howdy, from around the base of the middle finger. ;) :)
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on April 12, 2015, 06:28:55 PM
Quote from: Jeff on April 12, 2015, 05:02:16 PM
Howdy, from around the base of the middle finger. ;) :)

:o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: buzywoodliff on April 12, 2015, 06:33:54 PM
Howdy
Howdy
From lower palm
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: samandothers on April 12, 2015, 06:37:55 PM
Welcome from no where in Michigan, but welcome all the same!
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Jeff on April 12, 2015, 06:56:00 PM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on April 12, 2015, 06:28:55 PM
Quote from: Jeff on April 12, 2015, 05:02:16 PM
Howdy, from around the base of the middle finger. ;) :)

:o :o :o :o :o

You have a negative mind. ;)  If you hold up your right hand, and look at the palm side, that is your Lower Michigan map.  Harrison is about where the base of your middle finger would be.
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: leot on April 12, 2015, 07:30:56 PM
Hello from the East side of the Thumb
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: jmouton on April 12, 2015, 08:29:15 PM
welcome  milkman,   from  the  motor city    suburbs 


                                                                                                                   jim
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Jeff on April 12, 2015, 08:42:13 PM
It always amazes me every year that we have more people from Georgia and Florida that come to the pigroast than Michigan.
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: red oaks lumber on April 12, 2015, 08:43:41 PM
welcome milkman  from the velveeta  state  :D :D
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on April 12, 2015, 08:58:04 PM
Quote from: Jeff on April 12, 2015, 08:42:13 PM
It always amazes me every year that we have more people from Georgia and Florida that come to the pigroast than Michigan.

I did not know that. Another Pig Roast fact.  :)
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: dean herring on April 12, 2015, 09:13:46 PM
Welcome from North Louisiana. I to got bit by that same bug. Working on mill shed now and trying to decide on which mill. Which one are you looking at. Keep us posted on your progress
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Magicman on April 12, 2015, 09:38:09 PM
Quote from: Jeff on April 12, 2015, 08:42:13 PM
It always amazes me every year that we have more people from Georgia and Florida that come to the pigroast than Michigan.
Some of um talks funny.   :D
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: michiganmilkman on April 12, 2015, 10:06:01 PM
thanks for the welcome everyone. I just purchased my milling saw last Wednesday. I got a ms880 with a 36 and a 59 inch bar.
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on April 12, 2015, 10:24:42 PM
Quote from: Magicman on April 12, 2015, 09:38:09 PM
Quote from: Jeff on April 12, 2015, 08:42:13 PM
It always amazes me every year that we have more people from Georgia and Florida that come to the pigroast than Michigan.
Some of um talks funny.   :D

:D :D :D
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: 5quarter on April 13, 2015, 01:01:05 AM
milk man... That's a heckuva saw. My friend has one that I run occasionally. That brute can pull through some big wood!
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: dgdrls on April 13, 2015, 05:57:39 AM
Welcome aboard
you're really going to enjoy the site
Bunch of great folks.

DGDrls
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Chuck White on April 13, 2015, 06:51:11 AM
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, michiganmilkman.
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Finn1903 on April 13, 2015, 11:43:13 AM
Welcome to the forum!

Quote from: Jeff on April 12, 2015, 05:02:16 PM
Howdy, from around the base of the middle finger. ;) :)

You guys are from da land of trolls. (below The Bridge, the Mackinaw Bridge that is, for those outside of the region or from Port Huron/Saginaw)
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: WmFritz on April 13, 2015, 01:14:20 PM
Welcome milkman.


Quote from: Finn1903 on April 13, 2015, 11:43:13 AM

You guys are from da land of trolls. (below The Bridge, the Mackinaw Bridge that is, for those outside of the region or from Port Huron/Saginaw)



Yup, we be Trolls.
Another bit of trivia is a good amount of  Yoopers  are Finnlanders.  ;)
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: michiganmilkman on April 13, 2015, 02:48:52 PM
I kinda wish I was from the up. there are some nice woods up there
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: 78NHTFY on April 13, 2015, 02:54:38 PM
mmm-welcome to the Forum, fm NH.  BTW, we talk funny up here too: exactly the same just completely different  :D :D :D.  All the best, Rob.
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: SawyerBrown on April 13, 2015, 05:01:33 PM
Welcome, michiganmilkman, from the state where our former governors work so hard, they even make our license plates!  (along with the rest of the inmates)
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: upnut on April 13, 2015, 05:34:42 PM
Welcome michiganmilkman! I'm a troll who lurks here to learn more about a sawmill I don't have yet, and I use upnut as my handle because I'm crazy about the U.P. .........Any questions? Good luck with your sawmill adventure!

Scott B.

Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Deese on April 13, 2015, 05:35:15 PM
The milkman has entered the building. You know, you've got a lot of explaining to do  :D ;D :snowball:
Just kidding.
Welcome to the Forestry Forum.
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: jmouton on April 13, 2015, 07:25:09 PM
        it is  odd  that we do have more from out of state  come to the pig roast,   you would think  with  the michigan members  that are  here ,   they would go  to the pig roast ,  it is alot of fun  ,talkin with good folks about all sorts of things  ,  and of coarse  forestry  stuff,,   wood ,sawmills  etc,,  and even for the couple of years we have gone  ,,  we have met great people  and made  friends  from all over the country   ,, so anyway   thats all   just thought i d throw my  2 cents in


                                                                                     jim
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: michiganmilkman on April 13, 2015, 08:27:16 PM
I hear ya about being crazy for the U.P.  upnut. I try to get up there once a month I have dome friends near the town of carney on the west side and near rudyard on the east. ive been looking for a farm to buy up there for quite awhile. just kinda hard to find a operating dairy farm or one thats close to being functional.
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Finn1903 on April 14, 2015, 09:12:12 AM
I certainly miss the UP, my father would be happy if I moved back.  He would be so happy that he probably would sell the snow plow that he has on his ranger and invite me over for coffee every winter morning!  :snowball:
My brother sold me on doing a sawmill road trip to his land to saw white pine for a new camp and sauna.
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: valley ranch on April 14, 2015, 03:14:11 PM
Welcome!

This thread sounds like a Michigan conspiracy.

I have an old Michigan up on the hill.

Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: SawyerBrown on April 14, 2015, 05:15:11 PM
I remember our trip through the UP a couple of years ago ...

We kept seeing these signs for pasties.  What are pasties, the Mrs SawyerBrown asks?  Beats me!  Let's stop for lunch and ask!

So, the Mrs, being the fearless soul that she is, saw a bunch of nice older fellows sitting in a booth, and she walks right up, and asks, "Hey, could you tell me what PAY-stees are?"  Well, that brought quite a laugh from the whole crowd, the one gentlemen said something to the effect of, "Well, these are PAY-stees ... " as he swung his upper torso in a whirling motion.  "Pah-sties are ... " and then he proceeded to tell us the whole story of pasties as the vegetable and meat pies that miners used to carry in their lunch. 

We had to have one ... they were delicious! 

Still haven't got the Mrs SawyerBrown to try PAY-stees, however.   ;D
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Magicman on April 14, 2015, 07:44:18 PM
Yup, I did the same thing at a restaurant at the Soo.  The good part was that I was pointing to the menu.   ;D
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: Finn1903 on April 15, 2015, 09:17:18 AM
As we are going from welcoming michiganmilkman to Michigan slang and food I would mention that Cudighi is another good food found almost exclusively in the UP.  My favorite way is mozzarella, onions and mustard.  Likely only found in the central UP at Ralphs and Lawerys Pastie Shop, both right on Highway 41.  Not the most health conscious food, but when your a hard working yooper, you need the calories ;)
Title: Re: new from michigan
Post by: mad murdock on April 15, 2015, 09:31:18 AM
Welcome 3m from da beaver state.  I originated from the frozen part of the land of cheese, lived in da UP for a time,(Iron Mtn/Kingsford) then went to the "great land" (North to Alaska), then ended up out here where the trees touch th sky.  Your procut will do nicely with the 880 providing the heartbeat.  8)