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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: lowpull on June 10, 2017, 02:19:25 PM

Title: Width between frame rails?
Post by: lowpull on June 10, 2017, 02:19:25 PM
What is the distance between the frame rails on the heavier duty hydraulic bandsaw mills? Anybody care to chime in on their model and the width from inside to inside. Thanks
Title: Re: Width between frame rails?
Post by: dgdrls on June 10, 2017, 02:35:25 PM
Zero for the Turbo Saw, other big dimension mills or the Big Wood Mizers, unless you go to the LX series.

What are you thinking?

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Title: Re: Width between frame rails?
Post by: ladylake on June 10, 2017, 03:43:44 PM
 
A TK2000 is 37" between the rails and can handle a log 46" high if odd shaped, also the blade on the new ones goes 36" above the deck.  My older B20 TK is no where near that capacity .  Steve
Title: Re: Width between frame rails?
Post by: ladylake on June 10, 2017, 03:46:07 PM
Quote from: dgdrls on June 10, 2017, 02:35:25 PM
Zero for the Turbo Saw, other big dimension mills or the Big Wood Mizers, unless you go to the LX series.

What are you thinking?

Best
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I think the turbo saw is really limited in the height as the come, might be wrong???.  Steve
Title: Re: Width between frame rails?
Post by: lowpull on June 10, 2017, 04:18:41 PM
I am getting ready to order steel for my bandmill build, was thinking 42" between frame rails and was wanting to get an idea of what the bigger mills dimensions were. ( Trailer frame dimensions) Im using 3x6 rectangular for the trailer structure.
Title: Re: Width between frame rails?
Post by: SineWave on June 13, 2017, 07:56:39 AM
I also would like to hear how far apart the rails are on the bigger mills.

I'm using an 8' x 40' trailer frame (with the "wings" cut off, it's about 5' x 40')  so I could make the rails pretty far apart, if I wanted to...
Title: Re: Width between frame rails?
Post by: Crusarius on June 13, 2017, 08:24:42 AM
I was wondering the same thing.
Title: Re: Width between frame rails?
Post by: JRWoodchuck on June 13, 2017, 03:46:19 PM
I built mine at 48" apart that way I had room for backstops and dogs and rollers. Not much of my mill head sticks out past it. It's nice having it protected with it being portable. Mine is 20' long and the only thing I would change is make it longer!!!
Title: Re: Width between frame rails?
Post by: Crusarius on June 13, 2017, 04:04:30 PM
JR how bad is it stretching over to set the logs?
Title: Re: Width between frame rails?
Post by: JRWoodchuck on June 13, 2017, 07:12:39 PM
You know I haven't thought about that but if it were closer it wouldn't be a bad thing. I have a 60" log right so on the 18" and smaller stuff it's fine. The big diameter stuff I climb up on the rail.