Biggest log, Board or other object cut on mill

[LittleJohn]

I know I am more of a hobby sawyer, but I was just wondering what pushed the limits of your mill, back or equipment?

I personally have a WoodMizer LT40, and was cutting a NICE White Pine log 34" butt, 32" crown and 12' long; once I got it to square I cut off a couple of real nice 1x22 - just cause I could  ;D

[Dave Shepard]

My biggest on a manual LT40 was a 38" small end by 16'6" white pine.

Largest on Super Hydraulic 47'3" x 22" tip:



I did have another 47' that was a little smaller tip, but much bigger on the butt end. This one was 36" diameter, after I cut the flare off with a chainsaw.

[LittleJohn]

 
Hopefully you had a small Army to help remove slab and boards from that beast.  Just imagine all the walking (or do you have the ride on chair) to get that log cut!

[thecfarm]

I like that picture.

[Dave Shepard]

I have the wireless remote. I had two helpers on this job for slab and board removal. Because the log was almost three feet longer than the cutting capacity of the mill, it was quite the process. It would take us almost three hours to cut the timber and edge the boards from each log.

[LittleJohn]

I did not even notice the 3' overhang, was just amazed at a +45' log on a mill

[Magicman]

This is not the largest but the largest that I have a picture of.  I had a 52" on the sawmill but it was no fun.


 
45" butt.

[Peter Drouin]

Dave do you have a roof over the mill yet

[Dave Shepard]

I don't know. Do you consider a nice silver tarp a roof?  :D Still trying to get a slab poured. The we'll think about a roof.

[Chuck White]

Largest log I've done on my mill was 45" on the big end, 42" on the small end, X 12', White Pine.

[Part_Timer]

  
This is the widest board I've cut, it is 44" wide and 2" thick white oak slab.  Burl Craft came down for a demo day and brought his slabber to try out.  I still have those slabs setting in the garage waiting on the proper time to become tables..


This is the largest log I've done on the swinger, it was 58" across and 17 feet long.  If you look you can see that the mill frame is setting up on cinder blocks to get it high enough for the blade to clear.  This one was a white ash that was turned into a set of stairs and trim in a new house a friend of mine was building.

[Ianab]

Not the prettiest or biggest log, but it's the biggest board I've sawn.





Macrocarpa (Monterey) Cypress.

Ian

[orion388]

 

 

Forgot to measure diameter. 16' Red Oak... Made a pile of boards too

[beenthere]

 A Forestry Forum redwood log sawing crew using the Peterson mill (Kerris front row)


And the Burlkraft sizing it up..


And some big slabs etc.
    

[drobertson]

No pics so it must not have happened, but it did ;D nothing like some of you, I keep to the capacity of the mill within a few inches, seems like I had some white oak that bumped the 36" small end, lots of trimming on the but.  never forget the first 40" butt, the first big log I sawed, got it stuck at the tail end,  way before I knew of the forum, all I know is running at capacity,, when you turn them, they bang a little bit,    david

[Nomad]

     This might be cheating for the bandmill guys, and beenthere's got me beat hands down. 
but does this count? 


 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I gots a bandmill and YEP.....you're cheating.  :D

[Magicman]

There is a reason that WM states 36".  Generally speaking, that is the largest log that it will saw without chainsaw work plus being a real pain in the rear.   You probably spend more chainsaw time than sawing time.   :-\

[RayMO]

I cut a 21' full 6" x 12" ERC beam that I was proud of at the time . Sawed it on my 92 lt40 hd and it was a perfect solid specimen .

[backwoods sawyer]

 

This is the largest log that we milled in the last year, 52" on the big end, 48" on the small end, 18' long.


  
By squaring the edge of both halves after splitting the log, both halve loaded up and stood right up the first try.


  
Even with the mast a quarter inch from the top, the top of the log had to be trimmed to clear the throat of the mill.


 
Took longer to split the log and square it up then it did to mill it up.
I passed on milling a larger log this morning.

[scsmith42]

The largest diameter was a 72" red oak log (shown below).  I had to make some 17" extensions to add to the bottom of the mill carriage in order to clear the log.

Here is the log before milling:



 

And here is the log during milling:


 

The longest has been several 43' logs (some red oak, some pine). The red oak logs had 26" small end diameters.



 



 



 



 

Note:  The trailer deck is 37'.

[shortlogger]

What's that extra long log for?

[Magicman]

It also takes special logs to make beams like that.   ;D

[Dave Shepard]

Scott, I always like seeing those sticks. To make timbers like that out of oak is amazing. I'd have a giant pair of rockers if I tried it. :D

[Part_Timer]

A Forestry Forum redwood log sawing crew using the Peterson mill (Kerris front row)


And the Burlkraft sizing it up..


And some big slabs etc.
    

I have not meet Kerris but she look's a lot like Chris for some reason.