Iron Inventory

[pineywoods]

1995 WM LT40G18, homebuilt hydraulic log turner, log holder, toe board. Kubota M4700 with EZ-on loader, homemade forks, 10 ton hydraulic winch . Woodmaster 18 inch planer-molder, homebuilt solar powered kiln, homebuilt 16 ft tilt-bed trailer, Stihl 028 chainsaw.

[MtuEngineer]

1996 WM LT40 Hydraulic, Kubota tractor (still in the works for wood handling), Pre 1900 4 sided planer currently going into a cnc retrofit, at the moment it's stripped down and the electric motors are being mounted, working on the controls, grinding custom profiles and milling out a new blade holder. Ill post a few pics when I get a chance. Still learning, but enjoy running the WM immensely, a nice change from the daily grind. First post here and glad to be aboard If anyone near the UP of michigan needs a helper for a weekend or two I'd love to work with someone with some experience running these wonderful machines.

Casey

[Jeff]

Hey Casey, welcome to the Forestry Forum. Didnt mean to over look you in here, this just seems to be one of those threads that folks only look at every few days. One of our alert members sent the admins a heads up we had a new member in here that needed looking after. I'm not sure of wood-mizer owners real close, but we have several members with other flavors that would certainly let you work your butt off for them. ;) :D

[Part_Timer]

Casey

Welcome to the forum.  Pretty nice inventory you got there. 

I'm a bit of a drive from you but if you every want to run a Peterson swinger just give a shout.

Tom

[thecfarm]

Hello Casey.Glad to have you here,welcome.Just jump right in and ask questions and don't be afraid to answer some too.Would like to see pictures of what you have.there is a post on how to post pictures posting pictures
You have to make a album to keep them here forever.Some forums you go to all that you can find is a dreaded red "X".This way our pictures will always be here.The first couple times is a learning expericence.Just copy of the directions and you will be on your way,there is plenty of help here for you.

[MtuEngineer]

Thanks for the warm welcome folks, glad to be here! I'll be heading up to the millsite and hopefully will remember the digital camera to get some pictures. I'm somewhat embarrased to take pictures of the planer at the moment, we just had a mill and lathe installed in the shop so it is an unholy mess right now. But when I run up there I'll bite my pride and snap off a few, not much to look at right now, just a 30hp motor, gigantic cast iron frame, and lots and lots of gears. The finished plan on that is to have a carousel cutter head with several indexed cutters, selectable via an operator interface. The carousel itself will be controlled by an acme thread powered by a servo or stepper. Same with the upper head. We've put some thought into including a resaw primary as well, but getting the blade to set itself via automatic control is proving to be tricky. Best case we hope to have a "feeler" which will detect the width and thickness, then adjust the heads. At a higher level of control you would define woodtype, or cutter RPM, along with depth of cut. It's going to be a long range project, but once it is finished it sure will be neat. By then hopefully my engineering days will have moved onto running my own sawmill days Thanks again folks!

Casey

[JimMoore]

  Norwood LM 2000 Kubota tractor

[sharp edge]

1950  m-14 bellsaw 36inch blade one of the first ones made. 1991  ford escort escort powered, 100 mpg  cutting wood.

[Radar67]

Welcome to the forum Sharp Edge. Tell us more about this Escort power source for your saw. We like pictures too. I have an 89 Escort I need to do something with.

Stew

[spencerhenry]

2003 lt40 hdd42
2002 twin blade edger
'74 massey ferguson cable skidder
'96 cameco double bunk forwarder
'99 gehl dl6h42 (extending boom forklift)
'81 gmc 7000 14' flatbed dump 4x4

[Sawmiller4U]

Started with a 1989 WM LT40HD 
Sold it 2 years ago
Now we run a WM LT40HD33D Kubota With debarker auto clutch and accuset and a
Lucas Mill with a slabing bar for table tops up to 5 feet wide.

[Gustavo]

we are starting with an woodmizer lt40 sh 
horizontal edger   )2 saws   one of them fix  and the other mobil

and  an sizer  saw    from  2 feets to  18 fets

the production  is    near  3500 square feets per day

in one inch  boards

[Gustavo]

lt 40 hidraulic  1997

no debarker 

setter  and sharpner

double edger   15 hp  single axis

top saw   

and we are  buying a moulder

[SawDust_Studios]

Started in 99 with a Woodmizer LT30 Manual. Had it until we bought the 2004 LT40HD, which we sold this week.  Now we are running a LT40Super with  Cat 51 and pretty much all the options.  And this is the last mill we will have  :D

[pigman]

And this is the last mill we will have  :D

...... until we buy a bigger and better mill. ;)

[gcgrant]

Will soon be taking delivery of a D&L Doublecut swingblade mill.  Support equipment: John Deere 350 crawler with forks attached to dozer blade.
George
I now have the mill and have milled my first lumber!! Works great, the guys at D&L do a really good job.
I am lifting the logs onto the mill with chains attached to the end of the John Deere blade, works really well.  The dozer blade is a six way hydraulic, making positioning the log onto the mill bunks really easy.
George

[sawguy21]

Welcome to the forum. What will you be cutting?

[gcgrant]

As you probably know, in BC our pine forests are being devestated by pine beetle. We will mostly be cutting Ponderosa and Lodgepole around our home in the North Thompson Valley.  We also have a fly in fishing resort at about 5000' elevation with a lot of lodgepole around it.  Way too much for firewood so will helicopter the mill in and mill as much lodgepole up for future building projects.  As lumber, properly stacked, the wood should last for many years, it will also lessen the fire hazard to cut down alot of that dry fuel.  Running the mill at the camp will be a bit of a challenge as all I have available to move logs is an old Willy's Jeep.  I hope to make some kind of winch operated boom for it.

[woodrat]

1996 WM LT40HD with a 25 hp Kohler, assisted occasionally by a Husky 55 and 372.

Started out in '95 with a new LT40 non-hydraulic that I ran until about 2002, when I bought the LT40HD used.

Towing with a 92 Dodge W250 Cummins/NV4500 flatbed. Used to use an 82 Toyota 4X4 and then a 77 Dodge M880 4x4. Also have a 77 GMC 6500 boom truck project that has been on the back burner for a couple of years.

Have a 1942 Oliver 24" planer, but that is waiting for a dedicated place to set it up.

[urbanlumberinc]

The new Lucas 830 arrived on friday - gonna make the first sawdust with it later today.  Pics on the way. 8) 8) 8)

[jpgreen]

Congrats on the Lucas..  8)

Pine beetles are killing trees here too. I cut em' down as soon as I can. Some survive the bugs though?

Thank god we have healthy big Doug Firs.  If they die off we're in big trouble..
  :-\

[solodan]

Some trees seem to be able to survive with the beetles with no problem. I have a Ponderosa very close to my deck, It shows signs of beetles, but has grown about 10" in diameter in the last 5 years. It is now about 40" dbh.

Congratulations on the new Lucas. 8) I'm real interested how the new sidewinder setworks are. Does anyone know when they will be available for the 827?

[urbanlumberinc]

I've gotta say I really like the sidewinder, I had run an 827 without it and it's a really helpful feature.  Speaking of pine beetle damage, I passed through Grand County(home to rocky mtn natl park) last week on my way to Steamboat Springs and the beetle kill damage was unbelievable.  In some places, entire stands of lodgepole are dead, in others 85% mortality seems to be the norm.  If we don't come up with a serious plan to nip this epidemic in the bud right now, we're gonna see some dramatic changes in what used to be our national forrests. 

[jpgreen]

I saved one pine that was in a spot where I didn't want to loose the tree.

I buried all of my fish guts... salmom, rockfish etc, next to it, and over a few years that tree snapped back big time..

[woodman]

LT40 with everything on it