biggest log u have cut.

[weisyboy]

after reading the longest log thread i thought id see how bigger logs you guys have cut.

biggest iv done was 1.7m across but i had to trim it down to my mills max slabbing width 1.55m (62") we cut it into full width slabs for table tops.




i have done a couple longer than this but only 1.2m (4') diameter.

[Chuck White]

That's a big log weisyboy.

The bigest I've cut on the LT40 was 42 inches in diameter on the large end, and 10 feet long.

Of course, we had to cut off some of the flare and one slab off the side before we started sawing with the mill.

[Burlkraft]

Sawed a redwood once.........

6 ft. diameter and 20 ft. long  ;D

[trapper]

Burlcraft
I remember that one We need another get to gether like that
Marv

[Magicman]

With a WM, the maximum blade height is 36".  The side supports have to be carefully lowered to allow the log to roll further toward that side.  You have to make careful measurements to be sure that the mill will clear the log during the entire cut.  Sometimes blade guide grooves/notches have to be chainsawed in.  Removing butt flairs/swells is a given.  Take advantage of any natural oblong features in the log.  The log's weight can be a problem both while loading and turning.



End tong and log clamp assist the loader with a White Oak log.



View from the loader side.



Yes, they can be big.



This butt was 42"



It's finally ready for sawing.

[Jeff]

Sawed a redwood once.........

6 ft. diameter and 20 ft. long  ;D

Me too!

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,25028.0.html

[terrifictimbersllc]

Here's one of them, 35 x 40 ash log, it was easier than it looked because I got it vertical on the first try.             

[nas]

Sawed this one



It was about 40" and a real pain because it was only 5½'long

Nick

[customsawyer]

 

[terrifictimbersllc]

It was about 40" and a real pain because it was only 5½'long

Nick

Yes Nick that log looks real annoying.

[Magicman]

When I'm asked to saw something like that, it's hourly rate.  If it is only a few shorts thrown in with a good saw job, they are scaled as 8'.  Again, that's covered in my saw contract just like thin boards are scaled as 1".

[ladylake]

Sawed this one



It was about 40" and a real pain because it was only 5½'long

Nick

I did a bunch like that last week, some only 36" long. I told them to have a skid loader with a grapple, we needed it.     Steve

[Autocar]

Ive sawed some big logs in my life but the one that sticks in my mind, when I turned it on the carrage [the track is on the saw side ] I had the headblocks backed up so far that it flipped it of the track and was laying between the back 6x12 I beam and the wall. Needless to say there were a few words floating around in the mill shed

[Don K]

I tackled my biggest this past spring. Does it count if I had to cut it into 4 pieces? It was a red oak 11 feet long, 48" on the small end, 60" on the butt.













It was a bugger to saw. Got a nice pile of QS oak though.  ;D

Don

[bandmiller2]

I swore off the biguns,unless the log is something special, its a terrible waste of time and possible damage to the mill/miller.Frank C.

[Magicman]

Just one of those big ugly ones can easily take ½ a day, but they can turn out some lumber.   ;)

[Burlkraft]

Burlcraft
I remember that one We need another get to gether like that
Marv

Come to the pig roast and we'll find sumpthin' big to saw up!  ;D  ;D

[Dave Shepard]

Biggest whole log was 44" big end, 38" small end, 16' long. I had to cut the side with a chainsaw to clear the outside roller. Took all day on a manual LT-40. Sawed a quartered 46" sycamore, that wasn't bad at all. :D

[NWwoodsman]

Well my big one was last year, 5 footish, 30 foot long Alaskan Cedar over 500 years old in growth rings. I like the big ones my mill was made for that type of timber. No chainsawing or other BS required here. And the proof!



and another



but serously Mobil Deminsions cut the biggest and longest



Jason

[Ianab]

but serously Mobil Deminsions cut the biggest and longest

Thats the difference isn't it. Twin saw and swingblade sawyers start smiling when the logs get over 36"  ;D



Thats about the biggest I've sawn, 54" on the big end, but I bucked that log a bit shorter (3m) so the digger could actually move it  :D



Ian

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Ian thats spoton Mate I love the larger size range now   ;) ;D ;D ;D 8) 8) 8) Dad's n My biggest was when we didnt have the Lucas  :( a Red Gum 8' on the big end and 6' on the small end 12' long all done with the trusty 3120 with the 4' bar on er and flitched it up into 9" wide  by whatever 3 sided flitches then put them across the tabletop when it had the 3' insert in it and milled it into 8x8" house stumps  ;) I was Bloody hard work  ;) :D :D

Ian  those are some great looking cypress pine sawlogs there Mate  ;D ;D 8) 8)

Jason thats a nice  log you gota holda there it looks reasonably clear Mate  ;) ;D 8) 8) 8)

Regards Chris