Wish I had a mill1

W8AT · April 29, 2019, 07:25:57 PM

I have a whack of logs but no way to cut em up. This is a mix of Ash, Maple, Poplar, Cherry, a couple Sassafras, and a couple Aspens. Some of the poplars are 32 inches at the butt and 50 feet long. Ah maybe someday my mill will come in and these logs will be history. I also have 2-3x this amount of Ash still standing.

Southside · April 29, 2019, 07:35:53 PM

Are you just logging the property then?

W8AT · April 29, 2019, 07:38:31 PM

Yes, clearing some land to build a house.

WV Sawmiller · April 29, 2019, 07:40:41 PM

Where in WV are you located?

Old Greenhorn · April 29, 2019, 07:44:45 PM

Well, if you weren't in W8 country, we could become best friends. :D ;D There must be a portable mill guy around you somewhere. Good Luck.
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W8AT · April 29, 2019, 08:41:20 PM

WV Sawmiller I am in Bridgeport. I was down your way week before last, I was at the Mine Safety Health Academy in Beaver for a week. Old Greenhorn, after I get house built come on down and we'll have a tower raising party, putting up 70 feet Rohn 55, Force 12 C3XL, 2 element 40, 7 element 6 mtr LFA, inverted L's 80 and 160. I'll fire up the Alpha and we can do some contesting.

WV Sawmiller · April 29, 2019, 08:45:45 PM

Yeah you were about 17-18 miles away at the Mine Safety Academy out by out BKW airport. Holler at me the next time you are down. Good luck on the towers and such.

Old Greenhorn · April 29, 2019, 09:11:45 PM

Quote from: W8AT on April 29, 2019, 08:41:20 PM
WV Sawmiller I am in Bridgeport. I was down your way week before last, I was at the Mine Safety Health Academy in Beaver for a week. Old Greenhorn, after I get house built come on down and we'll have a tower raising party, putting up 70 feet Rohn 55, Force 12 C3XL, 2 element 40, 7 element 6 mtr LFA, inverted L's 80 and 160. I'll fire up the Alpha and we can do some contesting.

OH man, you sure have a plan laid out! 8) I helped a friend put up 200' of rohn 55 a 'few'years ago. It was a 1 year project and had stacked 40 meter beams. He has 3 other towers with stacked 20's and 15's and 'other stuff' then about 2 miles of beverages. I used to be an active contestor but left the game in around 2005 for other things. I'll get back to it when I get more feeble and retired. I had a few top tens, more top 20's and some sectional wins. It's an expensive sport. I also had trouble staying up and running for 48 hours straight. Good luck with your plans. I was there once and had a great time building it.

Woodpecker52 · April 29, 2019, 10:10:51 PM

Put them on facebook marketplace or craigslist.

Bearpau · May 03, 2019, 08:59:26 PM

Quote from: Old Greenhorn on April 29, 2019, 09:11:45 PM
Quote from: W8AT on April 29, 2019, 08:41:20 PM
WV Sawmiller I am in Bridgeport. I was down your way week before last, I was at the Mine Safety Health Academy in Beaver for a week. Old Greenhorn, after I get house built come on down and we'll have a tower raising party, putting up 70 feet Rohn 55, Force 12 C3XL, 2 element 40, 7 element 6 mtr LFA, inverted L's 80 and 160. I'll fire up the Alpha and we can do some contesting.
OH man, you sure have a plan laid out! 8) I helped a friend put up 200' of rohn 55 a 'few'years ago. It was a 1 year project and had stacked 40 meter beams. He has 3 other towers with stacked 20's and 15's and 'other stuff' then about 2 miles of beverages. I used to be an active contestor but left the game in around 2005 for other things. I'll get back to it when I get more feeble and retired. I had a few top tens, more top 20's and some sectional wins. It's an expensive sport. I also had trouble staying up and running for 48 hours straight. Good luck with your plans. I was there once and had a great time building it.

I borrowed a friends bucket truck and installed a 50 ft tower with a hex beam on top and a 8 element 2 meter beam. We sit on a ridge about 600 ft above the surrounding area.
I have talked from middle Ga to above cleveland Tn. Over 130 mi on simplex.

Old Greenhorn · May 04, 2019, 05:53:08 AM

Location is everything, sounds like you have a good height above average terrain which will be great for VHF and give you a good take off angle on HF. Depending of your view toward Europe and over the pole, you should have a banging signal. I used to hunt a mountain about 15 miles west of hear and I could use the 5 watt HT to have conversations with friends 100 miles away because I had a 'view' of the Hudson river and that acted like a conduit to the southeast. VHF can be fun, but mostly I like working the south pacific and used to have some regular rag chew friends in NZ and AU on 12 meteres. I miss the bands, but there is too much to do in the woods now. My stuff is not currently 'in service' but I run a 70' tower with a 5 element tri-bander on top, a 3 element fixed on Europe at 50', the upper guys are tuned and switchable 40 meter slopers. There is a 2 meter stick above the 5 element, some 440, 220, and a 2 meter beam on side mount rotators. ( I used to run a packetcluster node.) Then there were the wires that were all over, none that are left are serviceable but over the years there were many. One year when I made a hard multi-op run in ARRL DX and CQWW I think I had 16 antennas running on HF 10-160 meters. I never really got above being a little pistol though, but our club always did well in the club scores and they are still at it, hammering away.
Best of luck with your place.

rgarrett · May 04, 2019, 04:30:04 PM

Do you need someone to mill these for You? Or have you ordered a mill and waiting for it to arrive? If you need someone to mill your trees. I can put you in contact with a couple guys around Fairmont, that have portable mills.

W8AT · May 04, 2019, 06:00:27 PM

I would be interested in hearing what they have to say. I haven't bought a mill yet, in process of building a house. I was just going to stack them for now and start seriously looking for a mill after the house is done, hopefully around the 1st of August.