Regretting not buying bigger n better

[paul case]

I have some experience here.
I started out with a m-14 belsaw circle saw. I used it some, enough to see it could be very dangerous and I didn't want my kids around it. I sold it and bought a EZ Boardwalk Model 40 new. Very good saw and I used it a lot. I could easily make a good sideline income with it and it was built heavy. I really miss being able to saw 36'' wide. I was able to get a contract to saw 3x4 cants at a nice profit and they wanted more than I could log and saw per week. I upgraded to a used 94 WM LT40hd. Then 2 years later I bought another 94 WM LT40hd. 2 years or so later I bought a '13 LT40 hd. Sold one of the 94's.
Yeah that's 5 mills in 9 years. I made money with or on each one.
I liked them all. However the need for greater production and ease of use was behind each upgrade.
My advice- get a mill you can afford. Use it to see if this is for you. If it works out you may need to upgrade.  PC

[plowboyswr]

^^ that is the same advice that I used in buying my mill.  I also have the HF mill. Do I think I will get a bigger mill in the future, yep but I figured that I needed to start somewhere.  Been working on the tractor  so I haven't touched the mill for the last couple of weeks but the bug is there.

[richhiway]

very nice!