Chain saw mills

[WhitePineJunky]

:D :D  That's what you got from my post?  :D :D

Sure Lumber can be made with a CSM and many have, it's just a labor intensive process.  

Lol at that time yes I just read until the ladder part lol 
Also I got by with just a scrench tool ..

[barbender]

I see chainsaw mills for sale on FB Marketplace occasionally, they typically look brand new if that tells you anything.

[Don P]

I was telling my partner about this thread at lunch today. He got a good laugh  :D.

[WhitePineJunky]

I was telling my partner about this thread at lunch today. He got a good laugh  :D.

you guys think back breaking work is funny lol

[csobel]

There is a professional sawyer in our area that has been doing remote and hard to reach huge trees for people for years, using a CSM. Of course everything is tricked out with a nice saw, etc... but he has a disclaimer on his webpage that if your logs are easy to reach please call so-and-so with a band mill, it will be much faster.

[Greenhighlander]

CSM fills a niche for people who do not have the means for a bandsaw mill , or the equipment needed to get the logs to it. 
The upfront cost difference between running the two , are not even close. Especially if you want to factor in the equipment needed to get the logs to the mill. 
The Jobber J100 fits very nicely between the Alaskan style CSM and a stationary mill , such as Logosol or a Bandsaw mill. As it allows you to mill where the log lays and is much more productive and less labor intensive ,then the Alaskan style.  

Different mills , much like different tools , exist because they fill a certain need.  

[gaspasser]

Thanks to all for the candid input. Seems obvious  that I should not go down the CSM route after reading all the comments. I met a local sawyer ( Bruno NH ) who was kind  enough to let me tour his setup and gave me plenty of pointers. If I have any saw logs I'll be bringing them to him. Perhaps if I come across a used mill, I'd consider it for small hobby stuff. Thanks to all again for the education guys. Best...

[OlJarhead]

Like others I started with a CSM and while I still use one (Granberg Slabber) to quarter big logs) I would NOT choose that path today for what you want to do.

I moved to an LT10 pretty quickly and as Tom and others have said, the LX25 etc will do nicely for you and produce way more and much more efficiently. 

[dmoneyallstar]

Obviously, the CS is the heart of the CSM.

If you already have the right saw with sufficient size & power, CSM is a decent option.

But if you don't have the CS yet....it will cost a decent chunk of change to get the saw with the size and power to make the CSM not-so-much an annoying chore. In this case, you may want to consider the BSM.