Whatcha Sawin' 2025 ??

[Magicman]

If everything comes together I will be sawing my first ever fresh felled Hickory Wednesday. 

Well that will not happen.  My customer works in the West Texas "Oil Patch" and was called back to work next week, so the Hickory will wait and we will saw when we saw. 

My next sawing is scheduled to begin mid-day Friday the 16th. 

[jpassardi]

Lynn,
I'm a bit late to the party on your hickory question but I suspect your experience with pecan will be relatable. (I never milled pecan.) As I'm sure you plan to: remove any juvenile wood so he doesn't end up with propellers. Assuming you don't have a debarker- hopefully he didn't drag them through the dirt as the bark is hard a nails and unpeel able... I found that the cambium tends to stick to blades so a bit more diesel drip was required.
Personally I like hickory - for firewood 

[Magicman]

Yes, I have the Debarker but these logs were moved with a FEL/Grapple so they are clean. 

I reckon it really doesn't matter anyway because the customer is now in the Oil Patch in West Texas and I have no idea when or whether they will be sawed.  

[WV Sawmiller]

   I'm not sawing yet but I finally have my parts on the way today that I ordered a week ago today. I called today to check on them, again, and found they were still waiting on the spare drum switch after I had told them at least 4 times to ship the speed controller/potentiometer immediately as it had me shut down and the other was a spare. Evidently there was still no update on my record. 

   I called Joe in NC and got his voice mail. Called Marty in PA and he did not have one. Called GA and he had both so I ordered from them and they are already on the way. BTW - they cost $25 less, maybe the shipping is less from GA to here. I called Indy and cancelled from them. From now on I will remember to order from the branch offices as they can be and are more responsive.

    I used to get same day shipping from Indy if I ordered before noon but since Covid hit things just seem to take longer.

    Anyway hopefully that is the problem. I should know this week when the part gets here.

[SawyerTed]

Howard, I hate hearing about the ball being dropped.  I'm sure it's frustrating.    

The ASCs seem to get things right the first time.  

[TimW]

Try to get WM to Fed Ex it overnight at their expense.

[Magicman]

My next sawing is scheduled to begin mid-day Friday the 16th. 

Well, this one is postponed too.  My customer called and his Brother in Law Robert was a drowning victim today.  No details yet but he was catfishing on the Mississippi River today and either accidentally fell out of the boat or had a heart attack and fell out.  Robert was also a two time sawing customer of mine.

[barbender]

That's horrible. Sorry to hear about that, Magic.

[jpassardi]

That is terrible. Life can change in an instant and it's easy to take it for granted.

[Stephen1]

With the big ice storm we had up here, lots of calls and jobs coming in. Im booking into June now!
He dropped off 2 butternut logs and a a pear log a customer dropped off last week . I used to tell people to save their money, but not so much anymore, its what I do and its what they want so I Saw and Dry their wood

[WV Sawmiller]

Try to get WM to Fed Ex it overnight at their expense.

Tim,

   The cost for shipping is not the problem. The lost work and angry/upset customers and damage to my credibility is the problem.

   It was shipped yesterday from Atlanta and scheduled to be here tomorrow.

[Jim_Rogers]

Try to get WM to Fed Ex it overnight at their expense.

Tim,

  The cost for shipping is not the problem. The lost work and angry/upset customers and damage to my credibility is the problem.

  It was shipped yesterday from Atlanta and scheduled to be here tomorrow.

When issues with parts not coming in on time happened to me, I'd tell the customers that the mill was broke down and that the delay was "beyond my control".
Jim Rogers

[WV Sawmiller]

Jim,

  I understand and most of my customers do. I keep a pretty good selection of common parts that can be expected to break or fail but there are limits. I remember one lady who seemed critical when my alternator belt broke and I was shut down about half an hour while I replaced it. She wanted to be sure she was not getting billed for the breakdown time - which she was not. I remember thinking then "What is the chance she has a spare alternator belt for her car?" as I did have one for my mill and was back in operation soon.

  She was also like Jake's customers and asked me if I gave a Veteran's discount as she and her husband had both served a hitch in the Air Force. Sorry lady but I had more time in the Corps than both of you together had in the Air Force.

[Jim_Rogers]

When someone would ask me for some type of discount, I'd say: "my prices are lower than most others doing the same thing. That's why you're here already." "Because if you could have got it cheaper or sooner someplace else, you'd be there, not here. No discounts on this, sorry."

Jim Rogers

[TimW]

Try to get WM to Fed Ex it overnight at their expense.

Tim,

  The cost for shipping is not the problem. The lost work and angry/upset customers and damage to my credibility is the problem.

  It was shipped yesterday from Atlanta and scheduled to be here tomorrow.

Howard,
        I can relate to that, what with all my sawmill problems in the last two years.  I have lost customers over it all.