A day cutting wood

[Peter Drouin]

Trucks today.


  

  

 
One to get chips


 

[4x4American]

So I'm guessing that lowboy brought that loader?


8)

[Peter Drouin]

So I'm guessing that lowboy brought that loader?


8)

Yes, To get 6 or 700 yards. Not much, but some $$$  ;D
How you doing with your mill? Did you break it yet ? :D :D :D :D
Do you have a lot of work?

I'm buying logs from two mechanize outfits now. They're a little ruff on the logs, but they get me wood and a lot of it.

[4x4American]

Ahh ICIC.  Yea alot of times a if a local company is hauling alot, they'll bring their loader to our pit to load their trucks.


Mill is going good.  Making some money with it.  It's been a bit self destructive but we're on the right track now.  I have quite a bit of work lined up but not enough time!  I have a portable job coming up in Dannamora, which is the town where those prisoners escaped from the jail there.  About a 2.25hr haul for me.  Gonna bring a tent.  Thats in the last weekend of July the guy thinks he'll be ready.  Got a guy with whole mess of black locust for me to saw.  As soon as he gets a dozer in and levels out a spot for me and stages the logs.  This guy is a firewood guy, and has a hard time telling the difference between sawlog and firewood.  Got a few other portable jobs and have been selling retail building lumber to local folks.  Working to get setup better so I can make this a full time venture.  We've been so busy at work I've not had any days off for milling and been working 10-12hr days for them then coming back and trying to do stuff with the mill.  Speaking of which I gotta get to bed!   

[Peter Drouin]

Good you are busy, Make money now snow is on the way. :D :D :D
I had a traffic jam today, :D


  

 

Then the logger came too.


  

 
A 100 yards of chips go and 6000 BF of wood comes. See the logger over the red truck cab :D :D
A good day sold a few hundred yards of chips and lumber, And got some nice logs.


  

  

 
And some 20' logs.


 
With a mechanize logger you don't need a debarker. :D :D :D
I wonder how the guy from VT is going with his mill.
I had to put some ATF on the shaft so the blade would slide easily. Have to do that from time to time.


 
Well, I'm going out to scale some logs now, :D :D :D ;D Will talk to you later 4x4. ;D

[Bruno of NH]

Peter you are flat out !
The logs look like they are good quality ?
How's the retail sales going ?
I'm going to get some birds eye maple logs from my BIL when I get time to pick them up .
Jim/Bruno

[WDH]

You better get cracking (old saying) Mr. Pine Man. 

[4x4American]

The mechanized loggers sure do a number on the bark.  I have a friend with a stroke de-limber on his lineup of equipment.  That thing really tears the hell outta the logs!  Looks like you're going going going!  Good to see!  Keep that saw in the wood!

[Peter Drouin]

Peter you are flat out !
The logs look like they are good quality ?
How's the retail sales going ?
I'm going to get some birds eye maple logs from my BIL when I get time to pick them up .
Jim/Bruno

I'm selling lumber but we like to sell more. ;D

You better get cracking (old saying) Mr. Pine Man. 

A TT load of W Pine tomorrow. :D

The mechanized loggers sure do a number on the bark.  I have a friend with a stroke de-limber on his lineup of equipment.  That thing really tears the hell outta the logs!  Looks like you're going going going!  Good to see!  Keep that saw in the wood!

Yes, there are ruff, But if you want wood they can get it in a day or two.
I was talking to the driver today. And he said the cutter [Tiger Cat ] can cut for one day and keep two big Cat grapple skidders going for a week.

[4x4American]

yea, no kidding either!  the mechanized outfits sure can cut alot of wood, but they also need to be sending out alot of loads daily to be breaking even (in alot of cases)...whereas Just a guy with a skidder can cut a load a week and be paying his bills

[Peter Drouin]

Resizing some beams today


  

  

 

7x9 down to 5x8     16'  12'  10's

[Magicman]

I enjoy seeing pictures of your operation Peter.  Very professional. 

[WDH]

That shed is looking good.

[Jim_Rogers]

I take it that those were the ones that showed up on a trailer while you were away, and you didn't know who brought them or why they were there.

Jim Rogers

[Peter Drouin]

I take it that those were the ones that showed up on a trailer while you were away, and you didn't know who brought them or why they were there.

Jim Rogers

[sawyerf250]

l follow this thread and am very envious of you all and having saw mills of different shapes sizes and colors, l would love for the day to come soon enough that l can buy my first mill and saw all my own lumber for sheds another barn and eventually a new house for me and the bride to be. All of which would come off of woodlot my family and l own and do as some of u and make a small living off of it as well. Along with the many other ventures it's going to take to keep things going when l finally get the courage to tell off "The Man"  :D and become self employed. But for now l'm content (l suppose) :-\ seeing the pics of your mills, lumber, new sheds and buildings as well as the stories.

[fishfighter]

Had a first today. Set up a half log to saw up into 2x4's and on the first cut about 18" in, BAMB! Yep, first blade that busted on me. Yes, I jumped a little, but was quick to see what had happen. ;D



 



 

Got my $13.50 out of that blade. 150 something 2x4'sx10', a few 26"x2"x10 slabs and a bunch on 1"x10'. When I had shut down Tuesday, I knew the blade was getting dull, but was still cutting.

The crack thru the blade was a fracture across.

Anyway, thru on a new blade, sawed that log up, stacked and stickered.



 

[Dave Shepard]

 Cut a little white oak log this morning to try the mill out. 10" x12" x38'-4".



 

[Tom L]

how big was that tree to begin with?

that is one long beam.

that mill would look like a stretch limo driving down the road  :D :D

[fishfighter]

Now that is one heck of a beam.

[Dave Shepard]

how big was that tree to begin with?

that is one long beam.

that mill would look like a stretch limo driving down the road  :D :D

This big:



 

[fishfighter]

Looks like you had to walk over to the next parish just to take that picture. ;D

[Peter Drouin]

`Fishfighter
I like your set up. Blade break makes me jump too. :D :D


Dave S

Nice to have a straight tree to start with.
I tell the customer the straighter the tree . The smaller the top. ;D

[Magicman]

I like that beam, Dave.   ;)

Fishfighter, dull blades will shorten blade life.   :-\

[Dave Shepard]

I've got three more logs on deck for in the morning. ;)