Whatcha Sawin' ???

Magicman · May 10, 2016, 07:02:28 AM

Quote from: rjwoelk on May 10, 2016, 01:38:37 AM
MM do you know where in Sask its going. That is great to have lumber you sawed coming here.

I know the general location, but I will know more after today. I am fairly sure that a broker will be involved at least to get the permitting done.

paul case · May 10, 2016, 02:30:07 PM

Quote from: Magicman on May 09, 2016, 09:22:24 PM
I just keep my mouth zipped up and my mind on sawing.

There should be a smiley for that!
PC

rjwoelk · May 10, 2016, 04:20:46 PM

Quote from: Magicman on May 10, 2016, 07:02:28 AM
Quote from: rjwoelk on May 10, 2016, 01:38:37 AM
MM do you know where in Sask its going. That is great to have lumber you sawed coming here.
I know the general location, but I will know more after today. I am fairly sure that a broker will be involved at least to get the permitting done.

It is pretty simple, you call up a broker, give them the information, they do all the work to get it across the border,you pay a fee depending on the cost of the product, the trucker gets the go ahead and you hope there are no hiccups :D
I think in 13 years of hauling i could count on one hand the number of holdups and 2 of those was the border security problem with computers.

fishfighter · May 10, 2016, 05:17:01 PM

Y'all killing me. Haven't had a chance to saw anything. The last two days were all yard work. Just maybe I will get to saw tomorrow. ;D

Magicman · May 10, 2016, 08:13:22 PM

Quote from: rjwoelk on May 10, 2016, 01:38:37 AMMM do you know where in Sask its going. That is great to have lumber you sawed coming here.

The ERC is for wall paneling in a new lodge that is being built in Goodsoil, Sask, which is in the NW corner of where roads go. He is planning a border crossing at Portal, ND, so the load will travel very close to you. His customer had already told him that he would need a broker who would handle everything. I gave him some Google links and a blank Certificate of Origin which should help him. I also told him "NO HANDGUN".

Magicman · May 10, 2016, 08:35:21 PM

This job is exactly as I expected as I have sawn for this customer many times.

Two rows of tree length ERC logs ready to be bucked.

And this small whack of Cypress logs.

The smaller Cypress log was fractured and yielded exactly zero usable lumber.

The butt log was 47" and needed the flairs Bibbyed off. Cypress lumber in the trailer in the background.

And then some more Bibbying.

Yes there are times when making wedgewood is planned. In this instance to remove the final wedge of butt flair.

I neither tallied nor pictured today's lumber, but tomorrow will be another sawing day. My goal is to finish sawing the ERC this week.....hopefully. He will haul the SYP this week or weekend which will all be sawn into framing lumber,

WDH · May 11, 2016, 07:20:04 AM

Where does he get all that cedar? You have sawn a whack of it for him.

4x4American · May 11, 2016, 09:13:46 PM

Quote from: WDH on May 11, 2016, 07:20:04 AM
Where does he get all that cedar? You have sawn a whack of it for him.

I think I'll point out the obvious here, he gets it where everybody else does, at the grocery store...DUH!

Magicman · May 11, 2016, 09:25:29 PM

Quote from: WDH on May 11, 2016, 07:20:04 AMWhere does he get all that cedar? You have sawn a whack of it for him.

Yes, I have sawn many Mbf of ERC for this customer. He is a logger and when tracts are clearcut, the owners, especially timber companies want the ERC gone before it is replanted. He makes it disappear and he is also my all time largest customer.

When I got there this morning the logs had been bucked into 8' 6" logs so it was on to sawing. The largest butts are probably only 15" and the smallest tops are 6", so I am handling many logs. This cuts down on the daily yield, but I am happy.

This guy was not so happy because his log got sawed and so did he.

The customer asked about edging some slabs for him to use on special projects. I have never done such, but whatever he wants I will try.

Here I am edging a few slabs along with a couple of flitches. Actually it worked well.

I did 129 today ranging from 4" to 8" but I scaled/billed them all as 1X4's so 2.6bf each.

I will be more than a week just sawing ERC and he has not brought the SYP yet.

Ljohnsaw · May 11, 2016, 09:31:42 PM

MM,
Very interesting. What in the world is he doing with all that milled cedar? Selling it? Making LOTS of fence?

Magicman · May 11, 2016, 09:44:11 PM

As I noted in Reply #3495, much of this is going to Saskatchewan, Canada. I have also seen it loaded out going to North Carolina and Houston, Texas, so I suppose he is always looking for markets. Looking at the logs, (probably around 300) this year will not be my best year sawing for him, but it certainly will be OK.

Cazzhrdwd · May 12, 2016, 12:34:54 AM

No money in ERC up here but it's very nice to saw.

Very impressive MM.

Has it been hot for you sawing in the open like that?

4x4American · May 12, 2016, 04:16:40 AM

Under the magic tractor umbrella sipping on purple drank and ridin that rail, how could it get too hot?!

lol
lol

Magicman · May 12, 2016, 07:03:01 AM

4X4 nailed it, but credit must be given to my helper, Gabby. He has been there for several years and knows the routine. He is without question the best that I have ever had.

sandsawmill14 · May 12, 2016, 07:22:31 AM

good job mm

good help is hard to find and worth more than the sawyer :D a slow sawyer can get more limber with good help than a good sawyer can with lazy help that cant figure out what he is doing ;D :D :D :D i have good help now to we are about the same age so i hope he will last as long as i do

sandsawmill14 · May 12, 2016, 07:30:25 AM

im sawing pine this week all 4x6 plus the side lumber having a pretty good week so far yesterday when we called it day i had sawed just a little over 11000 bdft in the first 3 days

i probably shouldnt be talking about how good im doing as it will surely bring out the gremlins :

:D :D :D

Jim_Rogers · May 12, 2016, 09:21:25 AM

We sawed some 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8' tree stakes for a local landscaping company. They usually buy from me every spring several hundred.
This year's order is 200.
Didn't get a picture of yesterday's delivery of 100 of them but I should be able to get one for the next load.
All were red oak.

Jim Rogers

mesquite buckeye · May 12, 2016, 12:33:19 PM

Where do you guys get all those straight logs? Mine always seem to get bent on the way to the mill. :( :( :(

We get really happy when we get a 6 foot log. :(

Magicman · May 12, 2016, 06:27:08 PM

Gabby had a nice starting whack ready for us this morning.

The largest top end was 15" and the smallest was 6½". It's slow going to make good production out of pecker poles, but we just kept at it.

This was at noon. The edged slabs are also mounting up, but I did not make a tally. We finished these and about 5 more before stopping for the day at 3:30 pm because of a Grandson's birthday.

My customer decided that I needed some "fat lighter" so he brought me a whack.

More sawing tomorrow, but I will be off for the weekend. Da old man needs a break. ;D

Cazzhrdwd · May 12, 2016, 06:34:06 PM

I'm amazed at you older fellas being able to do this kind of work. I hope and pray I'll still be sawing till the end.

Gearbox · May 12, 2016, 06:39:04 PM

OLD ??????

Magicman · May 12, 2016, 06:42:42 PM

the end ??? ???

4x4American · May 12, 2016, 07:30:17 PM

I just got a new customer, who said that his old sawyer isn't going out on the road anymore with the wood-mizer because his wife won't let him anymore on account of his age. He retired from portable sawing at the ripe age of 92. I can only pray I make it that long.

Cazzhrdwd · May 12, 2016, 08:31:08 PM

Quote from: Magicman on May 12, 2016, 06:42:42 PM
the end ??? ???

Well, hopefully that won't be for awhile.

Magicman · May 12, 2016, 09:20:51 PM

Actually, I am with you guys, 'cause I probably should not be hitting it as hard as I am. I keep telling Pat that things are gonna slack up after I finish this job and then another comes in. I talk to lots of folks, put them down on the book, but you never know which will actually be a sawing job. A couple of these last ones, I never figured would ever call back, but they did. Of course the regulars are always there.