Portable Sawmill

[Nolan Kienitz]

[mjr6550]

The sawmill and the equipment to move that log $$$$

[Marc]

I can't think of a more satisfying work than to build your own home starting with the trees.

Marc

[Jim Baird]

...about 35 yrs ago I saw one of those somebody made with a track and a band saw run by a Volkswagen engine. He would cut your logs and charge 75 cents a bd ft for what he turned out.

[John Kogel]

Not a new concept. The mills are truly portable as many have axles and trailer hitch built in.

Logs can be skidded around with any old farm tractor, for which there are 3-point attachments as well as having the bucket.

Sweden is the place to look for small woodlot technologies.

I would not want to build a dwelling with green lumber. All that moisture has to come out of the wood and go somewhere.

[gtblum]

Wood mizer has been around since 82. Pretty much the same machine. There's been a dealer in the neighborhood since around 1990.

[RCHI1434]

...about 35 yrs ago I saw one of those somebody made with a track and a band saw run by a Volkswagen engine. He would cut your logs and charge 75 cents a bd ft for what he turned out.

.75 cents a BF sounds like a ton to me what if you took him your own logs was it stilll that much

[Garry Sorrells]

The sawmill and the equipment to move that log $$$$

$8K for saw + addons + $15,000 loader + loader trailer and truck to haul.[:-magnify

[Jim Baird]

...portable saw mill comes to your logs...

...about 35 yrs ago I saw one of those somebody made with a track and a band saw run by a Volkswagen engine. He would cut your logs and charge 75 cents a bd ft for what he turned out.

.75 cents a BF sounds like a ton to me what if you took him your own logs was it stilll that much

[John Kogel]

...portable saw mill comes to your logs...

...about 35 yrs ago I saw one of those somebody made with a track and a band saw run by a Volkswagen engine. He would cut your logs and charge 75 cents a bd ft for what he turned out.

.75 cents a BF sounds like a ton to me what if you took him your own logs was it stilll that much

A buddy was buying Cedar cants, cedar 8X8's or larger, and milling those into bevelled siding for resale.

So it doesn't have to be your logs. A guy with a woodlot for example.