How to Use a Sawmill (H. Freight). Manifesting my Logs into Beams and Dreams...

Started by Watch Ryder, February 08, 2016, 08:37:28 PM

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OlJarhead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW_MqjCqSbA
This vid was done when I was still learning on the saw.  I'll have to do some new ones as I am MUCH faster and smoother today :D



glenn kangiser

Nice videos.  Thanks for taking the time to post them here. Great to see you in action .  Nice saw too.   :)

I wish I had the features you have on your saw... but I'm cheap and ... I can make boards.  [ouch]
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Adam Roby

That log looks heavy... how much you figure it weighed? 
How much can the saw lift?  More than the tractor?

OlJarhead

Quote from: glenn kangiser on June 03, 2016, 07:56:40 PM
Nice videos.  Thanks for taking the time to post them here. Great to see you in action .  Nice saw too.   :)

I wish I had the features you have on your saw... but I'm cheap and ... I can make boards.  [ouch]

:)  I would be too but I want to make more boards for less for others :)  With this mill I can compete with anyone out there (in fact I found out my rates are much lower than my competitors in the OK County area and around there).


OlJarhead

Quote from: Adam Roby on June 03, 2016, 07:58:04 PM
That log looks heavy... how much you figure it weighed? 
How much can the saw lift?  More than the tractor?

According to the FF log weight calculator it weighed in around 3500lbs  :o but the mill can lift 4500lbs  ;D

The tractor couldn't lift the log at all but could roll it and he tried helping me lift it but I asked him to back up as it could damage the mill and I just needed him to make sure the log wouldn't roll back off the loader arms at the start which they can do when they are big.  I need to order a hook to strap onto the log clamp and then I wouldn't have had that problem ;)  Just one of the tricks you learn.

That log scaled at 450bf and I produced over 500 from it :D

glenn kangiser

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