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

[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

[OlJarhead]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfv3BBApyHA
Customer shot vid of loading a big pine on the mill. 

[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]

[Adam Roby]

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

[OlJarhead]

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]

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  but the mill can lift 4500lbs 

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

[glenn kangiser]

Good Job.