We only have granbergs. And biggest saw that we have for milling would be cs 590
Whats the make and displacement of a CS590?
I've got a couple Granbergs myself got my first one some years ago in 98 I believe. I hesitate to call them "mills"as they are so slow. I Refer to them as chain saw lumber making jigs. When I was younger in 98/99. I was 22-23 at the time. I Framed a 24' x 16' cabin with a sleeping loft out of rough cut Spruce lumber and sided it with red cedar lumber from beach logs.
All milled with my 32" Granberg running an 066 pushing a 36" bar. I saved and used all the saw waste fir insulation Boy, that whole building project was a lot of work! The Cedar beach wood was horribly tough to mill because of all the jig set up and jig break break down time! I had to swap chains every pass because of the beach sand in the wood until I had a cant squared off! Anyone who's used an Alaska Mill knows the work involved Im talking about!. It was fun and I was younger and with me high school sweetheart so it was all good!
Id hav to say the funnest part about the project was felling and bucking the old WW2 abandoned power line creosote power poles for foundation piles. Then skidded them out the half mile through the swamp to get them to the old WW2 military road where my truck was.
I started in the fall of 98 just before the ground froze.
We were living in the 16' x 16' by the middle of winter Come spring I did the 8' x 16' addition.
Interior and exterior chainsaw milled Red Cedar Siding. The only thing I bought was the nails, plywood skin, and rolled asphalt roofing. Used saw waste fir insulation.
I treated the exterior siding with linseed oil.
I learned at a young age. One must be the Jack of all trades When living remote in Alaska. Even if he's the master on none. (
Me, I'm guilty
) Be very rich, starve, or freeze to death. Those are your options!
Its STIHL standing and livable today! On my high school sweethearts parents property right down the road from my current property!
Her dead beat brother lives in it!
The sweethearts candle fire burnt out long ago. She's done been long gone fir over Twenty years. Married with Children.
That's how it is big time'n in a small town!
Im very grateful fir the power saw time and experience Ive aquired over the years. When I'm doing tree work for someone. They will often say "man your saw cuts fast! I want mine to cut like that! How come it doesn't? How do I get it to?" I just smile shurk my shoulders and say "Im not sure but Id start by making sure its sharp every time you pick it up to use it and every time you put it away. That's what I do" Then its usually a blank stare and an "Oh"