While I was at the in-laws for Thanksgiving this past week my father-in-law showed me a tree he cut down for some reason or another and thought getting boards out of it might be worth it. So we thought about getting an Alaskan chainsaw mill and cutting the boards out of it ourselves.
Here is the large end, about 24" in dia
Here is a shot from the large end, its about 9-10 feet before that jog starts
Here is the small end, about 15" in dia
Here is a shot from the small end, its about 10-11 feet long
So the tree is aobut 21 feet long and you can see there are not any branches coming off of it, there are a couple of knots but thats about it. He didn't just want to chop it up and use it for firewood since he knew I might be able to get good use out of it.
We started talking and thought an Alaskan might be the way to go since we can bring it to the log and cut the boards right there and then haul away the boards.
Before you ask, we thought about taking it to a small mill, BUT its only one log (right now) and besides the fact that we have no easy way of moving such a large log around, even if we cut it at the jog. He has other trees that he knows we could get good wood out of so we would use the Alaskan more than once, maybe a couple of times a year.
What I am really after is input on the Alaskan saw mill and things we might need to watch out for. In the long run I think it would be worth it.
Thanks for any help/suggestions
Here is the large end, about 24" in dia
Here is a shot from the large end, its about 9-10 feet before that jog starts
Here is the small end, about 15" in dia
Here is a shot from the small end, its about 10-11 feet long
So the tree is aobut 21 feet long and you can see there are not any branches coming off of it, there are a couple of knots but thats about it. He didn't just want to chop it up and use it for firewood since he knew I might be able to get good use out of it.
We started talking and thought an Alaskan might be the way to go since we can bring it to the log and cut the boards right there and then haul away the boards.
Before you ask, we thought about taking it to a small mill, BUT its only one log (right now) and besides the fact that we have no easy way of moving such a large log around, even if we cut it at the jog. He has other trees that he knows we could get good wood out of so we would use the Alaskan more than once, maybe a couple of times a year.
What I am really after is input on the Alaskan saw mill and things we might need to watch out for. In the long run I think it would be worth it.
Thanks for any help/suggestions