Here are some pics of some logs I had milled this summer from some tornado damage at my property. The sawyer (Lee Ullman) did a real nice job and was easy to work with. I put the storm damage photos in the picture area if you want to see them.
Milling of Tornado Wood
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deeker
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Great pics and post. Keep posting.....
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Kevin
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woodshop
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Nice stack of wood there... glad to see it made into boards instead of firewood or landfill.
Stihl051master
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Nice posts. I had a tornado come through last October. I hate tornadoes. I live in a stupid trailer, and I figured I was safe because I wasn't in a park. I was obviously wrong and it was hella-scary. Glad to see the wood is going to good use. All my woods was destroyed, so I've been able to salvage a bunch of firewood and some saw logs.
Backwoods
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What are your plans for the lumber?
I run the LT-70 as well and do over 90% of my milling as portable, they sure can whittle away at a deck of logs when you have a tractor or other support equipment and a crew. Most of the LT-70’s are set up semi permanent. Glad to see someone else who still uses one as a portable mill.
Good job on the stickering, that will pay off in the end.
I run the LT-70 as well and do over 90% of my milling as portable, they sure can whittle away at a deck of logs when you have a tractor or other support equipment and a crew. Most of the LT-70’s are set up semi permanent. Glad to see someone else who still uses one as a portable mill.
Good job on the stickering, that will pay off in the end.
I hey ya Stihl051master, we were lucky when the tornado hit. My parents were in from AZ and we went in to town to eat when the tornado hit. I wouldn't want to be there when the tornado hit, just our dog was home. Also, do feel sorry for guys like you the lost all thier woods, at least I still have some woods left, even though I lost about 200 trees. We'll still be cleaning up for years.
slabmaster
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Nice pictures! I remember that storm as i live close to you.I have a place in Stockbridge.We got the high winds from it but no damage.What kind of wood was milled? Looks like pine. Mark
Backwoods: I'm goning to use the wood for tongue & groove panelling in the basement. I'll have to plane it and use the router on it. My house is a Lindal / Justus Cedar Log Home, so the T&G should match fairly well. It will be lighter in color though. That LT-70 is one nice machine, I tried the Alaskan CSA for a couple of logs and realized that wasn't gonna cut it. Too much setup and time for 200 logs. I still use it for smaller operations. On a side note, I had some cherry milled also, it was funny the labor seemed about the same. The pine was lighter but cutting was faster, the cherry was heavy, but slower.
