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  1. porta mill

    How's Your Wood Pile Looking?

    easy A cord is 128 cubic feet length X width x height
  2. porta mill

    How's Your Wood Pile Looking?

    T he pic of the one above (the bluish one ) is from Harbor freight.
  3. porta mill

    How's Your Wood Pile Looking?

    I have roughly 15 cord hard wood ready for winter plus a few cord so pine and hemlock the OWB eats wood I throw at it . cut, hauled split and stacked by my self .
  4. porta mill

    Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

    here is my wood pile just a small one compared to some this will heat two houses and all the domestic hot water . and I had to get my fire wood helper in one of the pic's. all the wood cut split and stacked by me and the dog . the pic with the log are saw logs but if they are needed to keep...
  5. porta mill

    hydrolic pump need help

    I have an older van with a versa lift aerial lift somewhere around 29 ft reach . The hydraulic pump is run off the van engine (351 Windsor) not very fuel efficient . I do a little tree trimming but the main use is odd side jobs replacing windows installing siding. The pump is leaking hydraulic...
  6. porta mill

    beech logs

    I do not have a kiln . air dry for me . I am just a man form the country that hates to make big box stores money when I can mill and build it my self . at this point I have more logs than I need at this point I guess maybe you can never have to many logs.
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    beech logs

    I got some log length fire wood and there are a few nice beech logs , I have enough fire wood for this year so I wondering if beech logs are worth milling . Does it dry nicely or does twist and bow ? any info would be helpful.
  8. porta mill

    New tool to keep around the splitter

    well obviously with the torch no gas is needed .
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    New tool to keep around the splitter

    I was splitting some wood today and some of the rounds had carpenter ants . and my normal way of ridding the wood of them is dump a little gas on the wood . Well today I had a brain fart , I went and got the torch and made some crispy ants...
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    need new engine for log splitter--help!

    [I] second the harbor freight engines , cheep easy install and sip fuel and on a clod day like today two pulls and it fired .I have had it on my splitter for almost a year now and no problems.
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    atv's

    well I beg to differ yes it could use better tires but I hauled plenty of wood with it last year before I painted it I could load it with oak and would go .I did not mud bog with it or serious off roading .but it is a good little truck
  12. porta mill

    atv's

    do you need 4x4 ? what type of Terran do you have to deal with ? does something like fit your needs ?
  13. porta mill

    Any thoughts on Hud-Son HFE-36?

    I have the Oscar 28 I is Ok for a entry level band mill It takes time to get set up correctly . they need fine tuning to get them to run properly .The is by mo means a hi end high production saw .The mill is good for a home owner / weekend warrior. good luck with with the mill you purchase.
  14. porta mill

    POLL: which do you prefer, 1 ton dump truck or pick up truck/dump trailer combo

    Well my vote is truck and trailer. I had a one ton and loved it but the plate and insurance for a 11,000 gvw got to be just to much .Now I have a dump trailer for me the trailer if the better choice .
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    apple wood

    I have a apple tree that I cut down this spring . I was thinking wood to sell to some one for there smoker. well I have a buyer but not I have no clue what it is worth. I do not want to over price it or sell it to cheep. so what is the doing rate for say a half pick up load ?
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    Tractor Ed

    It is is a good thing to teach them early in life . A little work will not kill any one , I have been giving my little girl rides on the tractor and skidsteere since she was 2 she still likes to go for rides .she helps with the hydrolics on the log splitter sometimes she is 8 ,Santa brought...
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    black walnut saw chips cause skin irritation

    Anyone ever get a skin irritation from black walnut saw dust ? I was cutting some black walnut the other day 85 + degrees out in the sun sweating like a pig the next thing I know my arms are burning. I cleaned off the wood chips and I see what looks like little chemical burns . I thought I...
  18. porta mill

    Shag bark Hickory

    I got a few shag bark hickory trees that had to come down because of a new gas pipelines going in . I was thinking of milling them up with my band mill, I have never milled shag bark . While cutting the logs to length with a chain saw I was amazed at how hard the wood is . is was wondering how...
  19. porta mill

    93 Might Be Too Hot For Firewood Gathering.

    for me 85 was to hot . Yesterday morning I went out to cut some wood what a cluster me nice clear cutting area has grown into a mess of weeds covering all the logs . fired up the saw not getting any oil on the blade so go the the next saw( I had three with me) fill the oil and start to fill the...
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    Hudson oscar 228

    I own a oscar 28 and for what I paid for it I am happy .it does have it's good points and bad, It is not A high production mill it is a home owner unit do not expect to make a big pile of lumber in a short amount f time . I have a hard time keeping the edges of my boards true . and there is...
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