There's such a thing as a portable sawmill business??
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There's such a thing as a portable sawmill business??
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Yup there sure is.
Huh, go figure.
2treeornot2tree
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That a veneer log??
2treeornot2tree
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My mill but a customers log. I don't care what they wanna waste time on milling as long as they are paying.
Right. I can't believe your buddy decided to get out of such a lucrative endeavor!!
2treeornot2tree
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He was working as a sub for a guy that makes flooring out of old barn beams. He was using the mill to cut the barn beams. The guy that he was working for owed him like $10k and he was over 90 days out. My buddy couldn't pay his bills having to wait like that on money so he got a full time job working in a cabinet shop. With all the overtime hours he works there he doesn't have a lot of free time to mill and he doesn't want to buy a fork lift to move the logs around and what not so he decided to sell it. He is referring all the calls he gets for milling to me and I am gonna hold his pricing for a while. He has been sawing for like 13 years so he has a pretty good customer base.
We got a couple guys around here that do that they all have some pretty nice trucks pulling there mills so they must be doing halfway decent. And if you don't have any work for it it don't cost you anything to have it sitting.
2treeornot2tree
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I really like doing it and it pays more then firewood. I sold $500 worth of wood the other night. 20 1"x12"x8' chestnut oak boards, and 3 2"×20"×8' silver maple slabs
gorman
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That's funny. I didn't know silver maple was worth anything for board feet.
Lol if they'll pay to mill a rotted 30" knotty spruce log, I'm not too surprised.
Edit: white pine, whatever..
2treeornot2tree
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Silver maple is actually nice looking milled. It is used a lot in slab table tops and when people don't want to spend a lot of money on a table top.
Lol,, I get it, like a cave person eating slab. Nice!! What was that spruce destined to become?
Lmao... mamma and pa sit at the big end, the little ones further on down..
Trees that are generally thought of as garbage sometimes make beautiful boards
2treeornot2tree
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The spruce was being cut for board and batten siding.
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Yeah, that log is a little worse for wear.
Jesus Jared, you ever think of taking a break? You are always sawing on something.
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****ing thing looks better for mulch or toilet paper but run it through damnit!
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Lol if they'll pay to mill a rotted 30" knotty spruce log, I'm not too surprised.
Edit: white pine, whatever..
White pine, spruce, maple; Is there even much of a difference?
