In4apenny
ArboristSite Lurker
So, I've got a timberking 1200 and an lt40 hydraulic mill. I'm regularly getting logs that are over 35" and are a pain turning into a cant without loosing lumber. I don't mean a board or two, I've likely lost 500+bf over the last 3 weeks.
Now before y'all tell me to rerun the slabs I'm doing production work and the time consumed wouldn't be offset by the value in the lumber lost to the slabs.
My question is: could some of you guys give me some pointers on custom building another band mill just to make the bigger logs into cants. I'm thinking that a 48" wide throat would be optimal but I'm concerned that I would get a ton of band travel vertically across that spread. I'm willing to invest the money to build it and build it right, I'm just not sure what "right" would be. If you guys have any tips or suggestions I could use the collective knowledge.
Lastly, I can get my hands on a Perkins diesel that is 76hp so I was told to run it so power to keep band speed up shouldn't be an issue and if I need to I can get something bigger.
One more time, the only purpose of this mill would be to make logs into cants and not to cut lumber so to speak.
Thanks for the help.
Now before y'all tell me to rerun the slabs I'm doing production work and the time consumed wouldn't be offset by the value in the lumber lost to the slabs.
My question is: could some of you guys give me some pointers on custom building another band mill just to make the bigger logs into cants. I'm thinking that a 48" wide throat would be optimal but I'm concerned that I would get a ton of band travel vertically across that spread. I'm willing to invest the money to build it and build it right, I'm just not sure what "right" would be. If you guys have any tips or suggestions I could use the collective knowledge.
Lastly, I can get my hands on a Perkins diesel that is 76hp so I was told to run it so power to keep band speed up shouldn't be an issue and if I need to I can get something bigger.
One more time, the only purpose of this mill would be to make logs into cants and not to cut lumber so to speak.
Thanks for the help.