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Lateset milling project, 18,000 board feet of Pine

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This is an 18,000 bdft project of Ponderosa Pine that will go to flooring, siding, roofing and framing of a remodel and some new construction for a rustic cabin near Yosemite. All of these trees were removed for fire clearance and are considered salvage logs since none of the local big mills will process logs under 14” diameter at the small end. I haven’t had much time to keep up on things here and will be in Rockaway Beach Oregon again for more milling projects working on all the downed trees from the severe wind storm this winter.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3


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Hawgnutz

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posted 203 days ago

That looks like quite a job! Hope you get it done with no complicartions!

God Bless,
Hawg

-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards

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TreeBones

1409 posts in 510 days


posted 203 days ago

This project is finished and the only complications were the replacement of the 12 volt battery at the beginning of this one. I’ll be starting several smaller milling jobs this coming week.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

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GaryK

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posted 203 days ago

Man, that’s too much work for me.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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suliman

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posted 203 days ago

That is my dream

-- Suliman , Syria, jablah ,

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Scott Bryan

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posted 203 days ago

Ron,

It looks like you are having fun. It is a lot of work but have fun.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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clieb91

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posted 203 days ago

Ron,
Now that is a lot of trees. Glad to hear they are all going somewhere to be used.

I agree with Suliman, that is most definately a dream. I really need to convince my work to get a hold of one of those mills.

Good luck with the upcoming projects.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

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Myron Wooley

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posted 203 days ago

One 12 volt battery? Man, that’s one heck of a cordless sawmill! ;) lol

-- Furniture Medic- the prescription for damaged furniture

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BlueStingrayBoots

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posted 203 days ago

Wow Ron, thats a beautiful place to mill. All that work, I bet lunch break on that hill was overwhelming and tasty.
Thanks for posting the pictures, it gives me vision to where I’m headed or job/contract I will get sooner or later. I’ll prepair and be ready.
Do you recall how many sharp blades you went through?

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roy

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posted 202 days ago

would love to “cull” logs like that in Tn
all our big logs were cut years ago

-- tn hillbilly

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RobS

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posted 202 days ago

Great work, Ron. With you being that busy of late it appears we could use a lot more salvage log millers. Nice rescue and keep up the good work.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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TreeBones

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posted 201 days ago

BSB, I went through about 18 to 20 blades. I sharpen them myself.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

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rikkor

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posted 200 days ago

Great project. That is quite a sawmill.

-- Maplewood, MN

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JUSToldTLP

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posted 197 days ago

As said above I can only dream of that much wood. I can almost smell The fresh cut here in NY. Thanks for some really beautiful pictures too. My brother-in-law works for USDFS for all that don’t know the acronym United States Department of Forest Services. But again I only get to see his pictures. Thanks again.

-- There is nothing in life better than sawdust and suds but don't get your sawdust in your suds

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thetimberkid

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posted 186 days ago

wow thats a lot of lumber

Geat job

Callum

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teenagewoodworker

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posted 186 days ago

wow you’re gonna have a lot of fun with all that wood!

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