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Lateset milling project, 18,000 board feet of Pine

Project by TreeBones posted 615 days ago 872 views 0 times favorited 15 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/


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Hawgnutz

522 posts in 975 days


posted 615 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

1557 posts in 922 days


posted 615 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 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

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GaryK

9539 posts in 887 days


posted 615 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

292 posts in 703 days


posted 615 days ago

That is my dream

-- Suliman , Syria, jablah ,

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Scott Bryan

20784 posts in 720 days


posted 615 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

681 posts in 833 days


posted 615 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

220 posts in 795 days


posted 614 days ago

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

-- The days are long and the years are short...

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BlueStingrayBoots

465 posts in 900 days


posted 614 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

115 posts in 692 days


posted 614 days ago

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

-- tn hillbilly.." tryin to do the best i can with what i got "

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RobS

1243 posts in 1205 days


posted 614 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

1557 posts in 922 days


posted 612 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 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

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rikkor

11335 posts in 773 days


posted 612 days ago

Great project. That is quite a sawmill.

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JUSToldTLP

7 posts in 618 days


posted 609 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

1944 posts in 602 days


posted 598 days ago

wow thats a lot of lumber

Geat job

Callum

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teenagewoodworker

2482 posts in 667 days


posted 598 days ago

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

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