How'd it go today?

Kaveman said:
Buy an Alaskan mill, and a saw to dedicate to it, that's the simplest, easiest answer.
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I have a 48 inch alaskan and an 881 to run it

biggest pile of shit ever, slow, fumes burn your eyes, awkward and slow to set up, heavy as hell, expensive to run and the boards that come off it are frankly horrendous, yes it works, no its not easier or simpler, I've cut thousands of board ft with it over the last 5 years and would be OK never, ever touching it again

and thats all when the logs are a decent size, what I'm milling right now is 20" and maybe 6ft long, sure it can work but I'm not doing it
 
My 462 decided to call it quits today. Six years and two months of my abuse finally won out. New one is in the truck now.
Also got all the hydraulics hooked back up on the old mini before I went to get beat up again. Should have it done tomorrow evening as long as nothing comes up
 
WoodCutr said:
I have a 48 inch alaskan and an 881 to run it

biggest pile of shit ever, slow, fumes burn your eyes, awkward and slow to set up, heavy as hell, expensive to run and the boards that come off it are frankly horrendous, yes it works, no its not easier or simpler, I've cut thousands of board ft with it over the last 5 years and would be OK never, ever touching it again

and thats all when the logs are a decent size, what I'm milling right now is 20" and maybe 6ft long, sure it can work but I'm not doing it
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Ship it to me, I'll put it to work! :/:
 
Kaveman said:
6 hours wrestling out of my weight class. I think the Dosko won, I'm pretty whipped. View attachment 144708
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Yeah, they suck in that regard. I think there's a swivel model where both wheels lock, and the rest swivels on an axle above.

Then the bigger model may have drive wheels. I saw a video where the guy just swings it back and forth.

I actually leaned into it to load it up and grind bigger chips like a hydraulic grinder.

Of course I first checked the teeth, and changed them to the sharp side. Still about 2min of grinding, pull back, clear dirt, restart, repeat.

I was wore out after 3hrs, and almost didn't get it pulled back up the hill.
 
WoodCutr said:
tried to freehand chainsaw mill again, currently poking around the woodmizer site, almost impossible to pick through marketplace with all the "sawmill services for sale" posts when you try to actually buy a used mill

been considering buying a bus, chopping the body off and scrapping it, selling what parts I can, use the frame as rails for the mill, and build a carriage for it, not worried about hydraulic log lift or anything, just a fully manual mill capable of doing logs in the 30" diameter x 17ft range, but not sure I can do that for the price of a cheap woodmizer, sure its more capable but I really don't need a mill that can do anything bigger than what my loader can lift
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the hydraulics on the mills is also for turning not only for loading. a manual bandsaw-mill is better than nothing for sure but there is a reason so many people will upgrade to a mill with hydraulics.

i‘m very happy with my lucas-mill… no turning of logs..
 
friedrich said:
i‘m very happy with my lucas-mill… no turning of logs..
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which Lucas do you have? I've been interested in them since I first saw Wranglerstar using one maybe 8 or 9 years ago, I almost think it would be better than a bandsaw for what I do, but then again, I've only ran a bandsaw and chainsaw mill
 
WoodCutr said:
which Lucas do you have? I've been interested in them since I first saw Wranglerstar using one maybe 8 or 9 years ago, I almost think it would be better than a bandsaw for what I do, but then again, I've only ran a bandsaw and chainsaw mill
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buy once, cry once.. i have the 10-30.
it‘s a nice mill… especially if you want to cut larger diameter logs into construction lumber. and you can surface/plane with it, too. quite handy…
 
Yesterday, new belt on mini.....
I Pieced down a lil incense cedar. Kavey ground the stump. Lads did some pruning. Chipped. Climbed a skinny lead on a river Birch and pruned it back from the roof. Then same for some spindly oaks.
Got cleaned up and went to story telling with Kavey and Katy. Had some pizza and fake beer.
Good day.
 
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friedrich said:
buy once, cry once.. i have the 10-30.
it‘s a nice mill… especially if you want to cut larger diameter logs into construction lumber. and you can surface/plane with it, too. quite handy…
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thanks! gonna look into it!

I was unaware of their ability to plane boards, currently we run everything through a dewalt thickness planer but that only works for stuff maybe 10 inches wide and 3.5 inches thick, which is most of what I cut anyways
 
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