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Small Scale Big Logs
Thought I’d share some photos on a job I am starting in my neck of the woods. 40″ redwood logs being milled into decking & fencing for a client. I stopped by to get them moved into place so we could set the mill up around them. The logs are 10-12ft and this is only half of the tree. The rest is still down the hill, we will have to get creative to haul them up since these pieces are about the max the skid steer can handle!
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Level 2: Pulpwood
Yeah, those are big chunks alright. Being able to set a mill up around some bigger logs is definitely a benefit of the mobile setup, haha.
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Level 1: Seedling
Being able to set the mill up over logs is a big reason I went with the Lucas mill over a towable band saw. I can get it in a really tight space, was even able to fit it in my neighbors front yard when he had a big Doug Fir taken down earlier this summer. Barely room to move but we were able to cut our way through the pile to make some space. The base piece made some beautiful straight grain boards.
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This reply was modified 2 months, 2 weeks ago by Kip Wanaselja.
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Level 1: Seedling
Finally got around to setting the mill up and getting some sawing done! Got the first two logs cut up, a total of 1100 board feet of some high quality redwood. Almost all the boards were select or clear, very few knots.
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