[Kip Wanaselja]

Great write up Sean. I have found some success with milling redwood decking and fencing materials for my own use and occasional sale. I run a Lucas 8-30 and cut mostly 12ft+ 2x & 4x material. Retail price is $3-4/bf in my neck of the woods and I am able to source a lot of logs from storm salvage or residential tree work. I will also hire out for mobile milling and sometimes come back with extra wood. Even with the high price of redwood I need to be cutting big logs and big beams to be profitable. 16″ logs are the minimum for it to be worthwhile,