Hello,
New to the forum and liking it. My experience is very limited in the milling world, but so far it has been a lot of careful fun. I bought a used Logosol M-7 mill a year ago and this spring acquired several large silver maple logs from a friend that was removing a massive tree from his yard in town. It took 4 loads with my flatbed trailer to haul them home and unloading with the front end loader of my tractor was a great way to finish the job. I sharpened my ripping chains for my 30" bar and have been cutting one log a day for several days. I am making 1" and 2" dimension lumber from these logs. I stack it with stickers in my barn for drying and figure it will take about a year before I can work any of it. So far I have about 500 bf cut and stacked. Not much figure in it but some of the 2" stuff is 13" wide! Beautiful looking wood so far. It looks Lille I am connecting with the local arbor companies and getting calls asking if I want more logs. It is a great way to acquire wood I would not normally have access to. I use a metal detector on the logs and only take straight usable 8' to 12' sections. Just cut a 26" diameter Atlas Cedar yesterday. Looking forward to being on the forum.
Urban logging seems to be in my future.
Keith in Cowiche
New to the forum and liking it. My experience is very limited in the milling world, but so far it has been a lot of careful fun. I bought a used Logosol M-7 mill a year ago and this spring acquired several large silver maple logs from a friend that was removing a massive tree from his yard in town. It took 4 loads with my flatbed trailer to haul them home and unloading with the front end loader of my tractor was a great way to finish the job. I sharpened my ripping chains for my 30" bar and have been cutting one log a day for several days. I am making 1" and 2" dimension lumber from these logs. I stack it with stickers in my barn for drying and figure it will take about a year before I can work any of it. So far I have about 500 bf cut and stacked. Not much figure in it but some of the 2" stuff is 13" wide! Beautiful looking wood so far. It looks Lille I am connecting with the local arbor companies and getting calls asking if I want more logs. It is a great way to acquire wood I would not normally have access to. I use a metal detector on the logs and only take straight usable 8' to 12' sections. Just cut a 26" diameter Atlas Cedar yesterday. Looking forward to being on the forum.
Urban logging seems to be in my future.
Keith in Cowiche
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