I recently acquired many (30+) full sized logs of olive, pear, Brazilian pepper and a few other species. I have used a chainsaw mill and/or my bandsaw to process my logs previously, but these are some huge (to me) logs. 7’ long and 20” around on average.

There’s a guy with a mill that charges $100/hour if I bring the logs to him (50 miles each way) or $200/hour if he has to drive to me.

im a one man show so moving these things is tricky without a tractor or forklift. If an answer is possible, my question is: How many board feet of lumber would someone have to mill annually to make a $3000 small mill a wise investment? At the rate I acquire raw wood like this, it might get used 3-4 times per year. I don’t intend to make this a business, but if anyone locally needed a mill, I’d be happy to help them out. Do you guys with mills get much business from word of mouth? As nice a guy as I am, () I wouldn't want to get swamped with “Hey, I heard you have a mill...” phone calls.....

any guidance is appreciated!