One reason I bought the trailer package for my mill was the thought that I might hire my services to others to mill their logs on site. Yesterday was the first time I took the show on the road, about 25 miles away. The mill weighs about 1600 lbs and towed w/o incident behind my Subaru. Woodand Mills use a torsion bar suspension on their trailer packages and that sure helped it absorb potholes and bumps w/o rocking or swaying. I was impressed with how easy it was to tow, although there was a noticeable decrease in gas mileage. Beyond all expectations, NYS does not require license plates on portable sawmills.
In less than 45 minutes the mill was set up and we had the first log on it ready to cut. Lower the jack stands, unhook the car, level the mill, unlock the sawhead, and it's ready to mill.
Loading logs was a snap because the owner has one of these, of which I am incredibly envious:
I showed the owner how to set up a draying rack and left him to sticker and stack it.
Normally I get 1/2 the lumber, but because he put the logs on the mill and carried away the lumber I did it for 1/3 share. This was my share which I milled today:
About 260 bf of really nice red oak. Tomorrow I'll mill two more logs for the owner, then pack up the mill and bring it home. Not having to clean up the slab wood and sawdust is an added benefit of mobile milling.
John