Me and a couple other family members just pulled the trigger on a Idry vacuum kiln. I wish we would have decide this before the price increased 10k. I'm wondering if anyone on here has one and can offer any tips on getting started using it. I have some time to do more research before it gets delivered. I'm also wondering what else is helpful to have to make the process easier particularly on the material handling side. I was thinking maybe a jib crane with a vacuum hoist of some kind for slabs or maybe just have everything on a pallet and swap that out with a skid steer or forklift? Any advice would be helpful as I'm new to kilns. I have air dried lots of lumber mostly due to the shortages of places to dry lumber in my area. Also how are others pricing drying? we plan to mostly dry lumber rather then sell it. I have seen prices all over the map on this. One local guy with a kiln will dry for 1.25 a board foot (seems high to me) and he is the only person I know of around me that will dry other peoples lumber.