Heh Heh, again, some guys have all the luck
Heh Heh, again, some guys have all the luck
Cool Place, this Sawmill Creek.
This is getting to be a bit of a regular weekend harvest epic tale...hopefully one with no end in sight and and lots of happy chapters. Happy for you John, and best of luck on your new endeavour. Will be placing and order later in the year.
measure, cut, shake head
man could i have a field day with that pile. i guess one mans trash is another mans treasure. have fun
Nice haul. Gotta love recycling.
I cannot really understand why an 8' board would not be marketable for them. It really couldn't throw off production too much to put all the six to nine footers in a pile and sell them to somebody. This kind of production waste is sloppy management to me. Now the burls and crotch pieces I understand; that stuff is worthless!
Does that mean you want to come up and play?Originally Posted by Keith Burns
I asked the same question Tom....and here's the problem. First off, this is just a little Amish family sawmill and they saw about 12-14 hours a day...6 days a week....The father and 3 boys doing nothing but loading, sawing, planing, and stickering. The Logs belong to the logging company and the boards go to a buyer that specifies volume and board specifications....and these guys can barely keep up with the volume. They only get $3 per 50 board feet, so to spend 10 minutes to save a $.50 piece of lumber...just isn't logical to them.....Plus, they don't really have rights to sell it. I think that they feel that would be dishonest. Lucky for me!Originally Posted by Tom Sontag
~john
"There's nothing wrong with Quiet" ` Jeremiah Johnson
Aha! The primary reason stuff gets wasted is because the pricing mechanism is askew. Sawing for 6 cents per bf is the true mistake. I've never heard of anyone working for less than $100/mbf (10 cents per bf). No wonder they cannot keep up with demand.Originally Posted by John Hart
First off, congradulations and become really good friends with that mill owner. Where I live all types of maple, birch, ash and elm is very plentiful and there are small to good sized mills it seems everywhere in the country. I just returned from one such mill last weekend and picked up a trailer load of birdseye end cuts, some 2 feet long, 2 to 4" thick....all for a case of beer<G>
I sure would like to find walnut and cherry, they are some of my favorite woods.
John, it sounds like you and Andy need to do a little wood swapping so that you can benefit from each of your native species.
Anyone want to trade some Mesquite for some Maple or walnut?
Beautiful pile of firewood John. You lucky dawg you.
Thanks & Happy Wood Chips,
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Aw man... that's awful John. Hope everything works out with this.Originally Posted by John Hart
That is some great looking wood and a great job on the bowl. Pretty stuff.