Cut WIDER On Your Woodmizer LT40 SAWMILL! Secrets Revealed

[@TheOldJarhead]

If you enjoyed this video, check out another I did on milling slabs recently! They weren't as big but it was an adventure none-the-less! Enjoy: studio.kzbin.infoPvb13IsdbDM/edit

[@KenMcVay]

"Semper Gumby," lol. Gotta love it.

[@TheOldJarhead]

Gotta be flexible! Always Flexible! Ha! Semper Gumby! Oorah!

[@ellenl.5581]

I was born and raised in southern Oregon. My "Step" dad #1 d'rove logging truck. Uncles worked at Weyerhauser in the plywood area and cut the big logs on the side cutters"enormous blades". It was 1962 before the spotted owl and lumber was booming. True step Dad #2 sharpened chaines. Brought them home to keep up. I can smell the wood and hear the huge blades.

[@TheOldJarhead]

I was born in GP myself! Raised in BC though but always around logging and sawmills, plywood mills or pulp.

[@Twobrothersoutdoors]

Nice to have a crew with logs that big!

[@TheOldJarhead]

True that! But then I insist on folks being there to help out when I remote mill ;)

[@ellenl.5581]

@@TheOldJarhead Wise man.

[@TheOldJarhead]

@@ellenl.5581 LOl Thanks -- had a job where I had to work alone (this one -- the video isn't great as it was 6 years ago but this is the job: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4nFi2WMadebmbc ) and the amount of lumber I produced was less than half what I could have with a small crew. I learned on a little LT10 that milling alone wasn't the way to go! But this video where I was milling up near Republic WA I was alone as the customer couldn't make it and man did it slow me down! Despite using every trick in the book to bring rates up I was only milling around 150bf/hr when a slow day on 2x's would have been 300 with a helper or 500 on a good day!

[@jamesdaves7680]

You got a good neighbor. Thankfully I have my 83 year old father with a big Massey Ferguson with forks.

[@TheOldJarhead]

Not my neighbor but the customers! Thanks for watching!

[@PineInTheAshMilling]

Eric always learn something watching your videos , thanks

[@TheOldJarhead]

Thanks!

[@TheOldJarhead]

I really appreciate your comment ;( and don't be shy! Ask anything as I am always happy to help

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

Another good video, Erik. Keep em comin'.

[@TheOldJarhead]

Thanks Dave!

[@MsdMakingSawDust]

Nice job there Mr.Erik Ain’t nothing like pushing it to the limit. And yea I bet they where heavy. I did some 34” wide 3” thick 18’ long oak slabs for a customer a while back and man they where super heavy. And the poor guy didn’t own a tractor. So we unloaded them onto the ground off the loading arms. Keep pushing them monsters and take care.

[@TheOldJarhead]

Thanks Steve! Oak?! Ya I bet they were silly heavy! Kinda like the 8 1/2 inch beams I did this trip!

[@salvor1]

when you had to get the "hammers and wedges out", what stopped the saw?

[@TheOldJarhead]

The bark - the log was wider than the mill is rated to cut ;)

[@jbbrown7907]

How many hours did that log take to mill?

[@TheOldJarhead]

It wasn't more than an hour, more like 45 minutes. It wasn't too big 😉