Horselogging: Timber to Cabin 2 - The Sawmill

Horse Logging in the North Woods of Minnesota (Ely, MN)
Tim Carroll of Cedar River Horse Logging was hired by a landowner to log and mill white pines on his property to build a cabin and barn there. We follow him in all the steps. This episode continues with footage of the draft horses at work as well as milling the white pine logs.
Tim is a sustainable low-impact logger and he explains this as a need to balance the material needs of the owner with the needs of the forest as a whole, leaving some mature trees while harvesting some to produce seeds while clearing some to open up the woods. The low impact is the due:
Use of draft horses for power
Saw on site
Build on site
Tim Lamar runs the sawmill for the project. Tim explains the sawmill and setting up the milling site. He is milling many sized boards for the cabin as well as the barn. As he mills them he sorts them into like widths near the mill. We see video of the entire process:
1 Positioning the log in the saw - making sure it is parallel to the sides.
2 Keep the bell end of the log off the braces to ensure the straightest boards. This takes some fine tuning with the skid loader.
3 Run the saw (unpowered) up and down the log to fine tune before actually cutting.
4 . Take a first pass with teh saw running to remove bark and some of the bell end.
5 . Once this all goes well, begin milling.
We see close up footage of Tim sawing the boards.
Tim Carroll explains why winter is the best time to do this work:
Easier for the draft horses to move the logs
Cooler for the horses to work
Cooler for the people to work.
Continue watching this series:
Horse Logging: Timber to Cabin Part 1 - Logging the Trees
Horse Logging: Timber to Cabin Part 3 - Logging Camp
Horse Logging: Timber to Cabin Part 4 - Building the Cabin

[@TheLoneRanger745]

These guys are AWESOME, BEAUTIFUL, The show slides good , minimal foot print on the floor , BEAUTIFUL, wish I could be a part of that , great job men !

[@lostnation5348]

Thank you for sharing.. Good stuff.

[@susanMarkle]

Very interesting. Looks like hard work. Makes one tough. I love the black horses too.

[@steliannistor1878]

Install a 10 hp motor on top of the mill with a long chain and have that go back and forward with a remote control ☝️☝️...good job guys

[@mervjb809]

It seems like a band saw mill would be much more efficient.

[@Zildorn]

Rural Heritage What a JOKE

[@dungeonmaster6292]

You're the joke. I get what you're saying though.

[@dowrow6898]

@@dungeonmaster6292 what is he saying tho?

[@dungeonmaster6292]

@@dowrow6898 he's applying a "no true scotsman" logical fallacy that this is not "rural heritage" because it is using some very modern technology e.g. the gas powered sawmill and mobile equipment (skid steer). I kind of get it and understand because i don't want to have to be beholden to a bank to make my living but i wouldn't scoff (like the original poster did) at a guy for at least being in the "rural heritage" spectrum. Does any of that make sense?