How Much Lumber From a Cord of Small Diameter Ponderosa Pine Logs on Woodmizer LT 15 Sawmill

See how much lumber we can get out of a cord of logs. I have my dump trailer full of the equivalent of a cord of small diameter Ponderosa pine logs. We cut them up into lumber on my wood Mizer LT 15 Sawmill. with the results we can figure out if it is worth more to cut the logs into firewood or into lumber.

[@PapaRug.58]

Loved the birds eyes in that first piece you cut

[@WilsonForestLands]

Those small diameter pine had some great figure in them. Thanks for the comment.

[@marksparkplug7758]

Nice lumber. Renewable resource. Take care.

[@WilsonForestLands]

Renewable it is. I will probably have videos about that and forest management in the future. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@Vanbulance89]

I enjoyed the wideo!

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@thekiltedsawyer]

Very nicely done , looks like awesome lumber, very satisfying for you!! Love to mill myself & love my woodmizer 👍🧡💪💪💪👌

[@thekiltedsawyer]

This is a great video buddy, not to mention that your lumber looks great 👍🧡💪👌

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thank you Craig.

[@mcpiddler1135]

I've never figured yield that way. If I scale the logs I use International scale since it's closer to bandsaw yield, but I've never tried to see if I beat scale or not. I wouldn't think you had 75% waste though.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I had so much waste because of the nature of this load of logs. They were small diameter, some had a lot of taper and thick bark. Also a few of them had a considerable amount of sweep. If it was a cord of larger diameter straighter logs, the waste would have been much less. The objective here was to see how much I could get out of these low grade logs.

[@mcpiddler1135]

@@WilsonForestLands Thanks for your reply. I understand now.

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

Good wideo. Keep em commin' Dave

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thanks for the encouragement Dave, I have more of them on the way.

[@mehmet284]

nice job

[@vidili68]

Hi there I would too small one into stickers. Just an idea Have a good day be safe

[@WilsonForestLands]

That would be a good idea if I didn’t already have too many stickers. Thank you for the comment.

[@ronsfarm103]

Lol I live the same deal my mill is old my tractor not 4 wheel drive either.i work my 165 acres ln northern Ontario get at I can

[@WilsonForestLands]

Similar size acreage. I think it’s better we put our money into that instead of equipment we don’t need.

[@jdboy9]

Nice truck

[@WilsonForestLands]

Thank you for the comment. If you are talking about the red one, it has been a good reliable truck for a very long time.

[@jdboy9]

@@WilsonForestLands yeah the red one. I have the same truck but red and white.

[@JohnDoe-qg6hm]

Whats a chord ? I thought it was a music thing !

[@cfxsniper]

What blades are you using on your mill? I bought the same mill as you and have been using 9° double hard.

[@WilsonForestLands]

Mostly 10° double hard. I have some 7° double hard and I really haven’t noticed a difference on the mostly softwoods I cut. But that may be I just haven’t use the 7° enough or just haven’t paid enough attention.

[@cfxsniper]

@WilsonForestLands thank you for the reply. I really enjoy the versatility of the 9°. I have a 14hp on my mill and I can tell when it's dogging down when it's ripping thru the log. I can also tell when I don't have enough lubricant.

[@WilsonForestLands]

@@cfxsniper When I was asking Woodmizer about blades, they never gave me the option of 9°. I recently heard someone else talking about them. I may have to look into those.

[@georgeshotrodbarn2113]

Did you get those trees off the Ponderosa?

[@WilsonForestLands]

I found them standing on top of Ponderosa pine stumps.

[@melebmotors]

looks like you threw away a couple boards from every log

[@WilsonForestLands]

It may look like that on video but in real life it looks different when you can see how much sweep and taper the logs had. Sometime you have to cut into them deep to counter the bend in the log.

[@dalehansenab]

500fbm

[@rickyquesnel8986]

What is the bearing number on your log stops

[@WilsonForestLands]

I’m not sure what you mean by bearing number. Part number?

[@robertjason2956]

I think u need a new mike for your camera hard to hear u

[@WilsonForestLands]

Yes I do. I just haven’t got that far yet.