Thread: new mobile sawmill, advice and thoughts please

so tell us what are you going to buy????? cheers bob

still not sure.

but im leaning towards a new model 8-25 lucas. the main reason being i can buy 2 and pay wages for operators for a month for 2 operators for the same price as any of the auto machines i like.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

still not sure.

but im leaning towards a new model 8-25 lucas. the main reason being i can buy 2 and pay wages for operators for a month for 2 operators for the same price as any of the auto machines i like.

I like that way of thinking

Originally Posted by weisyboy

still not sure.

but im leaning towards a new model 8-25 lucas. the main reason being i can buy 2 and pay wages for operators for a month for 2 operators for the same price as any of the auto machines i like.

The big problem is finding operators worth having. I've had literally dozens of workers through here and no more than a couple had any potential to be anything more than labourers with their thumb in their bum and mind in neutral. Quite a few were barely capable of making it to work on two consecutive days.

As you know, there's a lot more to milling than just pushing the saw. You're going to have to be prepared to do a fair bit of training, I reckon. Having said that, I reckon you're on the right track if you can get the blokes.

Yeah I would love to be able to keep give 2 millers $50k a year each to mill timber but I would think that it be better to employ 1 miller on a better machine and a Forester to make a better forest

weisy boy getting tired just thinking about all that work getting logs out then all that walking back and forth raising and lowering rails on green machine have you had a play with a peterson wpf with electric rise and fall no more walking back and forth raising or lowering railshaving used both mills wpf with electric winch much much faster

i upt logs in not take them out

no walking to wind.

i have a talor to wind the other end.

hopefully will be playing with the wpf this week if i get time.

just finished putting the engine back together on my mill. im a pro at striping it down and puting it back together now. could do it with my eyes shut and my arms tyed.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

i upt logs in not take them out

no walking to wind.

i have a talor to wind the other end.

hopefully will be playing with the wpf this week if i get time.

just finished putting the engine back together on my mill. im a pro at striping it down and puting it back together now. could do it with my eyes shut and my arms tyed.

You have done up the motor on your mill heaps of times ? How many hours before it needs a rebuild ?Must be like those round australia tour coaches . They run em 24/7 and wear out a brand new 6 cylinder diesel every few months apparently

its done over 3000 hours. well over.

mainly electrical problems.

they are far more complicated than they need to be.

None of the available swing mills are any good for fixed site milling, Lucas's are alright but not fantastic. Petersons are plenty flawed. I say make your own, maybe use some bits off the lucas, that's the only way you'll get what you need

I dont know here s a mission not for the faint harted I wonder what the reinstall of this would be worth
McKee saws, working sawmill - eBay, Other, Hardware, Industrial. (end time 21-Jul-10 13:02:46 AEST)
She wont be real portable but

the McKee saws ain't the best saws around. especially hydrolic drive.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

the McKee saws ain't the best saws around. especially hydrolic drive.

For that money you couldn't go wrong, cant be that bad a saw, pretty much a standard quality brand of saw found in a lot of HWD mills. Might even be a one man operation
regards inter

it is a good price.