Thread: Up grade

Originally Posted by 090currrie

eny tips or tricks yous old times can tell me for sawing on hills ???

Yep...stay away from them
Always mill on relatively flat ground if you can
Safety first ol' mate...MM

There's hills and theres Hills.

Here's an old thread on the topic here: Milling on a hill

The general consensus is avoid where possible, but it can be done, Best bet is always to avoid it where you can and be very bloody careful. Also think about the effort vs reward curve carefully... you need to be seeing serious money coming off saw to make it worth the effort.

If you're going to be doing it put a set of feet under the mill like the attached picture. It'll give you a better range of height adjustment for getting the rails parallel. Put a hole in the foot part and put pins through them - stops the mill from trying to walk downslope as you're working.

Best advice though is "buy a bigger bulldozer".

Milling down a hill is easy with the alaskan mill!

What are your plans for the 090? Don't see many around anymore.

Slopes are for skiing.

Originally Posted by rustynail

Slopes are for skiing.

My point exactly Rustynail
Doesn't matter one iota how much money one could make either
For the 'heroes' out there that think it's o.k...i'll tell you it isn't!
Irresponsible and utter stupidity for mine
Think SAFETY people....chainsaws and mills CAN and DO kill folk...treat them with the respect that they deserve...MM

It was said previously - stay away from milling on slopes!

Looking back over the forty years spent in the timber industry, I can say that most site accidents were on sloping ground. Of course that doesnt include fixed mill accidents as fixed mills are on level sites, with only a drainage slope to contend with.
Lucas mills will operate at 30 degrees. That's great for the mill, but not so good for the operator. With a portable mill, the temptation to set up on less than level sites is a real one, but after seeing and hearing of mishaps, one tends to look for better alternatives.
Many is the log I have had to go to no end of trouble to get to level ground. I just see it as a necessary evil - Part of the process.