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Whats this I leave for three months to go sawing around the USA and you two have some bloody scheme going from the sounds off it :roll::o lmao . I told you two you would work well...

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Hope you find enough off nifty Darren :):wink: Ive got 3000 ton of soptted gum hardwood thinnings that I might do over the next few years myself havent done firewood in any great volume for...

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There Is a lot of low lifes in the world I can tel you that from experience :?:( not just the ones who will steal your gear also ppl who say one thing and do another Lie Cheat n Steal just...

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A Big Congrats to You and the Wife Mate :wink::D:D:D:D:2tsup::2tsup:

Best Regards Chris

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Thanks for the pics Paul I loved them Mate :wink::D its a pitty but I never seem to take many of me milling I bug##r all of too and its something I should change real soon Fellas :wink:
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what plans do you have for the mill and what species and end sections are you chasing Mate ???

they where a bloody good portable mill for their time :wink: but the main thing to watch now...

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Sorry to hear you have had some delays with getting woody back in action Nifty :( These things happen in sawmiling esp with imported sawmills :wink: There plenty of sunshine and not many...

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I have only done about 10m3sawn of ironbark this month and have another 4m3 of sugar gum to saw on sat debating weather to buy in a couple of loads of Pine to saw sleepers out off :? But...

Gday Newjon you have done an awesome job on the Blanket Box Mate :o:U:2tsup::2tsup:

When I was sawing blood wood up in a mill in qld years ago we where sawing it into garden sleepers and sending...

Pual thats spot on with the scales they do not need to cost an arm and a leg as long as they are consistant Mate

I use to have a metal calibration bar and recalibrate the scales every time I did...

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Just any crappy old electric oven will do :2tsup: I spent two years running the second largest Mountain Ash kiln operation in Victoria 100 to 150 cube on any given day and thats all we had...

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Nifty are Drop Siders still legal out West ?? they have been banned in Vic for 20 odd years and vicroads and the cops would spend a long time tearing you a new one for using them Mate
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Itsposs Jmaxwell and Nifty are spot on with the prices its abou the same down here for a truck I am lucky as My contractor will do it for $90 an hour and throws in a 4 ton lift Jcb tele to...

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5 acres would be hitting the 1000 ton mark if its a reasonable to good block I take it it is unthinned clear fell what sort of time frame are you thinking off parttime or full time falling...

I feel your pain Mate I had a torn bicep when i was 18 from tailing on a breast bench where the lever man didn,t pick up that my trolley had derailed on me :no::~ we where quarter sawing big...

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Those species are not hard to saw and dry D/fir and Cyp as I have had experience with them for over 16yrs and they would be redy to use within 2 to 3 months but seeing as whe are coming...

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Newjon I use to just use an old handsaw setter for my bands I still have that an old friend gave me that as i was setting with a shifter for the first few bands but because he gave it to me i...

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Its good to hear you had a good day milling with Al :; :U it takes a while to get use to tailing on a mill and it takes it outa you for a while lol and im glad to hear your enjoying ...

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Inter your spot on their Mate Aussie mills are advanced because they have to be Rfa's,OH&S, Mill mergers and the like Killed a lot of little mills off from the mid 80s That and also the...

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I got my first bandmill a jonsered 6000+ with help from dad when I was about 15 and it was a step up from the leaning over a 3120 csm I tell you lol I ran that for about 6 years on...

Thanks for the Welcome Guys :) Im just going through alot of the posts and threads atm there seems to be a fair bit going on around here :wink::)

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Things are going Great Mate been back on either of the mills for six days strait now :U:U Didnt' cut a bloody stick of timber for about a month there with the Lucas's and was suffering a fair amount...

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Woody that will make something nice for you whats your plans for it Mate??

Carl's 21yo in sep He's put over 3000hrs on that mill and I reckon he would know what he is doing :wink: and I...

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Not good news to hear last week but Im gald to hear your getting things sorted in the pm you sent me today on the forestryforum and the chat we had online like we both said it not...

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What sort of timber are you looking to get sawn and what volume and what sizes are you chasing do you want it graded and stamped ???

I'll saw almost anywhere from SA to QLD if...

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I would be interested in coming to have a look at them if you still have not organized anything with anyone else ? I have done alot of falling around there and through to Ballarat in years gone...

And Gday Allan Im here now Mate :U:2tsup:

Gday Danny

Im 50 clicks north of you in Heathcote and I am looking for enough good logs in one small block to get the timber for My home out of and would be interested in doing them I take it you...

Im Chris McMahon from Heathcote in central Vic I just thought I would introduce myself Im a 4 generation Timber getter and Sawmiller and also do a fair amout of Log building as well ;) One of my...