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| Twenty foot long trailer. This is a few hours before we knocked off. There wasn't much room when we were done. |
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| Right side of the trailer. Stickers in the top-front. Lower portion 3/4". Topped off with 2-by |
That is "small town life" at its finest. I include a close-up of the truck because the generous friend should get A.) Credit and B.) Maybe a little bit of business. John Little is an honorable man and businessman. Ask him to bid the business if you have interior trim work that needs to be done.
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| The rig |
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| What old geezers do on their summer vacation. Not counting the "kid", the average age was 68. |
Apologies for having the camera tilted. I could not see the screen.
The largest diameter log we ran, once squared up, yielded 16 2-by-6s and 8 2-by-4s. The sawyer also squeezed another 8 2-by-4s out of the trimmings from that log. The sawyer new his onions. He has been doing this for ten years.
Today was a much easier day than yesterday. There was one more helper and today's "kid", a young lady of 16, did not pull out a smartphone even once. Even with the additional help we could not keep up with the saw when he was pumping out two 12' 2-by-6s and a 2-by-4 with each pass.
Bonus pictures
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| Highly figured English walnut. 14" across and 4' long cut into a 3" slab IF this is what it looks like dry I can only imagine what it will look like polished and oil-finished. |
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| English walnut with spalting. Same dimensions. |
Nice planks. Been thinking of doing that myself, but I'm lazy.
ReplyDeleteI did this same job today. Even used a 600 series Ford to tow the logs up to the mill. Me, the sawyer, and a couple of kids. Cutting black walnut and sycamore. I could have bumped your average age up a year or so, being 74.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I saw a Ford 600. It is a very capable machine in the hands of somebody who is familiar with it. It is very nimble.
DeleteThat walnut will make some fine rifle stocks.
ReplyDeleteI think that is the fellow's intention except for it will be a shotgun or four. For the grand-kids.
DeleteI worked green chain in a sawmill one summer - got me in great shape for basic training
ReplyDeleteI worked green chain in a sawmill one summer - got me in great shape for basic training
ReplyDeleteGood looking wood there! And nice to have friends with trucks AND trailers!!!
ReplyDeleteDamn, that's some pretty lumber. Got no local sawyers. The x had a 60 foot pecan fall over in the back yard. Took the better part of a year to reduce it to bite size chunks (cut to 18 inches or thereabouts, using a cheapshit chainsaw, and split using a maul and sledge and sweat and stupid).
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