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Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM)

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 10:21:13 PM
Written by burdman_22
Views: 61
Anyone use Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM) for insurance?

I'm picking up my LT35 HD on the 29th, and plan on using PLM for insuring my mill. I will just be milling my own logs at first....maybe transporting the mill from MD to KY on occasion, and possibly down to AL a time or two. I might get into mobile milling as a business eventually. Read More

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Did my first mobile job

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 08:58:55 PM
Written by WDFL
Views: 100
Is it a job if I didn't get paid??

Neighbor took down a tree last summer and had been saving the trunk because he knew I had the sawmill. He came over a couple weekends ago and the timing was just perfect so I said "Sure let's cut i it up tomorrow".

I ended up mounting the aluminum box to the tongue and pulled the mill down the road with my tractor and grapple. We spent about 4 hours cutting up the trunk of the oak tree, which I sectioned into 3x10' pieces, just barely able to lift them up on the mill with my grapple.Read More

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is there a best time to harvest hemlock trees, eastern hemlock

Posted in Forestry and Logging
Yesterday at 12:44:39 PM
Written by maple flats
Views: 292
I have some rather ambishous plans this year for my sawmill, likely greater than my body will keep up with. As such, I'm wondering if it really matters when I fall the trees needed for my multiple projects as long as I store the logs up off the ground. While I set here, as it's raining outside I am wondering how many trees I should cut in the next 2-3 months. I have a good supply of 14-28" dbh hemlocks. My wishes are to build an addition on the side of my shop, a 14x32' 1 story, off one side of the shop, a leanto roof off the other side, 10'x28', a pavilian style cover for my Woodland Mills HM130Max on their trailer, open both ends to drive thru if I need to move the mill, a 12x16' storage shed, an 8x10 sawmill shop, with all of my equipment for the mill, sharpener, setter, chainsaw grinder, saws, logrite tools and spare parts and chains and maybe even a 8x18' solar kiln. The Kiln would come last because the projects will all be built using lumber off the mill in a short period of time (green).Read More

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debarker

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
April 17, 2024, 04:46:57 PM
Written by 69bsa650
Views: 277
I have an older LT 40 With the debarker only moves in one direction. The motor does not function in both directions. Thanks for taking time to answer this

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Clearing small saplings

Posted in Forestry and Logging
April 17, 2024, 08:14:19 AM
Written by livemusic
Views: 856

I've been working on my 57 acres for years now, lol. I have been and am still most curious about clearing a tract for timber stand improvement (even aesthetics in my case) of mostly hardwood saplings that are 1/2 inch diameter and larger. Countless ones 1 inch to, say, 4 inches. (Or, I could limit it

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