Does anyone really make a living doing custom sawing??

[Swede]

"Does anyone really............ .........?" Don´t ask! This kind of quesion makes me worried to death!       

Have been walkin around my sawmill every day last weeks,  at diferent customers yards. Think I can sell my other business in some weeks. This is what I want to do even if my body hurts, I´m loosing weight,  sawing the poles with a new blade, cold and rain som days, blade breaks,  can´t get new plates for the blade guides. Have to call Monkeys tomorrow morning and ask them for faster delivery of blades, try to make new plates for Carter guides tonight..............

Most people at countryside here have some forest and can use some boards sometimes. Most big sawmills can´t saw logs whider than 20". Hope I can make a living doing customer sawing or I´ve get problems. 

Swede.

PS. Never before I´ve liked to set my clock to ring at 06:00!

[Fla._Deadheader]

  Still got the Underwater Logging operation for sale, Swede.  I can "Sponsor" ya for a Visa, if ya want.   We HAVE the wide board market over here. 

[Swede]

Hmmmmmmmmmm.......
Are them gators a part of that business?
 


Swede.

[SwampDonkey]

Swede,

I'm thinking they are closely tied into the profits.

[Swede]

Swampy; Think You are right! But why sell a gator business? Is there no gators left?

If I ever had fired a gun perhaps............ . There would be a lot of shoestrings if I can get them upto a saw mill.

Swede.

[Fla._Deadheader]

 Swede, use the right bait and they will follow you anywhere.

[asy]

Swede,

Ya gotta pay extra for the Gators!!!

They are TRAINED ATTACK GUARD GATORS. Put there SPECIFICALLY to GUARD the trees!

asy

[Furby]

Arky,

As usual well put. I really like the pictures.



Now, what in the heck are you gonna do with $680K?

I bought a GMC K3500, a deck over, a Peterson 10" WPF and kiln set-up for less than a third of that amount. You got me scratching my head.





Mark

Ya know, I was kinda wondering about that myself.
It's not like $680k is a good round number that you would just use for an example or anything. 

[Swede]

Swede,

Ya gotta pay extra for the Gators!!!

They are TRAINED ATTACK GUARD GATORS. Put there SPECIFICALLY to GUARD the trees!

asy 

Is THAT what people in US does  ..............pay for attack gator guarded sinkers? *J C*


Swede.

[Fla._Deadheader]

      That's why we get the BIG $$$$$$, Swede. 

[ARKANSAWYER]

LAND, 30 acres
BUILDINGS, saw sheds, kiln buildings, machining shed, retail store/office
LT70, 3ph
MORGAN SCRAGG MILL
BAKER RE-SAWS
PETERSON SWING/SLABBER
KB LOADER
WHEEL LOADER
WHEELER TYPE TRAILER
DECKS, BLOWERS, CONVEYORS
KILNS
OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE
PLAINERS
LOGOSOL PH260
LOG INVENTORY
LUMBER INVENTORY
NEW PICKUP FOR LBJ TO RIDE IN
LOGRITE CANTHOOKS, CHAIN SAWS AND MISC. EQUIPMENT.

  Production will be 1.2 to1.5 MMbdft a year with about half in soft woods and half in hardwoods.  Will dry 500Mbdft softwoods and about 300Mbdft of hardwoods.  Green sales will be around 500Mbdft in ties and pallet stock.  Most machining will be in T&G of softwoods and some hardwood S4S stock.  Will still be able to saw customers logs and dry and machine them as requested.  Softwoods will be SYP and ERC as that is about all that grows here and Hardwoods will be oaks, walnut, maple, cherry, ash, hickory and sickymore plus any thing else I can get my hands on but elm or black oak.
   Scragg mill will bust down all logs less then 12 inches and resaw will split them to size.  LT70 will take all larger logs and long logs and saw them.  On the LT70 pine will be sawn to width of board and cant will be sent to re-saw to be split to thickness.  Hardwoods will be sawn for grade and the tie spit out.
  Wanda will be sit up with bed extension for long timbers and to do custom sawing off the main line.   Swing mill will be set up to do big uglies and slabbing of oversize logs.   Kilns will be DH with extra heat added by wood furnace.   Chipping operation and debarking will be added at a later time.  Plainer chips will be bagged and sold.
  Mill will be closed the week between Christmas and New Year and the first week of gun deer season.

[OneWithWood]

So, Arky, what are you going to do with all your spare time? 

[Ga_Boy]

Arky,

Now that's what I'm talk'n about.

That is a real nice operation you got planed.  Some day, if my plan works out I will get almost that big.

Get R done.




Mark

[Bibbyman]

Arky will have to hang this picture on the wall of his office just to remember the "good ol' days".

[ARKANSAWYER]

   Office wall, coin rolling in, sexytary and two weeks off a year.


  I am just going to take Electric Al's operation and bump it up a few knotches.

[Kirk_Allen]

God Bless You Arky!  Nothing more inspiring than a man with a vision!

Man without Vision will parish! 

[Cedarman]

Arky, it can be done. We pump out about 1.6mm per year of ERC and our logs average 7 inches. It just takes us two mills to do it though. Employees will cause you to reach for the Ibuprofin.  Good luck.  Wish you well.

[Furby]

Arky,
I was going to say I'm sorry I asked, but the truth is I'm not!
Sounds like ya got things pretty well figured out and not just some haywire outfit like I was thinking!

[Rockn H]

Arky I like a neighbor with a vision.  Good look to you, sure enough.

Do any of you guys remember the umbrellas you wore on your head like a hat?  That would keep you dry and in the shade 100% of the time.  Of course the neighbors would talk....I know I would.