The time has come.... (snif snif) I gotta sell my mill

[Fla._Deadheader]

  A man after my own heart. 

  I once cut a boat in half, to end a partnership. 

  Go Andy.    Stories like that, we NEVER get tired of reading. 

[Swing_blade_Andy]

Yeah Dnag right I did.

I cut about 25 oak beams (not just in half, but more) they were about 250 x 80 mm x 6 meters. They were the cuts on the outside of the log will irregular shapes, bark and sometimes only 3 sided.

My rules are (were) anything with 4 sides is a board and is therefore worth 10 euro to cut. If its not worth that then i'll cut it up because its obviously not a board.

When you are paid on output and not time (fairer I think) then you Have to set the rules and enforce them.

Its clear with all my clients and they have signed the work order that they understand them, but some blokes (ratbags in OZ) can't resist messin' with it still. If they don't like the rules than I'll drive away and they'll get noone else on the island of Ireland to do the work QED.

Andy

[tnlogger]

now see andy you have a lot more to contribute then ya think great story 

[UrbanLogger]

Andy,

Yer a man after my own heart!

We prefer to saw at hourly rates but have a few old gents that will only pay by the bdft even though our hourly always comes out to 20-40 cents/bdft depending on the size, cleanliness and quality of their logs (40 cents is when we're quartersawing or sawing little cedars).

When we are pressed to saw by the bdft (30 cents), we make the customer sort his "acceptables" as we saw and set up a pair of horses for him to put his "rejects on". Throughout the day my cousin tosses the good rejects in the back of my truck and firewoods the slabs and truly unworthy flitches. At the end of the day, if the customer doesn't have a woodburner, we load up firewood too.

Almost invariably the customer brings up the flitches in the back of the truck--"ain't those mine?" 

I says, "sure if your paying for them."   

Most want them back and pay, if they don't, they're mine since I ran my saw through them.

When we settle up, I run the numbers both ways (by bdft and hourly). Often the hourly comes out better than the footage and if it's their first time, I give it to them. 

If they make me saw by the foot, I also keep rough track of the time they make me spend jawin' or turning logs for their notion of grade and note it on their bill. If it's real high, I tell 'em I'm hourly next time, if there is one.     

[Ernie]

Good one Scott

Hey Andy Keep em coming, We love it

[Swing_blade_Andy]

ITS SOLD

My Lucas is sold now to a couple of great guys in Britanny- Phillipe and Claude. They have a Woodmizer lt 80 which just can't take the big stuff, so they bought my mill and the trailer to go git the big fellas and then do it all.

Good luck to them, unfortunately they don't own a computer so the Furom will not benefit.. and their english is struggling.

Anyway, just thought I'd let you all know that its sold.

Thanks for all the leads which were sent my way.

Cheers

Andrew (no longer swing_blade)

[Frank_Pender]

Andy, once a sawyer, always a sawyer; swing blade or not swing blade.



   And, good on ya, mate for being able to market your mill, ya.

[Fla._Deadheader]

 You will still be "Swing_Blade_Andy" around here. 

[doublecut]

You will still be "Swing_Blade_Andy" around here. 

Here Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
doublecut

[DR_Buck]

Sounds to me like you'er just taking a sawbaticle!   

[inspectorwoody]

Andy

You can't go... I'm just a young pup getting my start in this industry. Advice that you and others could give me is priceless. I really enjoyed reading what you have posted so far...you have a lot to share so you can't go.

Sorry to hear that you are getting out of sawing etc. but as everyone else said, now is the time to share it all.

Best regards

Gadget