Too Big White Oak log

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I sawed a pin oak that big and 17 feet long with a lt40 manual..By myself, AUG!!
I got it squared up to 26" wide by whatever, high, then slabbed the whole thing into 2 1/2" x 26" pieces. Those suckers were heavy!

[backwoods sawyer]

A set of rolls that you can take to the mill site can save a lot of strain on the back when you know you will be cutting big pieces.  I have a pair of 4”x 24” rolls that can set between the mill and the stack of wood or trailer. The last big Oak I done that the customer wanted 3 ½” countertops milled was 17’ and I was glad to have the boom truck to lift those pieces off the mill. I am going to look at a redwood job in the morning. The good thing is redwood is lighter then oak.

[customsawyer]

Magicman I still have to use the clamp to help turn it some but with being able to turn both ways really helps.

[Magicman]

It just proves again, that if a mill is in one's future....get all of the hydraulics that is available.  I've sawed many jobs and gained many customers because I could handle logs that other's couldn't.  I had one sawyer that came and watched.  He had told the customer that no portable mill could pick up his logs......   I laughed all of the way to the bank.....

[fishpharmer]

I am curious what kinda mill that other sawyer had?

[Magicman]

I am curious what kinda mill that other sawyer had?

one main differance and that is the chain style turner on the LT70

James, if you are talking about customsawyer, I believe he's using a WM LT70.

[fishpharmer]

magicman, was talking about your one sawyer that came to watch.

[Magicman]

Oh, I'm sorry.  I was still turning the log.

I never got close enough to it to see the brand, but it was red and was a "4 post" machine.  He bought it after Katrina and expected to get rich.  It went "missing" a couple of months ago, so I guess he sold it.