Would you saw for .10 a board foot???

[schmism]

perhaps i missed it but....

those were oak cants? 

a question for those of you who would consider doing this (obviously there are those that wouldnt at that price) but for those of you who would....

does it matter to you if its hardwood vs softwood?   

[Tom]

Whether it might matter would depend more on Species.  There are "Softwoods" that are harder than some "hardwoods".   There are so many variables that I would get confused trying to list them.  They would probably even include whether I had a good breakfast or not. 

[isawlogs]

 I would of propably have done it charging by the hour and in the end get less then what you got with a more expensive mill   

[Ianab]

"does it matter to you if its hardwood vs softwood?   "

Even if I was doing it on a "per piece" rate, I would be working out the pricing from an hourly rate basis. So the type of wood, material handling, speed of cutting all come into it, blade life etc

If it was easy cutting light weight wood (cedar?), you might do a few more boards per hour, and have an even lower per piece rate. If it was something slower cutting and heavy to handle, less boards per hour, higher per piece rate.

Working from an hourly rate helps avoid the problem Tom mentioned about different rates. The guy knows you are sawing for $70 an hour, and the bd/ft price just happens to be low because of easy sawing. You can still change by the bd/ft for "conventional" jobs, but you can point out that your are planning to still average that $70 per hour

Ian

[northwoods1]

Whether it might matter would depend more on Species.  There are "Softwoods" that are harder than some "hardwoods".   There are so many variables that I would get confused trying to list them.  They would probably even include whether I had a good breakfast or not. 

 

If I made up a breakfast of fried potatoes, ham and 2 eggs over easy, toast and jelly with a couple of strong cups of black tea I imagine that if someone laid out a bunch of 12x12x12  and wanted them re-sawed into 2" I think I could make real good money at $100 a thousand. Gator gar I think I could manage to do even better than you at re-sawing 4-5  of them an hour I would try to keep that loader operator busy bringing me 12x12s' to saw just to see if he could keep up! That is the kind of work where it doesn't take a lot ff thinking and I tend to like that sort of stuff. 

[r.man]

We are into food, does that mean we are done?

[customsawyer]

The bottom line is that if you are happy with the pay and the customer is happy with the product than all is good.

[gator gar]

For a pile of grits, some country cured ham, some red eye gravy and cathead biscuits, there is no telling what I would have done it for.Oh and don't forget the 3 over easy, yard eggs.

[Norm]

Ummm breakfast....now what was the original question. 

[backwoods sawyer]

Breakfast is over, time to make saw dust.

[weisyboy]

coupla gogie eggs, coupla rashes of bacon, 2 slices of bread, some tomato relish, and a hash brown. nothing is impossible with that combination.