This wood to small to do anything with? Waste of my time?

[hooverl]

I'm seriously considering a Wood Mizer 110 or 115 with all the wood that I have. 

To make a long story short, a local farmer is clearing 20+ acres of cherry, oak, and a few buckeye trees.  I am done with about 8 acres, with 30+- logs all stacked off the ground. 

The cherry and oak range in size from 16" at the minimum at the butt end.  Some are 20-24". 

  :-\MY QUESTION
Am I crazy for being interested in buying a sawmill?  I hope to build some shed sides, furniture, etc. with my milled wood.  The wood is to good to burn (which I do as well). 

Again, am I crazy for wanting to mill this?  I have a CAT backhoe, semi/trailer, multiple trucks, saws....everything buy a sawmill.  Am I crazy?  Is there a substantial amount of wood here? 

Any reply is respected and appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[hooverl]

SHUCKS , my PICTURE didn't attach!!!!!!!!
I'll work on that, unless someone wants me to email to them, and they can put it up.  I'm learning!

[WDH]

To answer your question.  Yes, you are crazy.

So do it!!  I did.

[paul case]

first let me say welcome to the forum.
if they are 16'' at the little end i would say they are definitely worth messing with.   where are you located? is there a market to sell the lumber you make or do you have enough projects to do something with all of it?

i have my own mill and sometimes still sell logs sometimes so i can make a quick buck to pay landowners for there logs. if you have logs and projects that need lumber it sounds like a mill is in your future.

i burn wood as well,  and i can say for sure i get more than enough firewood form the leftovers, cut off ends and junk logs that make it to the mill for firewood.   pc

[losttheplot]

I'm crazy too

I only wish I had been crazy sooner 

[hooverl]

Thanks for all the comments!

I am still trying to get the pic up, but I'm sure everyone knows 20-24" end width.

Close to making my decision.....................

[zopi]

20 to 24 inches is pretty much the upper end of the "sweet spot"
For producing the most lumber per hour out of a log...so yeah..yer good.
Should you buy a mill? Do you use any quantity of lumber? The answers to those questions are the same...

Milling is more addictive than crack...just better for you...
The conomics of the mill..for an Lt-15...you side one good sized barn, the mill has basically earned its keep...

You build mama a new garden fence, you and the mill have earned your keep...

Every log is like opening a christmas present...never know what you are going to get....

You go saw one eastern red cedar...and you are hooked for life.

[Magicman]

I guess that everyone on here is crazy in their own way.  I am. 

[Bill Gaiche]

Welcome Hooverl to the FF. You may be crazy for buying a mill but I can tell you the nut house would be full if you rounded up them all. The LT15 would do you a very fine job. I say go for it and you will never be sorry. You may like it well enough to upgrade later on down the road. bg

[Coon]

Yup I am definately crazy and I do live in a nuthouse....  .... me being the nut in the house     Remember once you have the sawdust bug the only cure for it is mooooore sawdust....

[Madtowner]

I am just as crazy as everyone on here and got a LT 15.  Wish I could spend more tine cutting. 

[WDH]

hooverl,

You messed up when you came to the Sawdust Nuthouse and asked if you were crazy to be thinking of buying a sawmill. 

What did you expect us to say  .

[thecfarm]

If it doesn't send you to the poor house,the nut house is fine,buy it.    You will enjoy it. Been around a sawmill before? You will never look at a tree the same way when you start sawing. Can even get lumber from a 8 inch log,won't get much, but at times it's a lot,if 8 inch trees is all you have.

[terrifictimbersllc]

  I have a CAT backhoe, semi/trailer, multiple trucks, saws....everything buy a sawmill.  Am I crazy?

Welcome to our home. Yours is the room on the left. Towels are in the bathroom. We hope you like it here.

[taylorsmissbeehaven]

Sounds like you have everything but a mill. I love my lt 15. It has been a great purchase for our home. It has also brought in enough money to make itself worth having without all the outbuildings I've built for myself. I say go for it!

[woodzy88]

Hi
Go for it crazy there is nothing more satisfying than turning some logs into timber

Woodzy

[Knute]

I thought about it for 25 years before I bought one. Only wish I had done it much sooner, before I got so old.

[trapper]

I thought about it for 25 years before I bought one. Only wish I had done it much sooner, before I got so old.

That's my story to

[Brad_bb]

Maybe someone can help him with posting photos.  If you click on your user name to go to your profile, below "Current Status" there should be a "My Photo Gallery" with a link to your photo gallery.  When I click on hooverl's profile I don't see his "Photo Gallery".  Is that just because he hasn't uploaded any yet?  How does he start his photo gallery/upload his first photo?

Ok, I just noticed that there is a photo galleries button at the top left of the discussion boad index page.  Try clicking that and hitting the "Jupload" button.  That's the Java uploader.  You want to use the Java uploader because the old uploader is harder to use(Java resizes your pics automatically, whereas the old uploader did not, you had to do it yourself before uploading).  Now if you have problems with the Java uploader, like I did because I have a very old computer, there is a link to download the Java plug in on the Jupload page.  If the Jupload doesn't work, try the download.  Let us know what you tried if you have any problem.  Once you get used to uploading, it's easy. 
Brad_bb

[Collima]

Yes. Buy one!  You won't regret it!