Alot depends on the wood being sawed. Like I mentioned earlier we do not have any hard wood here to speak of. The pine, unless it is green or has big knots like the ponderosa, is not bad to turn. 18 and 20 foot sticks of beetle kill lodgepole even in the 18" diameter range are not bad to turn by hand. I do not like to mess with anything over 24" anyway. Hydraulics would be nice in that respect, but all that big wood takes time no matter what. My mill is stationary and have no intentions of moving around. Big stuff is rotated 1 or 2 times with the skid loader until it is broken down enough to handle with cant hook. The log dog is slow I will say that. I try to work off the same side all the time. The sawdust discharge side, as I dont like to walk clear around the tongue. The log deck is fixed in a horizontal position so you have to climb over that as well. I built a 4" high boardwalk down the discharge side of the mill, this gets me up a bit higher and if the logs are not huge, you can reach over the log and work your log dog. The LT28 is a super machine for the price and the price, along with quality, was a big factor for me.
