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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #20 on: January 10, 2012, 08:59:26 pm »
 Only issue I have ever had leaving my mill on site was stoopid cows and calves eating my wiring harness for the lights.   >:(
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #21 on: January 10, 2012, 09:11:21 pm »
Quote from: terrifictimbersllc on January 10, 2012, 08:25:03 pm
I blew my frame full of red pepper last year no new problems yet. 

We finally got the thread around to food.

I have also had various cattle and horses rubbing, crapping, and biting on the covers, etc.  Many mornings we first have to have a cleanup detail.   :-\
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #22 on: January 10, 2012, 09:54:54 pm »
Maybe need to spray red pepper on the outside of the mill too.   The super hot Mexican jalapeno kind where you have to be careful where you touch yourself after using it.  :o :o :o
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2012, 01:24:31 pm »
 I am not going to ask how you know this !!!!! :-X   :D
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2012, 02:14:12 pm »
And I'm not going to ask which particular spot the touched.   smiley_lipsrsealed whiteflag_smiley
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2012, 02:37:35 pm »
Probably my most prized posession...so, in a word, no...

I imagine, one of these days, I may get to a point where it wpuld be beneficial to have a truck camper....if I ever get to sawing any distance from the house.
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2012, 04:15:55 pm »
Wonder if anyone ever slept on his sawmill ? :D

Just put down a few boards, mattress and sleeping bag.  Big Dipper above & smell of sawing all around.   If it rains could get part way under the mill cover.  Put the side supports and loader up if afraid of falling off.

Could probably take a shower with the Lubemizer depending on your formula.   
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2012, 04:33:13 pm »
No, but I have slept with my arm through a motorcycle wheel... lol
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2012, 05:24:45 pm »
I have always left my mill at the mobile saw-site, and have been fortunate enough to have never been bothered.

A trail camera would be a good deterrant.  ;)

Just a sign by itself that said "This property protected with hidden cameras 24/7" or "If you are reading this sign, you are on video" would be enough to make people think about whether they should or shouldn't!  ;D

Most places that I saw for are hunting or vacationing camps and a good share of them have a locked gate and/or trail cams.
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #29 on: January 12, 2012, 07:10:02 pm »
I like the log on the deck and one on the loading arms. i"m always just a little uneasy about leaving my rig somewhere.you just never know.I usually load my remote in the pickup and park my boom truck in front of the mill ,lower the grapple down ,clamp it on the mill frame and lock the truck.I can't see charging extra for setting up when you return.Been lucky so far but i"m not going to make it ease for them.great thread    al
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #30 on: January 12, 2012, 08:48:45 pm »
 As you all have seen, my mill is mostly a permanent set up. It lives in the corner of a cow pasture behind barbed wire fence and a padlocked gate that is fairly secure. The land owner lives within about 250 feet next door and he is usually home at night. The mill sits about 200 feet from the road so someone could feasably jump the fence and make off with something. Tommy, the land owner, has caught people in the pasture before looking for those illegal mushrooms.

When I shut down after a days running I pick up all the tools and take the steam whistles off of the boiler and throw a tarp over the husk and blade. If I know that it will be a month or so before I will run again I'll usually take off the other brass stuff like pop off valve and injectors.

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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #31 on: January 12, 2012, 11:15:51 pm »
Quote from: zopi on January 11, 2012, 04:33:13 pm
No, but I have slept with my arm through a motorcycle wheel... lol

I think I did that too, back when I was a Fireman Apprentice and too drunk to know better...

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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #32 on: January 12, 2012, 11:34:42 pm »
Quote from: terrifictimbersllc on January 11, 2012, 04:15:55 pm
Wonder if anyone ever slept on his sawmill ? :D

Well it was just gonna be a break and there was already those 2 nice 2x12's on the mill so the answer is yes, someone has slept on his mill. ;D ;D ;D PC
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #33 on: January 13, 2012, 02:48:45 am »
Quote from: PC-Urban-Sawyer on January 12, 2012, 11:15:51 pm
Quote from: zopi on January 11, 2012, 04:33:13 pm
No, but I have slept with my arm through a motorcycle wheel... lol

I think I did that too, back when I was a Fireman Apprentice and too drunk to know better...



Was in high school...bare bones trip through the mountains in new mexico...bedroll, a couple chamges of clothes and a couple weeks pay...ride til dark, maybe stop and eat somewhere, or raid the little snack stash....find a quiet grove and crash. Was one of the better weeks.
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #34 on: January 13, 2012, 04:03:05 am »
I leave mine on the job. I figure I will get burned one day but you can only do so much and if the crooks  decide they want it they will get it.
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #35 on: January 13, 2012, 07:18:07 am »
Paul,

You were napping and planking at the same time  :D.
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #36 on: January 13, 2012, 07:30:42 am »
Sounded more like he was still sawing.   smiley_sleeping
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #37 on: January 13, 2012, 08:59:38 am »
steamsawyer,that's a nice looking picture.  ;D
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Re: Do you leave the mill on site?
« Reply #38 on: January 13, 2012, 09:24:10 am »
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Off subject a bit, but your ride in NM reminded me of when in college and there, found a wayside with some picnic tables under small shelters. So we laid out our fart sacks on the tables and went to sleep. Middle of the night were awakened by a four engine freight train coming through.
Seems our table beds were but a very few feet from the RR tracks.
Could have sworn we were on those tracks when that big light bore down on us.
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