what kind of sawmill to buy?

[treeboy]

Hi I have been researching sawmills and can't decide what kind to buy. I can barely afford a entry model push bandsaw, or I can easily buy a chainsaw sawmill.

We bought 16 acres in the interior of British Columbia and have lots of beatle kill lodgepole pine to use (about 16 inches max at DBH). The trees have been dead for a year or two. We plan to build a hybrid log cabin - logs on the bottom, timberframe on the top. I will need to cut lots of one by lumber.

I may also try to make cut the aspen that the beaver nicely fell for me into flooring planks.

Thanks for any advise

[Jeff]

Welcome treeboy!  I am going to refer you to the thread that was started just moments ago by another new member asking the same question.

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=14089.0

Jump right in there and the membership can help you both out in the way that only they can.  Again, welcome to the forestry forum!