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[ladylake]

  My brother bought a new B2000 Timberking which is arriving today. I'm going over to help him break it in, it should be a good test -10 overnite with a high of around 15.  They're quite a few improvements over the B20  32" between the guides 36" + log with ease, hydrauluic clamp + hyd up and down, No 100 turner chain, Hydraulic up and down with setworks, power guide in and out( really wish I had that on mine) electric clutch, comes with a 30HP Kohler ( I'll take my little Isuzu) I think the loader arms fold up under power .  No more cheapo cord reel( if you own a B20 put a industrial one on if you want the setworks to work all the time) it has a energy chain. Swing away controls.  All for $22500 a lot of mill for the money.    Steve

[bandmiller2]

Steve its nice to enjoy that new mill smell and not have to pay the freight.A little chilly to break in a new mill but I'am sure theirs no stoping him.Frank c.

[Magicman]

To work with your Brother and a new mill......Just don't get much better than that...... 8)

Enjoy a truly quality day......

[fishpharmer]

Steve, congratulations to your brother and you.  Now your obligated to post pictures and an assessment of the new mill. ;D    Don't forget to tell him to join Forestry Forum 8)

[LeeB]

I envy you the time with your brother. I'd give anything to be able to spend time with mine again. Cherish what you get.

[Magicman]

I envy you the time with your brother. I'd give anything to be able to spend time with mine again. Cherish what you get.

That's really what I wanted to say.  I lost mine at the early age of 44.  He was my friend.

[ScottAR]

Nothing like working with family.
That B2000 has a lot to offer.
it is available in Diesel according to the Timberking site.

[thecfarm]

ladylake,are you still playing?  ;D  Must be some stories,I'm all ears.

[ladylake]

  Done playing
  The good.  It came with a 34hp Kohler injstead of the 30 HP that he thought, this motor has way more power than my old 27hp ever had and the hydralics don't suck a lot of power out as all it's running is the head travel when cutting. The chain turner will never break, built good. The log clamp hyd up and down and in and out are fast and built good.  There is 37" between the the post with a lot of room above the blade which goes up to 30" so if we put a 36" log on the slab will be 6" and need to put back on later.  There's 32" between the guide rollers(3" not greaseable yet) and the power in and out works good driven by a electric motor. The controls swing to the side either way, I don't think I'd use that unless using a board drag back which TK is coming out with soon. The log stops are super strong, hyd up and down. The loading arms fold up easy and are built good.
The bad.  When using the setworks the head goes up and down super fast but it's jerky on the way  down causing the setworks to be eratic. It has a lever for up and down also which if you take it slow it's a lot smoother.  It looks like to me they have the plastic blocks that go around the post are to tight on the sides of the post causing it to bind some on the way down . I'm thinking they will need to be sanded or ground off some. Other things might be air in the hyd cylinder or maybe it needs a flow control valve too slow the down travel down some. I'm betting on those plastic blocks being to tight.  I'm not sure on the setworks yet, I'm use to sawing from the top down and can change thickness easy whenever I want. This setworks seems to want to start 1" from the bottom and then start sawing from the top not allowing you to take the size slab you want and I don't know if it will let you change board thickness in the middle of the log very easy. Maybe after figuring it out it will be OK.  TK has the toe boards about 11' apart, no help when sawing a 8' log but they will be fairly easy to move too 6' apart. There is no chip gaurd on the exit side guide wheel and one will have to be added, since I put a good one on my mill last spring my blade life has about doubled.  Steve

[Larry]

How did you like the new clamp?

[ladylake]

How did you like the new clamp?

It might be missing from his mill, the only thing I dont like about it is when you cut the last board you have to eyeball how high it is where on my B20 it stops at 3/4 of inch.   .   Steve

[Larry]

How's the new mill doing now?  I watched a new one run the other day and quite impressive.

[Chuck White]

the only thing I dont like about it is when you cut the last board you have to eyeball how high it is where on my B20 it stops at 3/4 of inch.   .   Steve

It would seem like there has to be an adjustable stop of some sort to stop the sawhead from going too low!

[ladylake]

 On my B20 the head only goes down to 3/4 ", it has a limit switch there and the the clamp only goes down to 5/8" . On the B2000 the head is the same but the clamp will go below the cant so you have to eyeball how high it is when getting down to that last inch, I'd rather trust a mechanial stop than my old eyeballs. He put on a flow control vavle and adjusted those plastic blocks on the head which travels smooth now, the setworks work good now but not quite perfect leaving the last board off 1/32 or 1/16 thick or thin once in a while with the rest of the boards right on. I'd just set home at 1-1/4 and turn that last board over and saw to 1", I do that a lot on my mill anyway to get away from those fat ends. He moved the toebards to 5 or 6' aparts which wasn't to bad to do, also mounted a chip gaurd on the exit side guide wheel which I think really helps. Since I put on a good chip gaurd my blade life has gotten a lot better with my thinest blade 15/16" thick now and has been sharpened so many times the weld is almost in the center of the tooth, a lot don't make it that long but I've got 3 or 4 that did. Larry , the B2000 is a impressive mill for the money, my brother paid $22500, I see they're up to around $24500 now which  I expected.  Steve

[paul case]

my ez boardwalk manual mill has those plastic blocks to ''shim'' the slack in the side/side on the head. a little oil really makes those glide much better.  pc