Home for my LT28

[WoodenHead]

We're not quite finished with it yet, but here is the beginning of the home for my LT28.  Very excited right now as things are coming together.

The lean-to on this part of my garage is about 41' long.  We welded some scrap 2"x2"x3/16" square tubing into trusses for long open spans (24' and 17' openings).  I bought some 4"x4" x 3/16" steel for posts.



We are also adding a 24' x 24' area for wood storage/drying.  It is not the ideal area for drying, but will do.  It will have access from essentially two sides with 19' and 23' openings.



The pictures aren't the best.  I'll post more when we're further along.  The other orange piece of equipment in the second picture is a Kubota L45 backhoe in case you are wondering.

[Magicman]

Wow, what a nice shed.  If you are gonna saw all of those logs in the background, you had better get busy.



Looks like you will need one of these for sawdust removal.   ;D

[Wind_Knot]

Sweet! Keep us updated!

[Chuck White]

Nice looking setup.

[Qweaver]

My first saw was an LT15 and it loaded and discharged sawdust on the same side.  But my new LT28 loads and discharges on opposite sides.  So I had to build a shed that was open on both sides to easily clean-up the sawdust and load logs.

[WoodenHead]

Sawdust management is one thing we did consider.  Ultimately I would like to end up with a dust collector attached to the mill, but for now my off-bearer came up with a relatively cheap solution.  It won't catch all the sawdust, but helps with the bulk of it.  There is enough room for me to walk comfortably beside the mill.



We used some left-over 10" x 1" pine for side boards and 1/2" scrap plywood for the bottom.  It runs the length of the mill (24') and is just wide enough for me to get a shovel in there.  It will fill up rather quickly, but that will force us to keep things tidy.  My 7 year old son is excited to help out.

[zopi]

Line the bottom of that with metal and run a drag chain down the middle of it...ramp the thing up at the curvature of the drag and let it discharge into a dump cart or pickup bed or something...

[TimGA]

Very nice!!

[thecfarm]

Looks like the logs are stacking up behind you.  ;D  Some things may not be right,but as you saw you can redo them or add something to the process.

[Woodchuck53]

Morning Newbee. You could also drop and electric motor driven auger in that trough and move the dust out of your way. Old combine augers work well for this.