Hello all!!

[thebckhntr]

I am new to the forum having found it only two weeks ago I was so impressed I had to join . I wish I had found it many years earlier. I am from central Iowa. I own a Peterson 10"WPF. It has been sitting in the barn for several years (far to long). I have decided it will come out of the barn this spring. I am a ISA certified arborist and work as a manager for a tree company. I have not saved any logs from trees we remove due to the fact my company also sells mulch so everything is ground into mulch and reused. How ever recently we removed an large Kentucky Coffe tree I had the guys save the logs from it. I cant wait to make boards out of it. I was introduced to sawing through a previous employer who hired a good old boy with a Timberking. i tailed thousand of board feet off that mill. but what got me was the amout of wood to big to saw was usually pushed into a ditch and burned or it had to be halved or quartered with a saw. So that is where some research led me to Peterson and my purchase. My milling experiance with the Peterson has been very pleasant . I have milled alot of oak,pine,spruce,walnut,cherry and power poles(mostly western cedar). I will enjoy visiting with you all. I see there is a wealth of knowlege shared here. I am sure I will learn alot. Thanks to the ones who keep this forum running! Have a great day!

[Misfit]

Welcome!  8)

I'm a relative newby also and, besides having a great group of friendly folks, this site IS a wealth of information for sawyers and wanna-be's alike.

I'm still dreaming of the day I get my mill......

[porcupine]

Welcome aboard Buckhunter. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. :D I'm still learning the in's and out's of this sport!

[beenthere]

Welcome to the forum.
We like pics   ;D

Look forward to hearing more about your milling too.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

WELCOME TO THE FORESTRY FORUM!

I am having a WOODMIZER demo day at my mill Friday. All you new members with 1 post or less are invited to the demo. All the BBQ ribs you can eat at lunch!

[Ga Mtn Man]

Hey, what about me!?!?


Oh, and welcome to the forum thebckhntr.

[customsawyer]

Welcome to the forum.

[jueston]

welcome to the forum, it is a great place to soak up information, brag about your latest exploits or just have a good laugh....

[54Dutchman]

Welcome to the forum 8) 8)  Agreat place to gather info.  I would like to visit and watch the Peterson in action - I am still looking to get my 1st sawmill. :

[markd]

 What a great opportunity to get some good wood to cut, we hate to see it go to burn piles, I'm new too and you are so right this is a great place to get the information we need to make it all so much easier. I'm in Oregon and you guys all seem to be way back there but it's good to read about your mills and we all have a common interest. Markd

[Magicman]

Hello and Welcome to the Forestry Forum, thebckhntr.   

[VictorH]

Welcome Buck-hunter!!!

[Woodchuck53]

Welcome to the Forum from central Louisiana Buckhunter. We are a friendly group to research with. Someone on here can and will answer your questions. And O Yeah we like lots of pictures being visual and all. I work with several tree people also.

[Bill Gaiche]

Welcome aboard to the FF. It is a great place to visit. bg

[eastberkshirecustoms]

Welcome. It's good to meet you!

[Okrafarmer]

Welcome to the forum! A Peterson, and a coffeetree! Well, we sure would like to see the results when that encounter occurs! You have two things I would really like to have.

[fishpharmer]

Welcome to FF!    8)

I believe member jim_wahl is in Iowa and also has a Peterson mill.

[WDH]

Welcome to the Forum!

David,

Since I only have one post or less, I will be at the rib eating demo  ;D.

[Okrafarmer]

I think Bearden has only one post, he lives around here. You should send him an invite. Can I come if I bring some pork?

[mad murdock]

Welcome aboard buck hunter. markd, fill in yer profile. I am in Oregon as well.  There are a few on her from the left coast.

[swampbuggy]

Welcome... and enjoy the wealth of knowledge you will obtain.

[WildDog]

G'day and welcome, there is nothing like this place and the guys to spur you on when the mills been sitting idle for a while.

[Norm]

Winterset is just about too far for me to borrow your swingmill.....but not quite!

Welcome aboard, good to have another Iowan on here. 

[thebckhntr]

fishpharmer I have met Jim he was one of  the references I called  I even spent some time at their place. He gave me a demo on his mill. I hope to message him soon.

[tcsmpsi]

Welcome to the Clan! 

[dukndog]

Welcome thebckhntr!!!

DnD

[Sixacresand]

Welcome to the forum.  I don't remember any BBQ at Woodmizer Demo I went to. 

[markd]

I havn't figured out  how to post pictures or my profile yet, I'm in the south end of willamette Valley, Markd

[Okrafarmer]

My dad grew up in Junction City, and I have been as far south as Roseburg. Nice beautiful area!

[Magicman]

Welcome to the Forestry Forum, markd.  It seems that you have been kinda covered up, so how about an intro and telling us a bit about yourself and your sawing interest.

[markd]

Thanks for the welcome you guys. I've had my mill for 6 yrs bought it from an 82 yr old man on the oregon coast, he wanted to switch to a mighty mite mill, something easier for him to operate. Mine is 50 inch blade and built on a 1960's school bus frame with a V6 gmc diesel also out of a school bus with the tranny and rearend driving the arbor with 5 v belts. it has a PTO driven hydraulic pump which runs the carriage. I'm not sure what make it is, maybe American?
  Great fun, I also have a Corley no 1 with a Buda 6 cyl diesel which is a project of mine. I hope to figure out how to post pictures, I like looking at all your pictures, it's great how many circle mill fanatics there are. I've learned alot in just a short time listening to you guys chat. I'm glad to be a part of it. Junction City is my closest town. I live in Alpine.   Markd

[Magicman]

There are several "circles" on here.  Since my circle is in the shape of a band, I'll just sit back and listen.   

[markd]

Majicman, what kind of bandmill do you have? Lot's of bandmills around here, I'm the only local outcast. I would have probably got a band mill but I didn't want to hock the farm. Do you cut for others for hire? Mine is for my own personal use, and for a few friends not for pay though. markd

[markd]

Oh, I just noticed a 98 miser, I'm a little slow! Markd

[Okrafarmer]

Junction City is my closest town. I live in Alpine.   Markd

My dad grew up on River Rd outside of Junction City. In the 40's and 50's, and maybe until the early to mid 60's my grandfather and great grandfather managed and operated Thistledown Farm for its owner at the time. I guess now it is sort of a local tourist attraction or at least a great place to go and pick berries and buy produce, or whatever, last I knew, in totally different ownership now of course. When my grandfather and great grandfather were there, it was just a diversified farm with beef cattle, sweet corn, wheat, English walnuts, and various other crops they would grow. After a storm, I believe it was, some of the walnut trees were damaged, and my dad and his brother went out and cut some of them and free-hand milled some lumber from them. My dad has hand-crafted several gun-stocks from that lumber over the years, including one on a Ruger 10-22 I have, and he still has some of it, I believe. He and my mom moved to Maine in 1977 and they moved to Kentucky two years ago.

[markd]

Hey okrafarmer, I love crispy fried okra, yeah I'm an old southern boy from Alabama. Thanks for the history lesson on thistledown, I know the place well, do you really grow okra? what kind of mill do you have? We're cutting some doug fir here at the moment, they're weeds here, and will take over the farm. I grow wine grapes here and trees, we have 42 acres. I see your log truck in your picture do you log for a livin? Markd

[Okrafarmer]

Hey okrafarmer, I love crispy fried okra, yeah I'm an old southern boy from Alabama. Thanks for the history lesson on thistledown, I know the place well, do you really grow okra? what kind of mill do you have? We're cutting some doug fir here at the moment, they're weeds here, and will take over the farm. I grow wine grapes here and trees, we have 42 acres. I see your log truck in your picture do you log for a livin? Markd

I grow okra and I used to grow enough to sell locally, casually, but not on a big scale. It's a great crop, it's drought resistant, weed resistant, highly productive, long-bearing, nutritious, delicious, and best of all, the wild hogs don't eat it.  :D

I'm glad you are familiar with Thistledown Farm, it's strange to talk to someone who lives near there, the last time I saw it was 1991 and then only briefly. My dad loved growing up there. He tells all kinds of stories about playing in that barn as a kid. He has a friend who has owned a service station along the highway in that area somewhere, maybe I-5, I'm not sure, I think the man's name is Glenn Christianson, though I am not sure about that and he may not have the service station any more. He had a son name Brad that would be roughly my age. But I really didn't know them. Met them once or twice.

Wish you could send me some nice doug fir lumber, it's really nice looking stuff and of course we don't have it here.  ;)

The log truck belongs to my boss, we do tree care, tree removal, small scale logging, small scale sawmilling with his Turner band mill, lumber sales, some part-time farming, bulldozing, and Bobcat work, among other things.  ;D