New mill scheduled for delivery!

grweldon · June 15, 2012, 10:59:27 AM

I just got word that my new TimberKing 1400 will be delivered tomorrow! I am a bit more excited than I thought I would be! I'll post some pics when I can! I thank all of you for the bits of advice and wisdom you have provided!

Magicman · June 15, 2012, 11:32:22 AM

Thanks for sharing your exciting news.

grweldon · June 15, 2012, 11:53:04 AM

Magicman, I can just tell you are a kind soul and very much an encourager! I suppose I should have waited until I had pics but I had to share!

reride82 · June 15, 2012, 11:57:02 AM

Congrats grweldon! Knowing you get to use your mill soon kinda feels like christmas eve ;)

redbeard · June 15, 2012, 01:06:09 PM

I remember the excitment well, I went with the TK delivery with my mill also. I must have called the driver a dozen times on his way to Washington state. Making sure things were going well. He was great showing me the ropes and answering all my questions. I remember the first log I had saved for the demo it was mill max. length I learned how to retrieve my blade due to not positioning it far enough back. It was a great day and I sure wish I had found the forestry forum when I first started. Get ready for a new life it will change have fun and enjoy.

Peter Drouin · June 15, 2012, 01:15:32 PM

Best of luck with your new mill grweldon 8)

Magicman · June 15, 2012, 01:29:43 PM

Quote from: grweldon on June 15, 2012, 11:53:04 AM
I suppose I should have waited until I had pics but I had to share!

Nah do it now, and then after it is delivered take some pictures, and we can all be happy again.

Cypressstump · June 15, 2012, 01:54:29 PM

Congrats !
Now your going to have to feed that mill a healthy diet. That's the tough part for me as I still need to aquire some equipment in order to realize the full potential of owning a mill again.

Stump

Bogue Chitto · June 15, 2012, 03:09:22 PM

Good luck with the new mill. And welcome.

grweldon · June 15, 2012, 03:31:52 PM

Stump,

I'm in the same situation. Not only have I needed a tractor for some time to do bushhogging, I now find that I'll need one to drag logs from wherever I fell them, some up to a half-mile away. Obviously, an inexpensive Ford 3000 or 4000 with a decent FEL would be a great find. I have no doubt that I'll find the one I need when it is most critical to have it. Funny how God works like that!

Cypressstump · June 15, 2012, 03:59:38 PM

Yes, It seems for each little task I undertake, it amazingly creates 3 to 4 more jobs, each as important as the other. It's a hellova hole I have gotten myself into. :

I really like the guys' log arches they have built for toting logs to and fro'. Unfortunately for me, not only would I need to purchase materials and fabricate a log arch ( I look forward to the design/fab aspect),, but I would then need to tear down my Arctic Cat 4 wheeler to rebuild the carb and clutch in order to use the log arch.... it just never ends does it... ;)

At least your mill will have wheels and be mobile.

cutterboy · June 15, 2012, 07:50:40 PM

grweldon, good times ahead for you. I wish you all the best.

clww · June 15, 2012, 09:20:45 PM

I'll bet you have a difficult time sleeping tonight, grweldon....?

thecfarm · June 15, 2012, 09:30:08 PM

I remember it well. All of the toys that i have brought, I think my mill is just about at the top of the list. I found the forum after I bought my mill too. Pictures would be nice. My wife took a bunch. I was too busy playing to stop and take pictures. Have fun and enjoy your new mill.

samandothers · June 15, 2012, 11:02:21 PM

Verry Cooool! I was thinking it was going to be a bit later before you received it. This is great!

Tractor will be the next handy tool. Then a grapple to lift and place logs, then.... :D

SPD748 · June 16, 2012, 06:38:11 AM

Is it there yet? Is it there yet? Is it there yet? lol

-lee

Chuck White · June 16, 2012, 06:55:54 AM

Congratulations on your new mill!

Lots of good times ahead! 8)

thecfarm · June 16, 2012, 06:57:59 AM

I bet he's looking out the window for it. ;D

Ga Mtn Man · June 16, 2012, 09:48:51 AM

It's good to re-live that childhood Christmas morning feeling every so often.

Congrats on the new mill. Keep us posted with pics!

jander3 · June 16, 2012, 11:06:03 AM

Nice. Enjoy your mill. Even though it comes set up to saw (more or less)...in the short term, go through and adjust everything per the manual to get to know the machine.

grweldon · June 16, 2012, 01:46:16 PM

Thank you all for your well wishes but unfortunately...

TimberKing has disappointed me for the first time.... before I even get my mill!

I got a call this morning from the delivery guy who says that when he got to Kansas City to pick up the mill, it wasn't there! He said he called 3 or 4 people in the early morning hours to try to find somebody who knew what the deal was, but he said nobody answered! Keep in mind that they called me on Thursday at 5PM and told me the mill was ready. I told them that I wasn't expecting it so soon, but I would have a cashier's check made in the morning and call them back to verify it was good to deliver. I spoke to the same guy who called on Thursday, told he we were good for delivery on Saturday and he said he would put the ball in motion. I got my first call from the delivery person at about 2PM on Friday telling me about what time he would get to my place on Saturday, then I got the call from him about 8AM this morning telling me it wasn't coming.

Talk about disappointing. I sincerely hope this isn't the first of my problems with their customer service and I certainly expect to get a call Monday from somebody at TimberKing with a good explaination. Actually, I think a call from the President of the company is in order, but we will see...

Still waiting for the mill....

mikeb1079 · June 16, 2012, 02:44:11 PM

Hang in there man, they'll make it right. It seems like an awful road bump now but down the road a bit you'll be so happy you won't even remember it. Just a little longer.....

Tom L · June 16, 2012, 05:38:14 PM

sorry for the bad news.
there is nothing worse than not receiving something when promised

sure it was just a mix up. and they will get it shipped soon. I deal with a lot of truck drivers on a daily basis and it could be that the guy was at the wrong location or at the wrong time to get loaded. some drivers are good for making things up when they are at fault.

redbeard · June 16, 2012, 05:56:55 PM

Bummer! Tell them to throw in a extra 10 pak of blades that will help you forgive them.

POSTON WIDEHEAD · June 16, 2012, 07:45:55 PM

Quote from: grweldon on June 16, 2012, 01:46:16 PM
Thank you all for your well wishes but unfortunately...

TimberKing has disappointed me for the first time.... before I even get my mill!

Drink plenty of VITAMIN C, TAKE 2 ASPRIN and call me in the morning.

terrifictimbersllc · June 16, 2012, 08:14:15 PM

Sorry for your disappointment but maybe a good initiation. What I mean is don't schedule any sawing, or at least don't count on any sawing date that depends on a tree service taking down the trees on time. :D :D :D You'll see. ;D

thecfarm · June 16, 2012, 10:01:25 PM

That is too bad. Your luck is just like mine. Once I had to send my drivers license into the state. They had to mail it back to me. The day it was suppose to be back in my hand was a state holiday,I had to wait one more day to drive.

customsawyer · June 17, 2012, 10:24:06 AM

Congrats on the mill. After a week of milling you will forget about the wait.

mikeb1079 · June 17, 2012, 11:51:58 AM

Quote from: customsawyer on June 17, 2012, 10:24:06 AM
Congrats on the mill. After a week of milling you will forget about the wait.

Yep cos he'll be too tired to care!! :D :D

ladylake · June 17, 2012, 04:30:17 PM

Quote from: grweldon on June 15, 2012, 03:31:52 PM
Stump,

I'm in the same situation. Not only have I needed a tractor for some time to do bushhogging, I now find that I'll need one to drag logs from wherever I fell them, some up to a half-mile away. Obviously, an inexpensive Ford 3000 or 4000 with a decent FEL would be a great find. I have no doubt that I'll find the one I need when it is most critical to have it. Funny how God works like that!

A good adition to a fel would be a set of forks for the 3 point, you can lift more and a lot better traction but not very high. Steve

grweldon · June 19, 2012, 08:07:21 AM

OK, we will try this again! My TK 1400 is once again scheduled for delivery tomorrow morning. Too bad I had to take off a day from work. (yeah, right!). My biggest problem is that my next 3 Saturdays are spoken for and I won't really be able to use the mill until after that! Bummer!

On the positive side, while I was preparing the base of what will be my first drying stack, I noticed some decently large pine trees in the general area. I'm surprised at how fast pine grows. When I first bought my property in 2007, these trees weren't small, but they are much larger now!

I would post a pic of my stack pad, I can't seem to figure out how to do it and y'all have seen them before... right?

PC-Urban-Sawyer · June 19, 2012, 08:36:47 AM

No, cain't say we have ever seen YOUR stack pads before. Hold tite and somebody will give ya a pointer to the instructions on uploading and using photos in a posting. It's really not that hard and well worth the effort.

Good luck with your new mill but be sure to

Be Careful!

Herb

grweldon · June 19, 2012, 10:29:01 AM

OK... got it now...

I'm going to be putting black woven poly over the blocks after spraying the entire area with borate. Then I'm going to put 2 timbers on each block lengthwise and then cut 4' sections to span between them, 18" apart and place my stickers on these.

Haven't quite figured out what I'm going to do about weighting the top of the stack, probably slabs on top of a piece of plywood. I hate to spend $35 on a sheet of 3/4 PT plywood and I have a sheet of regular 3/8 that I can use. If I had a tractor with forks, I would build a roof structure that I could set on top like I've seen another guy do on youtube. Seems like it would be a great way to add weight and keep that stack dry. I'll have to wait for now...

beenthere · June 19, 2012, 10:42:42 AM

Good on the pic.

I'd set the blocks on their side for better ground contact. The weight of the stack will likely push them in the ground the way they are in the pic.

And for the best stack, have each row (column) of stickers supported all the way to the ground. Getting the foundation level is often the most difficult trick, but important to good drying.

Good luck with the cover and the weight. Sometimes added low quality boards and some slabs can be used to build up a cover as well as weight.

grweldon · June 19, 2012, 10:59:03 AM

Thanks Beenthere...

I may regret it, but I'm going to leave the blocks like there are. It took me quite a while to get them all level (got blisters on my thumbs... I know... gloves) and I don't feel like going through it again, but I will keep it in mind when I build my next one. I figured the concrete block was stronger in that direction and I've had problems with them breaking apart if used the other way. Thanks again for the advice...

Glen

Larry · June 19, 2012, 11:00:32 AM

Around here they are constantly tearing down or replacing poultry houses with new modern houses. Used tin is in the right price range. I hold it down with junk timbers on top.

Its best to have multiply stacks. One for 8', 10', 12' and so on. And of course you will need a separate stack for each species. :D I should follow my own advice.

thecfarm · June 19, 2012, 09:32:38 PM

Good luck this time.

grweldon · June 21, 2012, 10:32:16 AM

Got the mill! Sawed some lumber. Nice mill... works well.

I've got a few minor issues that need to be worked out but other than that, all is as expected. PM me if you are interested in finding out my issues.... issues with the mill that is!

hackberry jake · June 21, 2012, 10:40:51 AM

Why don't you just post the issues?

grweldon · June 21, 2012, 10:49:44 AM

First off, nobody really asked me to post the issues, second, TimberKing is a sponsor and I've noticed people here tend to shy away from negative issues from any sponsor, third, I guess I only really want to inform those who really want to know.

The issues are just relatively minor, like why did they do it this way instead of this way, blah, blah. The mill cuts well and will produce good lumber.

beenthere · June 21, 2012, 10:57:59 AM

gweldon
That is a good plan. Sure would like to hear about the good times you will be having.
Nothing is completely without problems at times, as you've already experienced.

Will be good to see some lumber stacked up too. 8)

grweldon · June 21, 2012, 11:16:11 AM

Beenthere,

It was dark by the time I finished stacking last night. Only a small pile but it's a start. I cut up one medium sized log and two small sized logs. I estimate about I yielded about 90-100 bf in my first day of sawing... from about 11:30-7, with the TimberKing delivery guy showing me how to operator for the first 3 hours...

I'll take a picture tonight and post tomorrow...

kgbond · June 21, 2012, 01:05:34 PM

Gweldon

I hope all is well with the new mill. My tk 2000 was delivered on May 4th. I, like you, did have some issues similar to yours. I can totally relate and understand your frustrations and disappointments.
Kimball

thecfarm · June 21, 2012, 09:13:30 PM

Now you're sawing!!

hackberry jake · June 21, 2012, 09:24:45 PM

Quote from: grweldon on June 21, 2012, 10:49:44 AM
First off, nobody really asked me to post the issues, second, TimberKing is a sponsor and I've noticed people here tend to shy away from negative issues from any sponsor, third, I guess I only really want to inform those who really want to know.

The issues are just relatively minor, like why did they do it this way instead of this way, blah, blah. The mill cuts well and will produce good lumber.

There's nothing wrong with stating something you dislike about your mill. As long as you aren't dragging them through the mud. I look at mills like dual sport motorcycles. They have to be engineered for anything. It makes them not the best at any one thing. If all you want is production, look at circle mills. If you want the most recovery it's band mills. If you want low maintenance costs it's swing mills. Width, slabbers. High output and high recovery, band resaws. There's a happy medium and a flaw in one mans eyes is a savior in another's.

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