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meathook · January 17, 2013, 10:53:43 PM

My dad and I bought a mobile dimension mill last fall at an auction. We've been working on it in the shop and finally got a good day with it. We wanted to go through everything on it to make sure it was ready to work. At the end of the day we were both smiling ;D

clww · January 17, 2013, 10:55:10 PM

Good for you two! Welcome to the Forestry Forum, too.

POSTON WIDEHEAD · January 17, 2013, 10:55:38 PM

MeatHook, looks like a nice stack of lumber!

Welcome to the Forum. Where do you live?

customsawyer · January 17, 2013, 11:42:38 PM

Welcome to the forum. I have always thought those Mobile Dimension sawmills were very interesting machines.

Migal · January 17, 2013, 11:59:36 PM

Welcome to FF Look's like a wonderful project with your dad and you now all you have to do is figure out where to put all that sawdust in your pocket's

mad murdock · January 18, 2013, 01:00:46 AM

Welcome to the forestry forum meathook. You guys jumped in whole hog! The MD is one sawing machine! 8)

thecfarm · January 18, 2013, 06:52:25 AM

Meathook,welcome to the forum. Good job on the pictures. I saw one of them being used at Bangor Expo a few years ago. What's all the lumber going to be used for?

Norm · January 18, 2013, 07:24:37 AM

Welcome to the FF, I've always thought the mobile dimension sawmills are nice.

slider · January 18, 2013, 07:42:22 AM

I always did like to see them operate .Welcome Meathook.

drobertson · January 18, 2013, 07:52:57 AM

howdy meathook, congrats on the mill, that has to be rewarding, I am happy for you and your dad. david

Chuck White · January 18, 2013, 08:02:25 AM

Welcome to the Forestry Forum, meathook.

DanG · January 18, 2013, 08:06:37 AM

Welcome Meathook! It's good to see another MD sawyer on here. We seem to be getting scarce.

rooster 58 · January 18, 2013, 08:12:07 AM

Good deal Meathook ;D It's nice to see father and son spending time together. Welcome to the brotherhood of sawdust junkies ;)

bandmiller2 · January 18, 2013, 08:18:07 AM

I can't drive by a radio tower without thinking about MD mills wish we had more of them up here in the northeast.They are a classic. Mornin Dan guess your still checking the forum. Frank C.

downsouth · January 18, 2013, 08:59:37 AM

Welcome, you and your dad have the sawdust bug now I'm sure.

meathook · January 18, 2013, 12:09:09 PM

We've had the sawdust bug for years. We've both spent our time in the timber industry. We own an excavation company and always run across timber on jobs. I wish i had alot of it still that i cut up for firewood now. We have some vacation property that we're going to build a new shed on in the spring. My nephew needs a new woodshed, my boat house will be getting new siding. Theres a long list of stuff to do with it.

fat olde elf · January 18, 2013, 09:34:42 PM

Welcome Meathook. Glad you are here to help keep Dang on the straight and narrow. My daughter and 2 grandkids live on the tip of Kitsap Peninsula across Puget Sound. I visit once in a while.......Say your prayers....

haywire woodlot · January 18, 2013, 11:14:40 PM

I had a mobile Dimension mill before I bought my woodmizer, It was a lot of fun resurecting it and making lumber for the first time.(it was incomplete and in pieces when I bought it for $1200!) Some times I really miss the way that rig could throw chips! This picture is from the first day I ran it.

meathook · January 19, 2013, 10:25:40 AM

Dad cutting some cedar

Magicman · January 19, 2013, 10:01:13 PM

Welcome to the Forestry Forum, meathook.

meathook · January 19, 2013, 11:35:04 PM

Quote from: haywire woodlot on January 18, 2013, 11:14:40 PM
I had a mobile Dimension mill before I bought my woodmizer, It was a lot of fun resurecting it and making lumber for the first time.(it was incomplete and in pieces when I bought it for $1200!) Some times I really miss the way that rig could throw chips! This picture is from the first day I ran it.

Wow Haywire those endstands are tall!

haywire woodlot · January 20, 2013, 11:50:08 AM

Quote from: meathook on January 19, 2013, 11:35:04 PM
Quote from: haywire woodlot on January 18, 2013, 11:14:40 PM
I had a mobile Dimension mill before I bought my woodmizer, It was a lot of fun resurecting it and making lumber for the first time.(it was incomplete and in pieces when I bought it for $1200!) Some times I really miss the way that rig could throw chips! This picture is from the first day I ran it.

Wow Haywire those endstands are tall!

I can't say that I ever really used them to there full potential, I think you'd need a ladder just to drop the clutch in gear. On another note be sure to wear a full face bucking shield when you run that thing, they don't just throw chips, small knots flung by the blades can cause real damage to soft flesh!