Adjusting lt 40

[Woods]

Dug my old lt 40 out today. Sawing 20'6" white pine (cut it a year ago). Sawed awesome except the cant was 1/4" thick on the far end? I had the far Support under it and tried re-sawing at slower speed to no avail. I pulled  the support out and tried again. No luck !! Any tips?

[highleadtimber16]

Sounds like you need to raise the jack on the end of the mill. The ground is wet this time of year, so the legs can settle easily. If not that, it could be stress in the log.

[Chuck White]

Sounds like you need to raise the jack on the end of the mill. The ground is wet this time of year, so the legs can settle easily. If not that, it could be stress in the log. 

Either this or get into the book and do a complete alignment!

By the way, Welcome to the Forestry Forum, Woods!

[drobertson]

without some pictures, Its hard to say where to begin,, what you are describing has a ring to it that sounds like quite possibly your 20' cant is just bowing up more on one end than the other, and its true having the jack stands making good contact from front to back helps with minor variances in the sawn dimensions.  I do believe I would make certain that your mill is level and on solid ground, then do a physical check from the blade to the bed rails.  Its hard for me to imagine the rails changing unless someone messed with them, but long cants move quite often, and often times more than a 1/4"