Woodmizer sawmill

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Jim Reid

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Looking for a portable sawmill prefer woodmizer but will look at other brands anyone have knowledge of one i would appreciate a PM i will travel a reasonable distance for the right mill.

THANKS
Jim
 
Jim, there is an elderly man near me who had a portable mill. I haven't seen him using it in quite a while. If you want I can stop & ask him if he wants to sell it and get info on it. For all I know he may have already sold it.
 
Jim Reid":jziadndu said:
Still looking for a portable sawmill any help appreciated anywhere within 1000 miles i like to travel.
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Woodmaxx. Might contact them to see if they are still producing saw mills.
 
I have a Timber-Tuff bandmill that I use. They are reasonable price, work great, and dont take up much room to use OR store and simple to run. You can check them if you want----I love mine.
 
For some reason there is a run on sawmills right now. Most manufacturers are back ordered and have several months wait time. I’ve been looking for one for about a year now and have not found any any for a price I’m willing to pay. Used mills are bringing almost the same price as new one, sometimes more if the seller has any extras with it. There is an older woodmizer lt30 on Facebook marketplace in Virginia that looks rough and needs engine work and they want 6500 dollars for it. I’m a member of the forestry forum and the consensus is that a lot of people have bought them since the COVID epidemic because they have time on their hands and this has backlogged the dealers and wiped out the used mill supply. My guess is that in a year or two there will be a bunch of used mills on the market as people that have recently bought them realize how much work sawmilling is
 
outdoors4evr":3tyadwe1 said:
I think this is the only type of sawmill I would purchase - due to the cost and size. These are wasteful with the wood, but space is important.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chainsaw_mill
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I bought a new 36" alaskan back in mid 2000's.

Was at a auction about 3 years ago and picked up a 24" model for about 5 bucks! :)

We watched the people go crazy for a old worn-out woodmizer! :shock:

Ya just never know!
 
There is a woodmizer lt 25 on Craigslist Charlottesville Virginia for 5500. No pictures but they say it has 250 hours with rebuilt engine. The only reason I see for a rebuilt engine on a machine with 250 hours is lack of maintenance or abuse so I can only wonder what the rest of the mill is like.
 
I have an Alaskan 36" model and only use it to skin down the few oversized logs I saw so they fit the mill width.
 
Alaskan sawmills certainly have their place. They are great for cutting wide live edge slabs if you have a long chainsaw bar and a saw big enough to run it and they are great for slabbing a log so it will fit on a bandsaw mill. They are also extremely portable and can be transported almost anywhere. They are also a lot of work and very slow compared to any other type of sawmill. I’d hate to have to cut enough lumber with one to build any project that took over just a few boards. My experience with them tells me you need a very large ie very expensive chainsaw to do much with them. The one I have access to uses a stihl 066 saw with a 36 inch bar and a new comparable saw is in the 1500 dollar range which is half the price of an entry level bandsaw mill and a 36 inch bar on that 066 will only cut a slab 20 some inches wide.
 
I have mine on an Echo 8000 and could use it on the Homelite 8800 if I needed to --both 36 inch saws and I have the ripping chain for both.
AND yes they are slow---plenty of power with both saws ----chains only cut so fast either crosscut or rip. Not something to cut full time or fast with, but skin logs down they are a must have unless you have a $ 100,000 bandmill with a wide throat.
 
Mht":39cup8a5 said:
My guess is that in a year or two there will be a bunch of used mills on the market as people that have recently bought them realize how much work sawmilling is
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I welcome that!

Mht":39cup8a5 said:
Alaskan sawmills certainly have their place. I’d hate to have to cut enough lumber with one to build any project that took over just a few boards.
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It is not that bad! :lol:

I have not had the chance to try my dual port muffler out on my ms461 with the mill yet, the neighbors will love that!

The last wood I cut (ash)I left a bit heavy for shrinkage..... Trouble is they barely shrunk if any at all.

I figure there is enough extra on each board to make 2 more planks 1.5 to 1.625 thick! :(
 
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