LT40 is a great mill.
WM bands will keep the LT15 sawing straight.
I seem to remember somewhere well under 200 bdft per hour for 4/4 boards with mine, and not unusual to get 100 bdft/hr at the end of the day as I wore down. I edged on the mill, so that slowed things down a bit, also. However, the mill cut extremely straight lumber.
I remember many years ago they did a sawmill shootout and hit 1,150 bdft per hour, two guys, for one hour. They were dead beat afterword, and needed some Dew.
Does the WM blade have the bolt holes?
No. As I recall , they have a key way.
Just fog most of the night here and still fog.
There is a CASE 850D with a winch on Vermont Craig’s right now, but it is no parts machine. Says he just put money in the winch. Just passing this along. He is asking full boat retail for it.
I would imagine they are still at it in Juniper area and Edmundston area because it is colder there than here and deeper snow. We'll be farming here and still snow out there 2 weeks later.
I looked out the window this morning on the north side of the house, still lots of white in the field. Looking out the south end and she's pretty much bare. Just depends on where you want to look.
Trying to get an idea of bf per hr. on LT15 with power feed, one man.
You'd need to narrow that down some. What kind of wood? Size of the logs? Are the logs clean? Mill layout? What are you cutting? (Railroad ties, 1x10, etc.) All those factors are going to make a much bigger difference than the brand of band you're using.
Like John said, in woody stems, the Maxi blade requires less physical effort by the operator. No flailing around with the saw like a sythe. The triblade may work well enough in new growth before it hardens off. Hazel gets hard. We have it here (beaked and witch) sometimes under hardwood or aspen. Up here the mills categorize hardwood as maple, ironwood, oak, beech, birch. Aspen and poplar (Both populus) is categorized by itself because it is soft. It is never mixed in hardwood on truck loads of pulp. Some mills even separate the birch.
in Anchorage and they wanted to know if I had a portable mill as they had a pile of logs to mill on there lot. Their mill was at a different location and they needed help. I saw a few ads for portable milling at the rate of 150.00 per hr.
Figured I could saw up my cabin and sell my mill and have a free cabin. But this summer I will be in Whittier (AK) driving a tour bus and scoping out property.
Just started milling new float deck boards yesterday. Birch 2-1/2" to 2-1/4" x 7-1/2" to 9-1/2". New float has oak decking. Never seen anyone use birch but from experience it should do well.
Well i use it to clear hazelnut and aspen brush around planted trees. First time before planting i had to use maxi blade but because i clear the brush every year, i can use the triangle blade now.
Hazelnut grows so *DanG fast, with in a year it'll be over my head.
Joystick button switches is the easiest and cheapest thing to cross off the list. For what its worth might as well change them all if it is the problem.
Wood mizer got me on track. Wondering now if I can cut with the 1 1/2 blade or if I need to stick with the 1 1/4.
Chainsaws / Re: PP4218a new sprocket ideas.
Agree with lxskllr - get a bigger saw.
There is 3/8LP (or picco) on 42cc and smaller saws. .325 on 45cc-55cc saws. 3/8 on 56cc and larger. Some variations exist.
A 42cc Poulan barely pulls 3/8LP on an 18" bar. 14" is much better. .325 on 42cc will be a real dog.
I have Poulan 36cc and 42cc limbing saws, pulling 14". I use Oregon 91VXL chain w/o shark fin bumpers. They are great in that application.
Why couldn’t you get Sharp to build one? Unless there was a design issue, Sharp could do it. They certainly have the capabilty, just whether they would or not. Does the WM blade have the bolt holes?
Some of the Byrds actually have a little bird symbol in one corner.
Sawmills and Milling / Re: I just got home with a 2011 LT35HD - I need your counsel on how to succeed.
I think with 99.87342% certainty MikeySP is getting the hang of this stuff.
I'd not charge by the hour because I would be taking rest breaks and wouldn't want a landowner telling me to hurry up.
I'd not charge by the bdft because it cause the customer to faint and would end up at $3SGU's per bdft.
I'd might charge by the square foot, hadn't thought of him.
I'd probably take a swag and charge by the job, and it wouldn't be cheap.
I was out roaming around in the National Forest this afternoon and found these about 20' apart.