New Sawmill Shed Under Roof

[damartin]

Hello all, I haven't posted for awhile (rather read than write) but I thought you guys would like to see the pictures of my new sawmill shed. I have about 90 acres of hunting land that we have built a cabin, garage, and implement shed on in the past 4 years. I got a sawmill to mill the lumber for the implement shed and am now using the sawmill to build a sawmill shed. We started to clear the land for the new shed last Fall and my neighbor leveled it with his dozer. The sawmill is more for a hobby and exercise than a business and as I have a full time job I have not been in a real rush to get the building done.
The first picture shows the area after it was cleared and leveled, I had decided to cut a few more trees that would have been too close to the building after it was finished. The next pictures are of some white pines that I used to make the structural lumber, I had already milled the 6x6 uprights out of Hemlock. The pictures after that are of construction of the building. I hired 4 guys to get it under roof, the work was done in 2 days. As always they did a good job in a short time. My brother in law, neighbors, and myself had poured concrete piers to set the uprights on and I had bolted angle iron to the piers to support the uprights. The last picture is some final grading to get the ground level close to grade level. I need to get a load of stones to finish the grading and then cut some Hemlock trees to make the siding for finishing the building. The mill will now be under roof as that part of the building will not have siding on it anyway.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Looks good, is it steel roofing you are using? I like that stuff a lot.

 

[damartin]

czechsonofagun, yes it is steel roofing. It's amazing how fast the roof can be done with it. I have heard that some people have trouble with condensation using metal but it has never caused me any problems. It may just be in humid climates that it causes a problem.

 

[beenthere]

Nice shed. How long has it been "under roof" ?

I like that Deere crawler.

 

[EddieWalker]

Great pictures. You really have a lot going on there!!! Thanks for sharing.

Eddie

 

[MacLawn]

Wow, what a way to do it! You mean, you cut the trees and made all the timbers/lumber from the property with the sawmill??! That is great! I am in need of some kind of pole barn for my stuff, and I like the concrete pier system you did. I can do that, but don't think I could dig post holes for setting posts in the ground. Thanks for posting.

How big is it? I could live in that thing!

 

[CompactTractorFan]

I guess you have low building costs with you using your own lumber. That's called living off the land! Oh, and I like your cut station mounted to the stump.

 

[lucky llama]

Man o Man, that's looking great.:thumbsup:

 

[damartin]

beenthere, the John Deere dozer is my neighbors, he also used it to clear the stumps and level the site. I remember posting the log arch that I built (you liked the colors, John Deere green and yellow). The building has been under roof for a couple of weeks.

Eddie there is alot going on but I've been working at it for awhile, cutting clearing and milling the lumber. I should have posted pictures of the progress as it progressed but I've been busy and sometimes I just dont get around to it. By the way I've read your complete creating a lake posting over the past year and enjoyed it, keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

MacLawn this is the 2nd building that we built using lumber cut and milled onsite. And yes it is neat to have a sawmill and make the lumber to build what you want. I milled The structural lumber out of white pine and I'll use Hemlock for the siding. The concrete piers did work out well and will keep the posts dry so there is no worry about rotting. I have a post hole digger for the tractor which makes it very easy to do the piers. Hydrulics and PTOs are a good thing.

CompactTractorFan thanks for noticing the work bench on the stump, a cut station is what we used it for. I didn't want to try to dig out that stump and I kind of like the outdoor work bench.

lucky llama thanks for the compliment, I'll post more pictures as I cut and mill the hemlock for the siding. It will be a few weeks before I get started on the siding due to a hunting trip to Alaska next week. Also bow season starts here in October and I have some deer stand maintenance to do before that. The sawmill is under roof now and out of the weather so I'll take my time finishing the siding. It is a hobby and I dont want to turn it into a chore.
My neighbors and I spread stones and did the finish grading over the weekend so the sawmill could be put in its new home. Here are a few pictures.

 

[damartin]

Here are the pictures that I mentioned in the previous post. I had to use my other computer to post them because of eithernet problems.