MarkV
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- Cedartown, Ga and N. Ga mountains
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- 1998 Kubota B21, 2005 Kubota L39
Need some advice about having a portable saw mill come and mill some pine trees for me. I have about 25-30 lumber grade pines that have to go for a new barn site. In this area that isn’t enough trees for a logger to bother with and I hate to just cut and burn good trees. I do think I can find what is called here a “short hauler” to cut and remove the trees at no cost or profit to me. Or, I have a portable saw mill operator who will come and saw lumber with me providing the labor to load the mill and stack the lumber.
Was wondering if anyone here does their own milling or has had milling done that could share their experiences. I’m at a loss as to the going price per board foot for milling and don’t know if the .40 cents per foot quoted is high or low. Also can’t really get a handle on how much lumber I am looking at. It sounds like a labor intensive project and I can’t decide if the economics, lumber quality and drying time will make it worth while.
Thanks in advance for any info you can share.
MarkV
Was wondering if anyone here does their own milling or has had milling done that could share their experiences. I’m at a loss as to the going price per board foot for milling and don’t know if the .40 cents per foot quoted is high or low. Also can’t really get a handle on how much lumber I am looking at. It sounds like a labor intensive project and I can’t decide if the economics, lumber quality and drying time will make it worth while.
Thanks in advance for any info you can share.
MarkV