Portable sawmill for rent?

tallen702 · Apr 12, 2017

Anyone know if there's anywhere in the area that rents portable sawmills? I've got several spruce trees inn my property that got hit hard by bag worms and have all but given up the ghost. I'd prefer to use them in a duck boat project than just burn them but don't have a mill. Thanks in advance!

j_h_smith · Apr 12, 2017

You'll probably have to take them to a mill. Or possibly have someone with a portable sawmill come out to your property. I've never heard of a sawmill that you can rent, that would be worth renting.

Good luck!

Nottherealfranco · Apr 12, 2017

If you have a big enough chainsaw, they do make "chainsaw mills" that are essentially jigs you mount a chainsaw to and cut through the tree. It's not as precise as a dedicated mill, and there's lots of dust, but if you simply need rough cuts to reduce size it might be worth your while.

DraKhen99 · Apr 12, 2017

Nottherealfranco said:
If you have a big enough chainsaw, they do make "chainsaw mills" that are essentially jigs you mount a chainsaw to and cut through the tree. It's not as precise as a dedicated mill, and there's lots of dust, but if you simply need rough cuts to reduce size it might be worth your while.

And if you use one of these "alaskan sawmills" as my FIL calls it, use a sharp and at least medium aggressive chain. I tried using a green-dot Stihl chain, barf! It took forever and the cuts were rough. Switched to a yellow-dot Stihl chain, cuts were cleaner and way easier.

-John

tallen702 · Apr 12, 2017

DraKhen99 said:
And if you use one of these "alaskan sawmills" as my FIL calls it, use a sharp and at least medium aggressive chain. I tried using a green-dot Stihl chain, barf! It took forever and the cuts were rough. Switched to a yellow-dot Stihl chain, cuts were cleaner and way easier.

-John

Yeah, that's why I was looking into renting one of the band-saw type mills if it was possible. I had some huge trunk pieces leftover from where the power company took a spruce down a few years ago. Too big to split by hand as a whole, but if I cut them in half, they'd be easy enough. Going with the grain with a chainsaw to cut them into workable pieces took forever and dulled the chain pretty quickly.

DraKhen99 · Apr 12, 2017

tallen702 said:
Yeah, that's why I was looking into renting one of the band-saw type mills if it was possible. I had some huge trunk pieces leftover from where the power company took a spruce down a few years ago. Too big to split by hand as a whole, but if I cut them in half, they'd be easy enough. Going with the grain with a chainsaw to cut them into workable pieces took forever and dulled the chain pretty quickly.

I cut a few walnut logs that were 18" in diameter, and my chain didn't noticeably dull, FWIW. That was on the more aggressive yellow chain. I believe that a more aggressive chain would've made your work faster & easier.

-John

adit · Apr 12, 2017

Or buy your own. I think there is a $1799 coupon floating around.

http://www.harborfreight.com/saw-mill-with-301cc-gas-engine-62366.html

I guess it depends on how much wood you have.

Here is a portable sawmill service in DE. https://delaware.craigslist.org/grd/6023221834.html

VA https://fredericksburg.craigslist.org/grd/6027572494.html

They are around you just have to poke around for them.

http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=56970.0

montoya32 · Apr 12, 2017

Check out Whitaker Mill Salvage Lumber

Portable sawmill for rent?

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