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Re: Tools: Chainsaw mill
By:Mike Loriz
Date: 1/5/2003, 9:49 am
In Response To: Re: Tools: Chainsaw mill (Arko Bronaugh)

: I am in So. WV. Mabye we can trade wood for services?
Be happy to, although you would have to get the log to me. That would be too far for me to hike with everything. If you have (or can borrow) a trailer, come-along, a few lengths of chain, and a fulcrum (pry or spud bar, or even a 2x8 for use as a fulcrum), it is a fairly easy thing to skid/roll a log that size onto a utility trailer. If you have several strong friends, you could even tip it into the back of a pickup, especially if you took a couple of feet off the ends.

Speaking of ends- did you seal the ends? If you have any old latex paint hanging around, it's not a bad idea to slop a few coats onto the ends of the log to minimize end-checking from excessive moisture loss. Mike

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Tools: Chainsaw mill
Arko Bronaugh -- 1/4/2003, 5:59 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/4/2003, 10:59 pm
Re: Tools: Chainsaw mill
Mike Loriz -- 1/4/2003, 10:17 pm
Re: Tools: Chainsaw mill
Arko Bronaugh -- 1/4/2003, 10:22 pm
Re: Tools: Chainsaw mill
Mike Loriz -- 1/5/2003, 9:49 am
Re: Tools: Chainsaw mill
Arko Bronaugh -- 1/5/2003, 9:58 am
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Tom Moss -- 1/4/2003, 8:33 pm
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Arko Bronaugh -- 1/4/2003, 10:18 pm
Re: Tools: Chainsaw mill
srchr/gerald -- 1/4/2003, 7:46 pm