A while back my Brother and sister-in-law had a large oak tree blow down at their home in Ball Ground, Ga a result of high winds during a thunder storm. I heard about it, seen some photos of the damage to their camper shed and thought we need to mill some of that tree! By the time I had a chance to talk to my brother-in-law Kevin about possibly milling the log, a friend of his had already pushed the tree over the hill with his skid steer. Kevin is usually game for anything out of the normal, so I told him we would travel down the 11 hours to try out my Alaskan Chainsaw Mill that was still in the box from the Christmas! Kevin spent the next two days rigging and winching the 20″ x 14′ log back up onto flat ground! After some trial and error we got the hang of it. Its not as easy as it looks on YouTube!
Trimmed up logs, ready to mill!
Creating a flat edge for the first cut. Half of an extension ladder works well. My Husqvarna Farm Boss saw with a 32″ bar.
Squared off two sides, Ready to mill.
We cut my boards about 76″ long. One at two inches thick and the rest at three inches. These will go back to Ohio to dry then on to my sons place in New York.
Hello Chuck Sr! Great job on those boards. I’m looking forward to their arrival in Peekskill. All best- Jon