Old style sawmill
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Topic: Old style sawmill
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Subject: Old style sawmill
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 8:33pm
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Nice to see ancient technology still being used to make a living. https://youtu.be/DHM_ztAUqVc" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/DHM_ztAUqVc
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Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 2:04am
Sure was fun watching that. ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 6:40am
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bet it woodn'y pass ANY guv safety inspections ......! sad thng is I know someone with a smaller version of that style mill, 40+ years, NEVER even tried to use it. ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 7:46am
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The Henson family still has a couple of those old mills here. Pretty cool to watch them run. They cut a lot of trailer flooring and siding with them. Everytime somebody around here says "I need some trailer boards" somebody will tell them "call Mark" or "call Newt" Mark talked about selling his for a short time and then he said "I believe I'll just keep it. I figure,  fire, every man needs a board"  ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 7:55am
| Thanks for that awesome video. There is a similar mill still sitting in a barn near here. The big engine is gone but the boiler and all the small engines for edgers and such are still there. It was still running and sawing in full production until 1975. Ithe place is for sale but sits on the Buffalo river and very expensive. I heard it recently sold. I thought it would have made a perfect tractor/engine show grounds. There was an old store right beside the mill. |
Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 8:21am
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Think those folks have done that before? Very interesting - watched it all.
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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 8:36am
I’ve worked at two different mills that sawed railroad ties and semi trailer floors. I ran an edger at the second mill for several years. Tendinitis got so bad I couldn’t lift the coffee pot in the mornings but soon as I got loosened up it wouldn’t hurt the rest of the day. It didn’t pay much but I dearly loved that job and the people I worked with. |
thendrix wrote:Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 9:26am
| I finally got a chance to watch that video. AWESOME!!!!! Thanks for posting that. Darrel |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 9:28am
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Yep,,that was a cool video to watch,,,American engineuity at it's very best,,,,
 That one guy that seemed to be the "Do It All" person,,,bet he was plumb tuckered out at quittin time,,,Boy he is all over that machine,,,,,And,,,,and,,,that fair sized woman operatin the one "side adjuster" ain't no slouch either,,,I bet she'd kick your azz in a heartbeat,,,huh,,,??? |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 9:38am
Joe you's always talkin bout women kickin you butt, must be rough. Or is it a beat me bite me kick me anything just be close to me fetish? 
------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 11:46am
That fair sized girl is the Sawyer. I’m rotflmao cause cause I was wondering if ole Shameless could whoop that woman or not??? 😂😂😂 And that Fireman was busy as a one legged man in a azz kickin contest. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 6:18pm
Hey Thad,,,thas exactly what I was thinkin and was tryin to draw out ole Shameless ,,,,but he ain't bitin,,,,so far,,,,,, OH,,,and Chask,,,,din'cha notice I said,,"your" instead of ,,,,, "Mine,,,,??? Altho,,,I sure wouldn't take no bets she couldn't whip my azz whenever she wanted to,,,,Chit,,she's built bout like ole Rocky,,,,,,,
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 11:07pm
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No Joe I didn't catch that, but she prolly could kick my arse to, but its been 50 years since Ma whup my behind. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2019 at 11:42pm
| There is one 6 miles south of me. I have expressed interest in buying it. Old guy that put it together passed away. Son won't sell, he says he has to work 2 more years before he can retire and start running it. Not steam powered like that one or the one in the North East part of the county. This one is run by a 77 Oliver or 350 or 460 IHC. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2019 at 5:05am
| There used to be a mill around here that was powered by an old Oldsmobile station wagon. I wish I had pics. They kept lots of supplies in the back of the car. I believe the car ran on propane. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2019 at 5:28am
| Enjoyed the video too . When I was a much younger fella we used to play in "the sawdust pile" in the woods . Sometimes wonder what kinda portable saw mill was used . Thanks |
Posted By: trace
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2019 at 6:58am
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Cool video, when men were men. ------------- 1955 WD-45 WIDE FRONT W/ TRIP LOADER |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2019 at 10:37am
And women built like men. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |