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So after a six month delay for several reasons, I finally got to collect my sawn timber yesterday afternoon. The yield from the logs was:

22 x 2"×8"x10'
12 x 2"×4"x10'
38 × 2"×4"x8'
9 x 1"×6"×various

The billed cost from the sawyer was $143, of which $50 was for collecting the logs. So the cost per 2"x8"×10' was about $3.30, the cost per 2"×4" x 10' was about $1.70, per 2"x4"×8' was about $1.30. :) .... I am going to assume that Boiler thinks this is a waste of good timber. :lol:

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Nope, looks very burnable.

I have worked out I can get 2 truck loads, F150, piled illegally high in a morning. After that all the blocking loading and unloading does me in.

I do have a project, not sure when I was going to get to it, best described as a deck of about 3,000 sq ft and the first 2,000 sq ft cost about $15 a sq ft, so milling my own would be the way to go. But I thought of buying one of those mini Canadian sawmills, or better go in with someone to do it.

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So I unloaded them yesterday and stacked/stickered (spaced) them to dry today. Dämn they were heavy, so I weighed a few and the 2x8's averaged 70lb, and the 2x4's 28lb and 35lb. Total weight .... over 3,000lb! :blink: No wonder my truck was riding a bit low. :lol:

Have a look for local sawmills, pretty much anywhere that has trees also has small sawmills. I had no idea how many there are in my neck of the woods until I started looking. I have used different ones for different reasons, and my recent load of timber was cut by the fourth different sawmill I have used. (One sawyer left the area, one changed his business model (focuses on very large logs - 3'+ diameter) , another uses a traditional disk saw which means you lose quite a lot of timber to the kerf, though he is good for cutting hickory which most sawmills won't touch because it is so incredibly hard.)

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Half ton truck?

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Three quarter, nominally, though I don't know what that really means.

BTW I added to my post above, re your search for a sawmill.

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None I know of where I am, most seem to be lower down.

Custom Lumber I know one of my projects sourced from here.

http://www.norwoodsawmills.com/sites...1031d-main.png

I was thinking of this.

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I wouldn't mind one of those. :)

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Go splits?

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What do you suggest, keep it in a storage unit in Little Rock? :unsure:

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I can look after it, all downhill from here.

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That's very generous of you. :rolleyes: Maybe I could have it all the time that snow or frost is likely chez Boiler? :lol:

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You want it 9 months of the year? Hardly seems fair.

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Such is life. :rolleyes:

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Such is my life.

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I recently purchased a house and have my hands full with several projects.

The garden has this rather ugly green slab in one corner. We already have a covered patio area, and don't need to put up a shed.

Anyone have any ideas with what once could do with this area?

https://i.imgur.com/twK4nDO.jpg