where did you get the forklift attachment bars for your bucket?
Amazon looks like they are unavailable as of now
Iv never done pine. It must saw easy?
i see some on amazon, are they decent quality?
These are good quality . The only thing I’m changing on it is the sinch bolts on the cross bar they get in the way . I’m welding some nuts on the sides so they are out of the way . Tried flipping it over still in the way getting things off the trailer
Once my kiln is up and running. Last year was a bust with unexpected changes and I got the dry run.
Cottonwood is a tough one to mill cause of the wetness. Sawdust is a chain clogging nightmare. I've got some 30"+ slabs drying up nicely about 8' long. The mantels off 5' limb pieces are beautiful after a year of drying and planing them level again and restacking. Unlike some softer woods, it doesn't like big chain. My .404 skip was slow even with 121cc powering it. A 64cc saw running 3/8 lo pro chain breezed through it in comparison.
To be fair, I think near everything is made in China short of Cannon, GB big titanium bars, and maybe some Stihl big bars and the far higher prices of those brands reflect that. Oregon's prices remain competitive with the knockoff brands so I'm guessing they're not necessarily being made at better quality in China though I like to think they usually have higher QC as a company with a brand reputation to protect. But not always. All comes down to the quality of a steel a manufacturer asks for in production.
100% agree.
I don't cut many nor sell yet as I save everything for my own woodworking, but tempted to start doing some to sell. It's an easier sell than slabs a lot of the time, everyone wants to make themselves a little coffee table, outdoor table, what have you, and you can sell them for cheaper than slabs cause they hardly take any time. What size are you doing and what wood?
