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[BobL]

I've found that tilting the guide so the saw side is lower helps a lot. The saw then has to pull itself up to the log and is not bearing against it so hard.

I'm not sure I'd ever bother to screw a plank to the side.
I don't have wheels and don't really want any.
I'm just brain storming.

Brain storming is good, we need more brainstorming, how else can we call ourselves milling geeks unless we brainstorm?

Here's an example of a log with one side being all lumps and bumps and the other being relatively smooth.
When we oriented the log we deliberately chose the smooth side of the log to be on the left when facing downslope. Luckily we access to a tractor with forks.

 

[Brmorgan]

Bob, I found this thing in the scrap a couple days ago:

It's a frame from one of those "sliding" exercise machines (you can see the foot rests at the right-hand end). I have the other parts too but I doubt they'd be of much use. Its shape caught my eye right away for possible modification for use as a mill frame. I haven't measured it but it's about 5' long as-is, so it might be a good one if I ever get myself a 60" bar for the 090 for bigger logs. It isn't something that would get a whole lot of use, so I'm not really worried about its being steel instead of aluminum. I'd probably consider welding some small channel steel to the bottom of the rails to make them square on the bottom instead of round. It'll likely be a while before I get around to doing anything with it, but I thought it was worth picking up anyway. It even has quick adjustment for length! LOL.

 

[Old Hilly]

I dunno Bob, you have the right tool sitting there holding that log!
All you need to do is drop the bucket off "Ernie Dingo-Loader" and make a bracket that will hold a fair-dinkum big-bugger chainsaw with at least a 25HP 4 stroke motor. The saw needs to hang out the side of the machine, not stick out the front like a cranky Rhino.
Then all you need to do is line the saw up to the log and drive Ernie forward slowly, cutting as you go. When you get to the end, lift the saw over the log, reverse back to the start and make another cut. You could always use the auxiliary hydraulic outlets on Ernie to drive the saw instead of driving a ditch-witch thing and that would save the cost of a petrol motor. This is getting better by the minuite!
Dennis.

 

[BobL]

I dunno Bob, you have the right tool sitting there holding that log!
All you need to do is drop the bucket off "Ernie Dingo-Loader" and make a bracket that will hold a fair-dinkum big-bugger chainsaw with at least a 25HP 4 stroke motor. The saw needs to hang out the side of the machine, not stick out the front like a cranky Rhino.
Then all you need to do is line the saw up to the log and drive Ernie forward slowly, cutting as you go. When you get to the end, lift the saw over the log, reverse back to the start and make another cut. You could always use the auxiliary hydraulic outlets on Ernie to drive the saw instead of driving a ditch-witch thing and that would save the cost of a petrol motor. This is getting better by the minuite!
Dennis.

I don't even need a separate saw - the Dingo has a 23 HP hydraulic power pack built into it - it just needs a hydraulic chainsaw attachment. Not cheap though, the Dingo is not mine and it's not likely to work all that well in the bush or hanging a 60" bar out in the breeze with nothing supporting the other end

 

[Old Hilly]

Bob, you NEED a Dingo! It will save your back heaps, carry out all the junk from your shed, landscape the garden for Mrs. Bob, bury the kids if they drive you mad:greenchainsaw:, mix all that sawdust into compost that can be sold.......Then you can make a frame that will support the end of that 60" bar and carry the suplementary oiler as well. I admit the Dingo is not all that good in the bush but they beat the living heck out of a wheelbarrow!
Better take me medication and get both feet back on the floor.
Dennis (forever dreaming).

 

[BobL]

Bob, you NEED a Dingo! It will save your back heaps, carry out all the junk from your shed, landscape the garden for Mrs. Bob, bury the kids if they drive you mad:greenchainsaw:, mix all that sawdust into compost that can be sold.......Then you can make a frame that will support the end of that 60" bar and carry the suplementary oiler as well. I admit the Dingo is not all that good in the bush but they beat the living heck out of a wheelbarrow!
Better take me medication and get both feet back on the floor.
Dennis (forever dreaming).

Oh I know I definitely need a Dingo, It and me bonded in about 30 seconds and I can now drive it as well as the owners. At one point Owner Geoff got it stuck/bogged in a swamp and he walked back to the top of the ridge to get his pickup to pull it out. Meanwhile I managed to unbog it and drove up the hill meeting him on the way down.

They, also have a heap of attachments for it like the bucket, two different size augers, dozer blade, trencher, leveler, water pump, etc