Winter Milling

[yukon7]

Well its almost -30 outside with a wind so its a good time to share a few pictures. I have been making a few trips by snowmobile out to cut up some lumber for a cabin and a few other projects. The area I have a permit for is under 20 km from home so not too far to go.
getting logs ready
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making sawdust
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getting a nice pile
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[yukon7]

getting ready to load up
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1st load
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hauled 3 loads so far
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[yukon7]

boggan full of huskies
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a couple other pictures not in the winter but in the same area last fall.
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[excess650]

Nice pictures.:msp_thumbup: Thanks for sharing! Things sure are different up your way. Its near 40*F here today and the sun is shinin' so not a bad late winter day.

Lotsa Huskys in those photos, and a pair of mills. There is no substitute for backups when you need them!

 

[qbilder]

I won't complain. It's over 70 here with full sun & very slight breeze. Great day to just be outside.

 

[hamish]

No bugs, all is good!

Why so many saws? Its not that cold at -30, stuff's not gonna be busting left right and center?

Build yourself a Komatick (how ever you want to spell it) you can haul alot more, used then alot up your ways.

 

[yukon7]

Why so many saws? Its not that cold at -30, stuff's not gonna be busting left right and center?
Yeah I don't normally bring 2 mills, just had the bigger saw for slabbing the wider cuts that day.
Have a old komatic which works great on packed wide trails but hangs up on tighter turns in the trees.

 

[yukon7]

The fourth saw I use for edging.
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[Dave Boyt]

You must really want that lumber to be cutting out in those temperatures. I'd tip my hat to you, but my ears would freeze just looking at those photos. I'll have to call those pictures back up this summer when it gets over 40[SUP]o[/SUP] C. Thanks for posting!

 

[StubornDutchman]

Nice looking logs and neat set up you have there for getting out into the woods.

 

[yukon7]

This time of year it's only cold in the morning, warms up to -10 C or so by noon so not bad at all. Only the morning sled ride is a bit chilly. Days are long and sunny, not dark till almost 9 now.

 

[hamish]

The fourth saw I use for edging.
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You have any other pictures of that setup? Me likes!

 

[jimdad07]

Very nice milling you are doing up there, got room for another family up in those big woods?

 

[yukon7]

I dug around and found a couple other pictures of the edger. It's sized so you can go up one side and down the other and its exactly 6 inches. I also have an 8 inch version. Cool thing about it is combined with the alaskan you can cut up a big log without having to rotate it.
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[jessejames]

Nice work.
thanks for the edger pics, wanted to build one for a while had a similar idea.

 

[yukon7]

Today was a day for cutting 6x6s, along with some side lumber. Another cold morning but turned into a beautiful day.
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[jimdad07]

I like your mini-mill setup. You are giving me some great ideas to redo mine, thanks for the pics.

 

[Herd8497]

My favorite pictures to date! Thanks for sharing. What you do with the lumber?

 

[yukon7]

Hahah, I like the looks of fresh cut lumber on a sunny day. I am cutting the 6x6s for cabin walls, as well as the other lumber. After reading threads here on the forum I am hauling the 2inch slabs home and edging them with a worm drive saw, seems quicker and less waste.