We can get in plenty of fruit and nut trees, but all of the things like tomatoes and peppers have to wait. Unless you have a good way to cover them from the potential for frost.
@homesteadtwins I do envy how well brassicas grow up there. I might have a frost then 90° two days later so it gets tricky trying to keep things from bolting
To take up some of the space I used some split firewood (low BTU trees) I had piled up. On top of that I put fresh top soil, then compost I had made, and topped it with a little mulch.
Nice video. I have had an HM 130 since 2016 and have milled thousands iof board feet of lumebr. Your 130 MAX looks like a nice upgrade. I made some log stops with a steel roller on top. Easy to do and it makes rolling logs much easier. I also put a laser on my mill. Very helpful to seeing where your saw will land on the log.
It looks like enough people were doing that so Woodland mills came out with new upgraded stops with those features. I might have to look at modifying mine. The last large oak log I had on there was a bear to turn. I also like the idea of the laser. I waste to many cuts not trying to lose material.
Nice video. Im considering an 88 mostly to chip a ton of short needle spruce and balsam fir saplings (2-4" trunks). Do you think I'll have similar issues to what you described with with white pine?
What state you in that you don't have hard clay rocky soil like us in AR? I wish I have soil like that so I can plant thousands of trees. For now, I have to plant few at a time because so much work to dig out clay rocky dirt then bring in better soil for planting. Great job. Thanks.
We're in Michigan. One way you can keep from bringing in soil is to get wood chips/carbon down on the ground. If you can find a tree service to drop chips, you can cover your area and wait.
I have a willams propane heater. Requires no electricity to run it. It's a fire place style one. Kept us warm. But yeah definitely a winter storm to remember. All I could hear was transformers blowing up and trees snapping.
Thanks for subscribing. If you can justify the extra cost, I'd go with the 810. That was not available when I purchased and I don't think I would have bought it at the time. However, after seeing the new design and knowing the insane amount of white pine limbs I may have to chip, it sure would be nice to have for the more efficient discharge.
@@homesteadtwins the 8x10 opening would be helpful for less trimming of branches and the twin flywheel is definitely a nice design to keep pto speed at 540 for the added torque for sure. That was my only turn off to the 68 was the plugging issues some people complained about. Probably not something that happens often though.
@@foggyvalleyacres Depends on the material. We had to stop trying on a fresh white pine tree. We had to stop every second branch. We didn't have problems in the winter but in the middle of summer we couldn't do it. The pile is still there and hopefully drying out will make it better this summer.
Being a Good Neighbor - “This much I know is True” - LcPL Peter Robert Knobel When it comes to fruit as you know from my Raspberries bushes. There is always plenty of extra for the Birds 🦅 & Bees🐝
Back in the day my Dad fixed big stumps with dynamite. Bore in a deep hole, drop. In the charge, long fuse, KaBoom. Broke them up so a tractor could pull the segments out. Then burning, using harrows to drag the ash out. Lastly over sow with field peas to speed up the rehab of the land.
To my friends dismay, I've been using one of my 70cc chainsaws and a 20" bar to cut them down low. I have over 20 that I cut so I didn't want to take any more time. But that old timer way was much more fun...
Hi all. This headshake thing is keeping me busy since I have my mill. Some times it’s so bad that it disassemble itself almost. Changes blades, alignment, speeds, everything done. For some reasons sometimes it is bad and same species of wood it’s fine. What I found out is that the ptfe bushings are crap. If the posts are not perfectly straight/parallel this type of setup tends to shake. To low cutting speed just makes it worse, I would speed it up just before it gets waves. 7 degree helped also a bit. Anyway, saw is good value for money overall.
So a real easy fix to this is... After your tracks are completely level. Loosen the bolts in the carriage, kind of do a shakedown to let everything settle in the carriage! Re Tighten everything up... And you will be good to go. If not, repeat the process. I've had the same issues as many other people have. I promise you if you follow these simple steps you will fix the problem. The manual that comes with it actually covers this. I promise you this will take a lot of headache out of your milling pleasure!
@hpw59 that sucks! Normally if I have it good and level... I can do a shakedown and no more wiggles! I just did my mill yesterday after moving it into the new milling shed!
Hey from Ontario Canada. I've had the 120Max since summer of 2021. Milling quickly became an addiction. I could not have been happier purchasing from Woodland Mills. Have fun with it and don't be afraid to try out different blade manufactures and sizes. I switched to 1 1/2 " Ripper37 blades last year and wont go back. Looking forward to future videos and watching your sawmill shed go up.
I have a HM130MAX also. Listening to your idle it seems that I am hearing your clutch pinging. That means your idle is too high. If you do not lower it it will wear your clutch out. Enjoy milling.
I don’t have a mill, but I have watched a lot and just wanted to let you know what I saw while you were cutting. I cannot wait until I’m in a position to have a mill and can do what you are doing.
I was still getting the lubricant system dialed in on the mill. For some reason it wants to leak out while not in use and I may have forgot to open it up. I have that fixed not with a secondary on/off added into the line. I also might have been feeding to fast, I'm still green with milling and learning as I go.
Ash is very hard wood, I think he was going a bit fast for cutting the ash. I would also check all carriage main bolts for specified tightness, just to be sure. ;)
Free food is the best price, when I was younger we had a small hobby farm and raised two pigs on free grocery store produce and other items, they were about 300 pounds each when they were sent to market. The butcher asked for some pork for payment, this was a totally free hog raising venture.
