How I Make Money with My Woodmizer LT15 Sawmill 

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Thank you, I appreciate all your comments.

Thank you for that comment.

Thank you. being in the Philippines sounds like it could be a story in itself.

Thank you for watching.

@@WilsonForestLands you're welcome

After shipping many shipping container loads of branches over the years, I still find it hard to believe people pay for branches. thank you for the comment.

Thanks fort the nice comment Craig.

Great eye for location. You are close, a bit more south than that. Closer to the Medford area. Thank you for that comment. I appreciate all the ideas and stories you share on your channel.

@@WilsonForestLands Close to my home town of Grant's Pass then! I was born down there but didn't live there much though Mom and Step Dad were in GP almost 30 years the last time. Still have family down there too.

I am not far from Grants Pass. I grew up around Central Point, close to Medford. I still have family scattered around, mostly between Central Point and Gold Hill.

Thanks for the kind words. It would be fun to be able to meet a lot of my viewers.

I used my favorite sales technique. I let them convince me to sell them branches. I have actually thought about doing a video about that story. Maybe I will someday. Thanks for the suggestion.

Why would you charge half the price ? Big box store lumber is trash . Folks would gladly pay more than big box prices for quality lumber 🤯

@@jasscarborough when you mill them, what do you sell them for?

@@Sandmtsawmill no answer...hmm

@@WilsonForestLandsI want to see that video too!

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@@mrwaterschoot5617 I am going to have to take your word on that one.

I think your hardwoods and our softwoods are probably a different market, so it would be hard to compare the two. I am finding it much more difficult to sell lumber right now than it was earlier this year when prices were high. But I’ve been busy with other things so I haven’t been cutting a lot of lumber lately.

@@WilsonForestLands The buyers for hardwood want kiln dried wood. Is that the same for soft wood?

The wood I sell is usually green. Most softwood lumber goes for heavy construction, and looks don’t matter so much. Soft wood, like Douglas fir is more forgiving when it dries than a lot of hardwoods, that tend to warp and crack more. Some builders prefer using green lumber, they say it cuts and nails better. Most of my lumber goes for outdoor projects, sheds, chicken coops, fences, etc.

If I was planning on doing a lot of milling, I would definitely get one with the debarker. When I bought the mill I wasn’t expecting the price of lumber to shoot up the way it did the last couple years and I wasn’t expecting to mill as much as I have. It was supposed to be more of a hobby mill. Now that the price of lumber has come down and I’m not doing very much milling, I am good with the LT15 choice. If I get back to the point where I start doing a lot of milling and it looks like that will continue, I may start looking into getting one with a debarker. The debarker is the feature I most wish this mill had. I’m just not doing enough milling now to justify the expensive one.

I typically sell it green. I was selling most of my lumber when prices were so high and it was easy to sell just about anything. Some builders actually like using green Douglas fir.

@@WilsonForestLands The old timers around here, (SW Missouri) use to always build with green Red Oak. I’ve seen my grandpa use green.

I sell it green. With the softwoods here most people don’t seem to care if it’s green. I lose a few customers because it’s not dry but not to the point where it’s worth going through the hassle of drying it.

In 2018 lumber futures were trading from $500 per thousand to over $600 per thousand. Today September lumber futures are at $490 per thousand. September futures contracts won’t close until September 15th. It hasn’t had a chance to hit the lumber stores yet. But prices in the stores are considerably less now than they were a few weeks ago when lumber futures were trading over $1500 per thousand.

It is Manzanita. Much of it goes to the Middle East and Europe.