Had the opportunity to visit a cedar shingle mill recently. The mill is on the second floor. The dump truck to the left gets filled with waste by conveyor. The boom truck on the right loads the delivered logs onto a deck outside the second floor. Waste pile, not sure what happens if anything with the waste. Operated by this man and his sister. He is the miller she does the bundling. The mill was started by their grandfather. Old mill building right next to the new one, they’ve been up and running in the new building for a year or so, the design is exactly like the old one. The power. Winch to pull the logs in from the deck. Chop saw. Mill. He sorts the shingle into one of four bins based on its grade. Bundling Lunch View from the top of the blueberry barren behind the mill.
Not exactly sure and was kind of wondering that too. My best guess is it helps with discarding the waste. If you watch the video you can see all the waste gets dropped into a hole in the floor and lands on a conveyor that dumps into a truck. I watch a lot of milling videos and one thing everyone says about having a mill is to have a good plan for dealing with the both the waste and the product. Kind of amazing that man still has every bit of all ten fingers!
Chrysler "leaning tower of power"! Probably the best engine for running on almost no oil pressure that was ever made.
Had an old Dodge fleetside pickup with the larger slant six and four on the floor with the granny gear. It was an old Baxter County truck (WA. State) bought at auction. It served me well for many years of hunting, work and wood hauling. Burned the tiniest bit of oil in it's last years with me with about 200,000 miles on it. Wish I had it now!
Probably. Been so long. The earth was still cooling then. I do remember that you could climb into the engine compartment to work on it with your feet on the ground. I was also a lot skinnier then! I also remember that I put a pull throttle on it. You could load it with wood and put her in granny with a touch of throttle. Crawl out of a stump farm by feathering the clutch and brake in the goosey spots. Good times back then!
