I don't saw for a living, but I do sell what I saw. I have done it all and continue to refine my system. Rolling is far easier than pulling or lifting. Roll the log up to the ramp position, 2 straps under the log and then around the outside and back over the top and attach to the winch. I made a ramp that attaches to the side of the trailer opposite the crane. I have a 16 foot trailer that I mounted a small crane with a hand winch to. Think about how you will get the logs from where they are to the mill. Watch out for nails and foreign objects in the yard trees. Either way, with a little effort and some investigating, you should be able to find logs to cut. Apparently the tree services pay him to dump their trimmings at his lot and he in turn sells the logs for firewood and mulches some of it up. I have bought logs once from a landscape supplier. I work by myself and occasionally with help from my son when he is home.

I have more trees piling up than I can get cut. I haven't even advertised for trees myself yet. Probably 5, 6, or 7 feet before they split into branches. I have some really nice trees in excess of 16 inches in diameter, but they're short. Mostly scrubby trees, but still worth my time to cut. He didn't like the look of the trees and wanted the lot cleared. I went to look and found the trees were still growing. For much of the winter I have been clearing a lot for a man who ran a similar ad. In addition, his neighbor is planning on taking some similar trees down on his property and offered them to me too. They are all at least 32 feet long and around 20 inches or more at the base. I have 5 Norway spruces to pick up in the next week or two which are free for the taking. They advertise it as free firewood for the cutting and hauling. Many people have a tree or two taken down, but don't want to pay the tree service to cut it up and haul it away. I get most of my logs through ads in a local advertising paper. How do all of you get the trees that you are milling? I just recently placed my order for a TK1220 and I am trying to get a hold of some logs to cut so I can practice with my new mill.

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