Question for any OB carpenters/lumberjacks

tree-fiddy

Thanks baw, it's gonna be a special place because my two young sons and I will build it with trees from our land, the land we hunt, and with our own hands together. I can't think of a more special place than that for a father and his sons.

Thanks for the advice! I was going to cut my logs 16'6" to allow for drying shrinkage and to square the ends up. I was going to go 20'x40' but makes alot more sense to go 24'x48'. I get a bigger building and don't have to saw 4' off every board and throw away.

I've already measured and flagged the ones I want to cut. They are about 80" in circumference. I divided the circumference by Pi which is 3.145 and got the diameter. I think that's the way to do it. Plus it looks like I can get 4 16' logs out of every tree before hitting a limb. I've got some of the prettiest, slickest pines South Arkansas has to offer. Should make some beautiful lumber.

I believe a 2x4x8 is 5.25 board feet
16' tall by 25" is 440bdft

Without loss, that's 84 boards, but I'm guessing you will only get 2/3-3/4 of that since trees are not perfectly round or without defect, so maybe 60 2x4x8 boards I guess. Figure out how many you need for building your place first


*I'm just winging it


Eta: If you can get 64ft of logs out of them, cut them in 10ft sections and you can theoretically get 265 2x4x10s out of the tree

Thanks boys, I appreciate all input.

Spankum, it sure was one of those days that just fell apart.

Two phone calls that was bad news. Then a flat on my backhoe. Go to move that, POP, yep, I busted the transaxle. Ripped the ring gear to shite. Started pulling it apart yesterday.

OP, let me know if you need someone to saw for you. I can hook you up with a portable mill in your area.

Kind of hard to say. Most people that saw charge around $60 an hour along with your help tailing(unloading, stacking boards).Best to have two or three people doing that or it will slow down production. Sounds high, but if you have support equipment like a tractor, having the logs staged to were the mill can be close to the logs, that saves a ton of time and money.

A good fully auto mill can saw a easy 600-800 BF per hour. All depends what is being sawed. 2x4' or 2x6's, ect.

First thing you would really need to do is make out a sawing/lumber list. From there, a good sawer will know about how much time it would take him to do the job.

Oh, one more thing. If a sawer hits metal, be ready to throw a twenty dollar bill his way for a replacement blade cost. One nail wipes out a blade in a heart beat. shite shite AND MORE shite. Done it a few times.

Here is a link that will point out sawers in your area. Also has info on how to hire one.

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