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What he charge? Portable sawmill guys in Oregon are $90-$100 an hour.I just had some red and white oak logs milled a couple weeks ago. Found a local sawyer who comes onsite for an hourly fee plus blades used. He had an LT40 with the full hydraulics package. It was amazing how efficient he could be with the hydraulic log loader, log turner dogs, log levelers and supports. So impressive to watch this guy work. He said he just put an order in with Wood-Mizer for an LT50 with the diesel option and was told November at the earliest. It took me a month to get on his calendar and he said he's now booked through August. He just started this side gig a year ago, clearly this was an untapped market in our area. If you have any thoughts about using the mill as a side gig you may want to consider one with hydraulics. It took this guy about 12 hours over 2 days to mill this pile of logs and he used up 5 blades. Also, offloading the milled boards would have SUCKED without the tractor.
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Edit: The log on the ground with with 2 sides cut had a lighting strike some time in its past and was checked and burned up and down the inside of its trunk. Pretty cool to see but sucked to have to turn an otherwise beautiful white oak log in to firewood.