This mill is down the road from my house. a neighbor built and ran it during the 80's, into the 90's then went out of business. Around 2010 his son opened it for a few months. I did a lot of electrical patching and repairing for him to get it running. I really disliked doing baling wire and duct tape repair work but the son had no capital for this venture. But we'd known each other since we were kids... what the heck, so I helped him out.
A few weeks ago a guy named "Bear" bought the property and opened up a sawmill again. He has some capital, at least the electrical work was all redone properly, modern safety precautions added. He started cutting last Friday.
I went down for a visit today, checked things out. They had a big D-6 cat redoing truck lanes and reshaping parts of the property. This afternoon they started cutting 8x8 tulip poplar beams.
A few weeks ago a guy named "Bear" bought the property and opened up a sawmill again. He has some capital, at least the electrical work was all redone properly, modern safety precautions added. He started cutting last Friday.
I went down for a visit today, checked things out. They had a big D-6 cat redoing truck lanes and reshaping parts of the property. This afternoon they started cutting 8x8 tulip poplar beams.