I worked for a friend who introduced me to sawmills and I eventually got one of my own; a cantilever-style sawmill. I completely rebuilt it and ran cantilever mills for many years. They’re good mills but there’s a lot of downtime because they require frequent alignment that takes a lot of time. I’d do adjustments […]
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TimberKing owner, Dan White, finds VALUE-ADDED IS KEY TO SUCCESS in a sawmill business. Dan has multiple sources for sawlogs…he has a broad range of equipment…several employees…manufactures many wood products…sells to many different kinds of customers.Here’s Dan’s story…Sawing gets in your blood“Sawing kind of gets in your blood. I was in the sawmill business for
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“My first experience sawing was on a non-hydraulic, all manual sawmill. One thing I learned was how hard it is to turn a log without the right equipment. I hurt my back with that mill. So I moved up to my fully-hydraulic TimberKing sawmill.I had been advised to start with an entry level sawmill but
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Rod Sipe tells us, “My son, Jason, and I have been working together over the last 10 years, building a business from the ground up. Doing this together is extremely rewarding for both of us. We’re very lucky every day to have that simple connection in this complicated world.”Ron’s son, Jason, offered his perspective. “Coming
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Tom Bacon makes high-quality beehives with lumber he mills on his TimberKing sawmill. “I can saw exactly what I want,” he tells us. “And since I’m felling and milling my own trees, my cost-of-goods is far less since I’m not buying commercial lumber.”“I started building homes at 16. At 18, I set out with just
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Meet Chris Cox, entrepreneur and TimberKing owner, at the controls of his TimberKing 2220 sawmill. He’s built a very successful business that he’s growing all the time. “Hard work,” he tells us, “but the milling’s easy.”“I’m a seven-days-a-week kind of guy. When I got my first TimberKing sawmill, the TimberKing 1220, I made $6,000 in the
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