One of the biggest advantages of owning a TimberKing portable sawmill is turning your own logs into lumber. But once the boards come off the mill, there’s one important step before beginning most projects: drying the lumber.Freshly sawn, or “green,” lumber contains a lot of moisture. As that moisture leaves the wood, boards can shrink, […]
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“Good morning, TimberKing. Thanks for asking me about my TimberKing project. Yep, we are in the mountains of western Montana just south of Darby. The area is the southernmost portion of the well-known Bitterroot (yes there are two “r’s” in “Bitterroot”) Valley in Montana. Our property came with an old, rundown A-frame summer cabin. I’m dismantling
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On a clear day, you can see Montreal, Canada from the town Fred Hapgood lives in. It’s just south of the Canadian border and just north of New York State’s heavily forested, 6,000,000 acre Adirondack Park. Let’s just say Fred lives in a remote, heavily wooded area…and he’s making it pay with his TimberKing 2200
We at TimberKing received this email from one of our owners, Tim Heming. We were so interested in what he wrote us that we gave him a call to learn more about the home he’s building for his daughter, his sawing, and his future plans. Here’s the rest of Tim’s story…“I’m used to doing big
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