Trip Report -- Lake Chelan and Milling
After a mad rush to remove the darn spare on the back of the truck (stupid locks!) and buying three, count them, THREE broken bolt removal kits before I got the right one and removed the lock, I did f...
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Thanks all -- just updated and added a couple pics of the front tire setup.
The mill business is a side thing I've been doing off and on for about 7 years. Started slow but have milled over 100,000 board feet of lumber since the new mill arrived in March of 16. My plan was to have it as a retirement gig :) Take the truck and camper and mill to remote places and mill up lumber for land owners wanting to build with their own trees. I have a youtube page where I post vids (happy to share here) of milling and a website for the biz
Basically, it's a tough gig ;) I get to take the camper to places to 'camp out' and get paid to make lumber during the day.
In the morning I got to sit and drink coffee looking out over the lake :)
and in the evening I sat and watched the sky turn into a painting ;)
Funny thing, my customer came by and asked how I was doing that evening as I was sitting there enjoying some Evan Williams and looking out across the lake ;) I assured him all was well :D
The mill business is a side thing I've been doing off and on for about 7 years. Started slow but have milled over 100,000 board feet of lumber since the new mill arrived in March of 16. My plan was to have it as a retirement gig :) Take the truck and camper and mill to remote places and mill up lumber for land owners wanting to build with their own trees. I have a youtube page where I post vids (happy to share here) of milling and a website for the biz
Basically, it's a tough gig ;) I get to take the camper to places to 'camp out' and get paid to make lumber during the day.
In the morning I got to sit and drink coffee looking out over the lake :)
and in the evening I sat and watched the sky turn into a painting ;)
Funny thing, my customer came by and asked how I was doing that evening as I was sitting there enjoying some Evan Williams and looking out across the lake ;) I assured him all was well :D
