PRODUCTION RECORD

Due to the many requests from customers concerning the production capacity of the Procut Portable Lumber Mill I have included all my statistics here. The 30 feet per minute cutting speed is based on cutting a log that has already been canted for 2x4 lumber. Your actual cut will be as low as 5 feet per minute and anything in between, depending on the size of the log and cc of your chainsaw. What you should be concerned about and the question that should be really asked is "how much lumber can I cut over a period of time", this should be your real concern. You should take into consideration a lot of factors such as log size, loading logs, removing slabs, cutting and removing lumber, stacking lumber, and misc. things you have to do in the day. Sooner or later you will have to shut down the mill to utilize the lumber you have cut. All the above has to be taken into consideration.

Below is the production record of cutting with Procut using a Stihl 090 - 132cc - 11.5 hp, 1 man helping, taken from company files 1985 to 1991. Cutting logs from 8 inches to 20 inches, 8 feet to 16 feet long and selling the lumber, not utilizing it. Most of the lumber was under contract and some was sold retail. You will also have to take into consideration the size of the saw I was using, the milling modifications I did to the saw and the length of bar used ( 32" ) and using the already edged method of cutting logs.

DIRECT COSTS OF MILLING LUMBER ON PROCUT OVER 7 YEARS INCLUSIVE OF NEW SAWS, BARS, CHAIN, GAS AND OIL....1¼ CENTS PER BOARD FOOT OR $12.40 PER THOUSAND