Milling

was thinking about buying a small mill for own use/sell the occasional bit of timber/boards. What is the most cost effective options?

start with an alaskan and go from there, if you start selling enough wood to justify a band saw then upgrade.

even with a small band saw mill youwill still need an alaskan mill to cut down larger trunks so it's a good investment.

ok thanks, what about Logosol farmer's m8?

there a bit limited in what you can do with them. but if your just doing small di trunks there meant to be good and fast, there also expensive. your prob going to need an alaskan

and a big saw if you want to do anything over 25" di so it's a good place to start.

how can you say the logosol mill is a bit limited justin, it can do anything an alaskan can do, and then some, plus no screwed up back

If you're thinking concludes that an M8 is useful, you're as well getting a small bandmill. Quicker, less waste and you don't have to haul the logs up to waist height.

If you require mobile milling, get an Alaskan. If you are milling from a yard, statically, get a manual bandsawmill.