Cooks Sawmills - any good?

[Squaredy]

On 09/05/2019 at 21:07, farmerjohn said:

Have you had a look at Hud-son sawmills?

iv had a few de-barker's from them and they were really helpful and posted to uk no problem. a few years ago i asked them about shipping to uk and they said it would not be a problem to give  a cost for it, but never took it any further.
i like the look of them, the band wheels are a bit bigger diameter which i think will be less stress on the bands.#https://www.hud-son.com/product/oscar-52-portable-sawmill/

the next size up mill is a big jump in cost though.

I have been looking into the Hudson mills, and it looks good, and shipping to the UK is not too bad.  Might actually be a better option than the Cooks. 

 

Is there a dealer in the UK?  Anyone got any stories of Hudson bandmills?

[Mikesmill]

I have been looking into the Hudson mills, and it looks good, and shipping to the UK is not too bad.  Might actually be a better option than the Cooks. 
 
Is there a dealer in the UK?  Anyone got any stories of Hudson bandmills?

Yeah I found them online toward the end of last year and asked for a price on getting one shipped to the UK. The guy seemed interested in sending one over but after a few reminder emails he never got round to sending me a price for the shipping - I guess he was too busy.
I think that if you did the legwork for him and found someone to ship it for you then you'd get further than I did and be able to get hold of one.
I also investigated Trakmet, who make a wide bandsaw that's distributed in the UK, I saw one at last year's APF show. They are 3 phase only though, which wouldn't have been a problem for me, but costing over £20k was a problem.