On site milling

[wills-mill]

I've slowly got to the point where them milling and related work is more or less all I do and it makes me a living and the kit gently expands- nothing flash, no huge contracts, just steady work.

 

Like Woodmad and Tommer have said, there are quite a few ways to get a return-

 

On site

1. On site, mill clients timber for clients needs, paid for by hour. All timber left.

2. On site, mill clients timber for clients needs, paid for by timber produced. All timber measured and left. Only works on sites with decent site, decent timber, decent loading AND unloading facilities (usually estates and conservation bodies)

3. On site, mill for client and myself, little or no charge, share timber. Usually works OK for 1/3rd to 1/2 of timber, and usually jobs that are nearby and pretty good timber.

 

In yard

1. Milling and supplying own fresh sawn timber. As Tommer says this can be very profitable, but the timber has to be absolutely spot on for most uses.

2. Supplying air dried timbers from stock. This really is a waiting game and real minefield. You tend to find that people want boards that are a bit longer or wider or a different species to what you actually have. It's great when you can get it sorted for someone, and a nightmare if you take an order and then find you are scratching around to find enough timber for it.

 

I've had some lovely jobs that have gone from dismantling to felling to milling to making on site. Always a treat!

[tommer9]

Beautifully summed up there Will (?).

[wills-mill]

Will (?).

 

 

Aye that's the one!