I couldn’t remember if we had indoctrinated you on Paul Bunyon and babe the blue ox yet. I thought we had, but it was a while ago. 
Here are some 1900s Michigan loggers. No idea how they got it this high without Paul, and there is no way those two horses are gonna pull that without Babe.
Photoshopped? I don’t know. I doubt you could pull that load with even a large tractor. Of course who can deny that there were guys jumping from log to log to free up log jams in the rivers. They seldom had to worry about saving for retirement. Most Michigan logs from that era ended up rebuilding Chicago.
If you look past the horses on Sean’s picture that was what most of Northern Michigan looked like from about 1870 on to the early 1900’s. The whole northern part of the state was pretty much clear cut.
From google AI.
The image is authentic and documented by various historical institutions, including the Hartwick Pines Logging Museum and the Library of Congress.
I can’t compete with my Swedish friends with my equipment, but it serves a purpose…
Fergie works in the field…
this one in the yard
The cart is my favorite tool for transporting long wood or logs, well, the connecting part (the svura) needed replacing.
I thought about installing an iron pipe, but I changed my mind.
I collect dried elm wood in the forest, which requires a steep climb of about 3 km, and the entire route is 8 km long, … then work with a winch and loading the wood …
really imposant logs , tone!
fergie does it, no importance of fuel crisis…
dont be a fuel fool, have gasifier!
I have a bunch of dead elm, but not all the fancy tools. It is part of the reason for my annual chainsaw massacre of brush and especially grapevines. The brush keeps new growth from forming, and the grapevines pull down trees.
More history of chainsaws. I hope someone else finds this as interesting as I do. Mine is a Homelite Super XL automatic. My favorite saw in the 1980’s. Still running 42 year later.
As I promised @don_mannes some months back, today I made a video of me milling 8”8 blocks.
Nothing really goes as planned making videos, I forgot to bring a long breaker bar to help the turning of logs. It was a bit cumbersome without it as you guys could see plus that the motor protection stopped the motor and that almost never happens but of course does when filming it 
Thanks for the video, Johan.
I’ve been milling some too - and where there’s a mill, there is sawdust. Stopped the mill for a while to listen to the birds while shoveling.
I’d like to see some pictures of the motor set up. I’m surprised that the bar remains parallel to the base without any end support. I’ve thought about changing to an electric motor for my mill but I don’t think I could get enough 220v juice out my my generator to run it.
Here you go Tom, just let me know if there is a specific close-up or something you want.
Edit: the bar does bend either up or down, mostly up when the chain is starting to get dull but if kept sharp there is no bending at all.
Those 8”8 are cut from the firewood stack so I did not need anything from the rest of the logs. We always had problems with cabbage butterflies so we thought to make a frame on the ground of the 8”8 and drag a hoop house with insect netting over it. That way it is still somewhat mobile to place where we want to grow brassica’s (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and such)
If a motor swap leaves the mill under powered, you can use a chain with fewer teeth. I’m not sure how easy those are to source… and I’d hate to grind teeth off perfectly good chain.
It has a 5,5kW motor on it and can’t remember if it is a 20 or 21” bar.
The tank is for bar oil, I have been planning to put a water drip on the chain but it still hasn’t happened and it seems it won’t magically appear by itself either
Mine is a band saw bladed mill Anthony, but I have made a couple of ripping chains for my Granberg chainsaw mill, but my biggest saws are 60cc and you really have to baby them ripping lumber with a 24 inch bar.
Good pictures showing how you are set up Johan. How many cuts can you make without sharpening the chain?
I would like to see how you attach the log, I have a similar saw but only use the bench now.
Do you usually sprinkle wood at such short intervals, or is the wood already dry?
