Not sure where this thread belonged.
But anywho...
I've been admiring the Woodmizers for a while now. What got me started thinking about milling was when my uncle told me he want to scrap the 4 large, straight, and healthy cedar trees on his horse ranch. I begged him to please wait till I could find a means of transporting them and milling them into lumber and slabs. I also have a few other friends that own a tree service and they said that anything under 15 ft basically gets trashed because that all the big mills want to pay for. If probably get mostly red and white oak, maybe some pecan, and the occasional cypress and cedar.
What I want to know is how profitable is sawyering? Is the money made in milling lumber for others or in milling and selling the lumber for cheaper than the lumber yards? I think the LT28 would be about right for me.
The machine I'm eyeballing is $12k. What should I consider about getting into this?
Is it a good investment?
I work construction and am tired going from job to job. I'd really like to be self employed and the custom furniture just doesn't have a high enough labor/profit benefit.