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Preparing Sawmill for Transport

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1st day Working at the sawmill

What happens here

Matt prepares the portable sawmill for transport by lowering its various components and retracting the outriggers. The narrator emphasizes that this procedure is standard, whether moving the saw a short distance or hundreds of miles. He also notes that the trailer lacks sufficient tongue weight, making it prone to swaying, and highlights the risk of damaging the control box located near the hitch when backing with the skid steer.

Goal: Configure the sawmill for safe movement

Tools and materials

  • Wood-Mizer LT40 Sawmill Wood-Mizer — The sawmill being prepared for transport

What they say

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so now you got her right where she just kind of balances in between the two hmm and this is how you can go down the road at 60 miles an hour and not have a problem yeah i mean does she handle good going down the road matt or how does it handle it's actually not doesn't have enough tongue weight on it so uh i'll set the trailer as low as i can go on the truck but yeah it's still kind of all the way back oh why would they do that i don't know they just it just needs to be adjusted a little bit not perfect so matt's never actually moved this trailer just using a skid loader before trailers are a little bit more difficult than other pieces of equipment when you hook up to those chains instead of having a very firm connection you've got this kind of like swing set type of a thing going where it pulls then it slams pulls slams and the last thing i want to do is have that control box which is mounted right next to the hitch slam into the forks so i've got to be especially careful not to let it slam too much because this is kind of matt's baby

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