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Acquiring a Portable Sawmill

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He risked everything to Run a Sawmill

What happens here

The creator discusses his journey to acquire the portable sawmill. He mentions finding the mill in Colorado through a nationwide search on Craigslist and purchasing it at a significant discount (20,000 USD compared to 30,000 USD new) after only two years of use. This highlights the importance of research and seeking out deals for large equipment, as well as the significant initial investment required for such a venture. He emphasizes the gamble involved in starting a business with limited capital and the eventual success of selling wood.

Goal: Understand the process of purchasing a sawmill and starting a business

Tools and materials

  • Wood-Mizer LT40 Sawmill Wood-Mizer — The core equipment for the business

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we are going to the sawmill but before we go to the sawmill we've got to find out what the heck was dropped off at our door that's not me what's up cat we got to find Frankie we're gonna go to Menards cuz Frankie found something that is really cool hey Frankie you want to head over to my nards alright I'm ready when you are mud and snow everywhere welcome to Minnesota I couldn't get my car out even if I wanted to it's just buried so Frankie you found something that I gotta see to believe yeah when you were telling me about it I'm like that but then when we're done at Menards we're going to holy buckets who turned that up we're going to the sawmill and so this guy's story the guy we're gonna meet because we went to the sawmill last year remember that guy yeah we're not going to that guy sawmill we're going to a different guy sawmill and this guy story is really cool but he's probably not going to tell it worth a darn because most guys don't tell their own story very well right matt has goats he's got goat welcoming committee I see what kind of dogs are they Matt Frankie - Frankie nice to meet you you guys smell the Fox so I'm gonna tell you the story and then we're gonna go out there and check out his place so he's just like an average guy right yep and he found a sawmill was like you know Tom mills are expensive they're like 25 30 grand on average did you know that no yeah like a normal sawmill well he found one down I mean like we're in Minnesota he found one down and like New Mexico or something and he'd never saw a mill before in his life he's he just had this desire so he went down he took a big gamble and I mean we're talking about a big gamble this is a guy that doesn't have a lot of extra money lying around so he drove all the way down there just to save a few thousand bucks he brought his little kids with him because he didn't have a babysitter so he goes down there with like a three four and a five-year-old in Tull I was telling these guys and the video on tone thank you a little bit about your story where did you go to pick up your sawmill in the first place yeah I drove out to Colorado to get it the nationwide search just on Craigslist and a company out there was upgrading so they were selling it after just two years of brand new okay Randy because these things are super expensive they're not easy to get into they're about thirty one two thousand new aren't they yep yep exactly so would you pick this one up for I gotta 420 with some bit listen…

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