Vista's Sawmill powered by D13000 now running.

Thats sweet! she runs good!

Thats sweet! she runs good!

Love that bit of growl when she’s pulling. Very nice!!

BP.

Nice. Vey nice! That also is a cool saw mill with the riding carriage and the top saw. I can hardly wait for the big logs to be put on the carriage with the top saw also. Speed up the feed to match a production mills speed and watch the 13000 puff a bit of smoke and up that purr to a growl. I can hardly wait.

Ag-Mike,
Thanks for the enlarged video......adds a lot to the story.

1st show with a top saw I've seen....neat bit of history to enjoy along with the D-13000.
Thanks for sharing wish all good weather for the weekend.

God Bless

That is the best show sawmill I've seen. Are they going to add viewing stands and some shade?
I was in SanDiego in the 80's but never made it to Vista, will have to get back "home" soon

very cool we got the same sawmill that ran by the pto shaft

(WMSTR) Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion in Rollag, MN has a steam powered sawmill with top saw. Has a shaded viewing platform to watch also. Them big saws are fun to watch.

Here is a log that was rolling the top blade as we made the first cut. Sorry no video, I had the honor of being sawyer. We made a lot of nice lumber with this log. I made 2" thick slabs then we restacked the slabs on the mill for resaw.
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We do plan on building a cover over the mill and having viewing seats. We have a lot of additional equipment to refurbish and install and some yet to be picked up. There will be a jack shaft that will extend out past the power unit that will allow other equipment to belt up to the mill. Our old sawmill that was removed years ago was run by our 120 Holt power unit a few times, we will do this again with the new mill. I know of a Holt 75 tractor with a belt pulley that would probably like to play also.