Hickory in East Haddam

I sawed for a customer, Matt, in East Haddam yesterday. He had one big Hickory log. The loading arms were just barely able to lift the log onto the mill. Hickory can be very tough, and this log did give us some problems. Matt wanted some 22 foot long timbers. Unfortunately, the maximum length my sawmill will cut is only 21 feet. This led to a lot of head-scratching as we figured out how to shift the log back and forth to get the saw all the way through the log. We got there in the end though.

The weather was perfect, 70 degrees and sunny, and Matt's property was very scenic with a white colonial house, a large red barn, and a picturesque pond. It would have been hard not to enjoy the day despite the challenges.

Matt said he’d call me back soon to saw some shorter logs.