Question about sawing....

[bogaboga]

I have a few questions about sawing....

I have felled some pine trees on my property today and plan to get them sawn... But I am wondering how much you can get from a pine tree?

I am going to build a garage with loose lumber, about 7x10 m, mansard roof, 2.5m ceiling height.

How many average-sized pine trees might be needed for the frame? What dimensions and lengths are smartest to saw?

A bit vague questions, but I'm a novice in the area...

Best regards,
Tobbe

 

[Porky]

Unfortunately, I can't answer... but I agree with the question
For my part, it's a large vebod that needs to be built.

 

[snickarboden]

Depends a bit on your machinery, I would have mostly used 5.40 lengths and edged two-inch planks at maximum width.
With a good construction saw, you can then rip what you need.
If it's good pine, you might benefit from trading with the saw owner to get more spruce, as pine is better for furniture wood.

/Kent

 

[sneckarn]

You might be able to cut it all up into firewood. Then sell it and buy what you need. But I would go for wide planks that you can then split yourself. And the idea of switching to gran is a good idea. It fits better with the paneling.

 

[bogaboga]

Wide planks seem smart... I'll check up on spruce, might be able to harvest some forest on my father-in-law's land, maybe I should take some spruces from there...

I'll call around tomorrow to see if there's anyone who wants to saw it up for a cheap price...

Thanks for the answers! (but I'm happy to receive more tips )

Best regards
Tobbe

 

[jorwes]

The problem is that a farm pine (or spruce) can contain nails. Sending such through a sawmill can be much more expensive in the form of a damaged blade than what you save on the timber.

Only saw timber that you know is free from nails! Otherwise, it can be costly. I have myself had quite a lot of timber sawed and even though I cut the wood in the forest, it has happened that there were nails in it.

/Jögga

 

[blofeldt]

hello, I am also particularly interested in the original question....

What is the approximate cost to get the timber sawn....or is it worth it to buy a "logosol" (own mini sawmill)?

How much timber do I get approximately from a pine tree that is, say, 20 m, 25 cm in diameter?

thank you to everyone who replies

 

[Immobil]

Have you checked this thread: http://www.byggahus.se/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=byggmatr;action=display;num=1104347267;start=   ???

And then we just wait for the sawmaster Ubbe who should have the right answers.

 

[ylven]

If you want to saw yourself, I dare to say that the most profitable approach is to saw the large dimensions on your own and buy the smaller ones. Partly because the large ones are expensive to buy, less complicated to saw, and take less time to saw. Small dimensions, on the other hand, take forever to saw, warp significantly, produce more waste in the form of shavings, and don't cost much to buy.

 

[bogaboga]

Have called around to some here in the vicinity, got a price of 275kr/hour + assistant for about 100 kr/hour. Sounds quite reasonable, now I just need to try to get someone to drive it away...

Gladly accepting more tips and opinions!

Best regards
Tobbe