Sawmill?

[ACoyle]

I have two sections of tree trunk, about 8 to 10 feet long and maybe 30 - 34 inches across. One is fairly straight grained the other has quite a few branches that came into it. I think the second one would have a very nice grain to it.



I am trying to figure out how to get them sawed up into planks, I could probably, with a lot of work, get them into the back of my truck to move them. One at at a time. I am thinking that a sawmill could easily do this. There are p[probably other solutions as well. I have tried using google to find a sawmill near me unsuccessfully.



Would anyone have any ideas? I live in norther New Jersey, about 15 miles south of the NY NJ border.

 

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Here ya go:

New Jersey
Sawmill Directory


NJ Forest Service
PO Box 404
Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 292-2520



ATLANTIC COUNTY

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Schairer Bros. Sawmill Atlantic white-cedar
254 So. Bremen Avenue
Egg Harbor City, NJ 08215

(609) 965-0996
BURLINGTON COUNTY

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Atco Pallet Co. , Inc.
PO Box 5115
Delanco, NJ 08075

(856) 461-8141
Name and Address Principal Species Used

Gilbert A. Gehin-Scott
PO Box 182
Rancocas, NJ 08073

(609) 877-4061
Additional Information: portable sawmill

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Thru the Woods, LLC
Jim Thomson
Tabernacle, NJ

(609) 668-5143
Additional Information: portable sawmill

Products

fencing, lath, siding,
shingles, lumber

Products

Pallets

Products

Products

Fencing, Flooring, Trailer
Decking, Truck Side Boards
Decorative Beams, Timbers,
Mantels, Furniture, Cabinetry
Hobbies & Crafts


CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Ackley's Sawmill poplar, gum, maple, oak,
Box 75 hardwood
98 West Deerfield Road
Deerfield, NJ 08313

(856) 451-3704
Additional Information: chainsaw art

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Robert Romanishin
2434 East Main Street
Millville, NJ 08332

(856) 327-3222
Additional Information: portable sawmill

GLOUCESTER

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Kane Wood Fuel oak, maple, beech, poplar
512 Cedar Avenue ash, gum
Pitman, NJ 08071

(856) 589-3292
Additional Information: logging in New Jersey since 1976

HUNTERDON COUNTY

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Jim Cronce20 William Barnes Road
Flemington, NJ 08822
(908)782-3989

Additional Information: portable sawmill

Products

pallet material,
fence boards

Products

custom sawing

Products

heavy equipment
logger, firewood,
log skidder, logging
truck

Products

custom sawing


Name and Address Principal Species Used Products

Fred Nielsen custom sawing
276 Lambertville-Hopewell Road
Hopewell, NJ 08525

(609) 658-2823
Additional Information: portable sawmill

Name and Address Principal Species Used Products
Silver Thorn Lumber Co.
30 Alfalfa Hill Road
Milford, NJ 08848-1727
(908) 995-4047
oak, white pine, poplar rough cut lumber

MERCER COUNTY

Name and Address Principal Species Used Products

Stephen R. Price
3 Cornwall Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08618

(609) 393-7109
Additional Information: portable sawmill

MIDDLESEX

Name and Address Principal Species Used Products

Sawmill Services hardwoods custom lumber
57 Petty Road
Cranbury, NJ 08512

(609) 395-1215
Additional Information: portable sawmill which provides additional milling services


MONMOUTH COUNTY

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Armstrong Tree Service
Gene Armstrong
PO Box 2007
Ocean, NJ 07712

(732) 775-4714
Additional Information: portable sawmill

Name and Address Principal Species Used

General Industrial Service hardwood, pine, cedar
341 Ardena Road
Farmingdale, NJ 07727

(732) 938-3342
Additional Information: band resawing, surfacing, dry kiln

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Reiphoff Sawmill, Inc. mixed hardwoods
763 Route 524
Allentown, NJ 08501

(609) 259-7265/7641
MORRIS

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Beaver Brook Sawmill
David Karachun
5 Woodsend Trail
Rockaway, NJ 07866

(201) 970-4979
Additional Information: portable sawmill

Products

custom sawing

Products

furniture stock,
custom sawing,
lumber, lath stakes

Products

crane mats, wedges
blockings, trailer floor
decking, mulch, tree
stakes, ramps, custom
sawing

Products

custom sawing
molding, mantels
flooring, trailer decking
firewood


Name and Address Principal Species Used

HBC
Don Bush9 Juniper Drive
Morris Plains, NJ 07950

(973) 615-6509
Additional Information: portable sawmill

PASSAIC COUNTY

Name and Address Principal Species Used

Dewayne Crane
4 Cross Road
Newfoundland, NJ 07435

(973) 697-2185
Additional Information: portable sawmill

Name and Address

Warren's Sawmill
51 Crow Pond Road
Pittsgrove, NJ 08318

(856) 358-3310
SALEM COUNTY
Principal Species Used
pine, white & red cedar

Additional Information: shaving mill, sawmill

Name and Address

Blue River Lumber Co. , Inc.
778 Harding Road
Bridgewater, NJ 08807

(908) 704-0033
SOMERSET COUNTY
Principal Species Used
mixed hardwoods

Products

custom sawing,
antique lumber

Products

custom sawing

Products

pine & cedar shavings

Products

logging


SUSSEX COUNTY


Name and Address

Castner's Sawmill
935 Fairview Lake Road
Route 617
Stillwater, NJ 07875

(973) 383-5661
Principal Species Used

oak, maple, poplar, hemlock
cherry, walnut, white & red
pine, spruce

Additional Information: produces 300 cords of firewood annually

Name and Address Principal Species Used
Richard Plog
196 Route 519
Newton, NJ 07860
(973) 383-7752
oak, maple, pine, birch, spruce,
beech, poplar, walnut, sycamore,
black locust, red cedar

Products

log skidder, logging
truck, chipper. heavy
equipment logger

Products

custom sawing,
on/off site

Additional Information: portable sawmill, specializing in providing hard to find lumber sizes

WARREN COUNTY


Name and Address Principal Species Used Products
Creveling Sawmill oak, poplar, other local industrial dunnage
c/o Eric Creveling hardwoods, some pine, lowboy planking,
246 Millbrook Road hemlock, spruce, etc. truck sideboards,
Washington, NJ 07882 blocking, large & long
(908) 689-6365 timbers, oak fencing,
timbers for posts, beams

Additional Information: stock variety, dimensional oak planking, lowbed variety of kiln hardwoods, pine,

oak, fence board, mantel pieces
Name and Address Principal Species Used Products
East Coast Logging
50 Route 639
Bloomsbury, NJ 08804
(908)995-2902
most hardwoods and
softwoods
logging truck,
sawmill, drying kiln, heavy
equipment logger

Additional Information: sells log length firewood, kiln dried hardwood lumber


Name and Address Principal Species Used Products
On-Site Lumber Milling LLC All light custom logging,
409 Route 519 sawmill, drying kiln, track
Hope, NJ 07844 loader, light trailer, chipper
(908) 459-5414
Additional Information: lumber, chips and firewood for sale
Name and Address Principal Species Used Products
Stephen H. Bauder oak, poplar log skidder, logging
PO Box 129 truck, Feller-buncher,
Blairstown, NJ 07825 . Track chipper, heavy
(908) 496-4668 equipment logger
Additional Information: log length processor



 

[SRath]

Many sawmills are very reluctant to saw logs brought in to them by homeowners, or to even touch a log from an urban area or from anything but interior timber (no field edges or fencelines).

The chances are just too high of their expensive blade hitting a nail, or piece of fencing, or other God-only-knows-what foreign object embedded and grown over. You would be amazed what has been found inside trees!

I'm not saying you will won't find a sawmill willing to cut your logs, I've had them done before, but don't be surprised if some mills refuse. They have no idea where that log came from.

 

[ACoyle]

Thank you both. SRath - I understand what you are saying. It makes sense

I see a reference to a portable sawmill in that list. That might solve a couple problems.

 

[Chief USA]

Many sawmills are very reluctant to saw logs brought in to them by homeowners, or to even touch a log from an urban area or from anything but interior timber (no field edges or fencelines).



The chances are just too high of their expensive blade hitting a nail, or piece of fencing, or other God-only-knows-what foreign object embedded and grown over. You would be amazed what has been found inside trees!



I'm not saying you will won't find a sawmill willing to cut your logs, I've had them done before, but don't be surprised if some mills refuse. They have no idea where that log came from.

The saw mills in my area go over EVERY log with a metal detector BEFORE it goes on the saw table. Saw blade bands are just too expensive and a pain in the butt to replace.



You may want to go over the wood with a good metal detector first before you take them to the saw mill. Even then, many saw mills are very hesitant to cut a log near the stump up to fence height out of fear of hitting a piece of old fence wire or nails.



If you can ensure there is NO metal in the wood or guarantee to pay for a new blade band, you may be able to find someone local who owns their own personal mini saw mill such as a Wood Miser.

 

[MVenditti]

I have two sections of tree trunk, about 8 to 10 feet long and maybe 30 - 34 inches across. One is fairly straight grained the other has quite a few branches that came into it. I think the second one would have a very nice grain to it.



I am trying to figure out how to get them sawed up into planks, I could probably, with a lot of work, get them into the back of my truck to move them. One at at a time. I am thinking that a sawmill could easily do this. There are p[probably other solutions as well. I have tried using google to find a sawmill near me unsuccessfully.



Would anyone have any ideas? I live in norther New Jersey, about 15 miles south of the NY NJ border.

Some people own portable band saw mills that can be trailered behind pickup truck (Woodmizer). If you can find one of them they can come to you.