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22 Jan

Posted at 13:35h in Feature, News at the Mill, Uncategorized

This educational video series will provide valuable information for new personnel as well as seasoned employees, helping to increase their knowledge of grading and sawing hardwood lumber and your sawmill’s profitability!

The videos were originally produced with Timber Harvester, by Duprey Video Productions in Waterloo New York. Throughout the series they worked with a Senior Forester with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, with a robust background in the hardwood lumber industry. The first three volumes are based on an all day seminar in a classroom setting, that provides a basis of general industry knowledge. This information is built upon, in the remainder of the educational series. Volumes four, five and six include live demonstrations on a portable bandsaw mill, narrated, with mill owners in attendance. Volume seven is back to a classroom setting, with supporting visuals and live video inserted for reinforcement.

The original series was produced from 1997-2003 and remastered to DVD in 2020. All of the valuable educational information, techniques and timbering rules taught then are the same as used today.

Volume 1 “Introduction to Hardwood Lumber Grading”
Volume 2 “Describing Basic Hardwood Lumber Grade Rules”
Volume 3 “Applying Grade Rules to Sawing”
Volume 4 “Demonstrating Hardwood Grade Sawing”
Volume 5: “Quarter Sawing, Live & Inside-out Sawing”
Volume 6: “Hardwood Log Grading & Scaling”
Volume 7: “Understanding How Lumber Dries”

20 Oct

Posted at 13:23h in Doug and Stacy

Slabber – Wide Slab Sawmill

Doug and Stacy live on 11 acres in a log cabin. They live the Pioneer life in the 21st century and have a sawmill to make dimensional lumber for their homestead BUT this Red Oak might be TO BIG for the Hud-son Warrior sawmill so we have just the fix!

Hud-Son Forest Equipment is a New York State based company located in the foothills of the Adirondacks. What started out as a Mom and Pop business known as Hudon and Son in 1946, has since taken on the name of Hud-Son. The Hudon family has many members working in various departments among this strong employee group. We’ve always been involved with forestry and forestry equipment with a simple love for the outdoors.

We manufacture and import high quality forestry equipment for folks much like ourselves. We find pride in providing tools to forestland owners, loggers, tree farmers, arborists, among many others. In our main location in Barneveld NY, we employ local guys and gals many who have come to think of this as more than a job. We work together like a family unit.

We love our customers and thank all of the good folks who help to make Hud-Son a success by purchasing our products over the years. We will continue to strive to provide the quality and affordable product you have come to expect from Hud-Son.

We’ll be here for years to come to provide you with service before and after the sale.

06 Oct

Posted at 10:47h in Feature, Feature Video

 

 

Hud-Son Freedom portable sawmills, our most affordable build-it-yourself sawmills.

Save money and assemble the bandsaw yourself, or for a little more you can purchase one pre-assembled. Built in the USA for the handyman, farmer or woodland homesteader. Choose from the red, white and blue Sawyer or camouflage custom painted Hunter. No two are alike.

With the celebration of Making America Great Again and the dream of Americans, Hud-Son Forest Equipment is introducing the all-new Freedom Line with the Sawyer portable sawmill. This sawmill is built here in the USA in our hometown of Barneveld, NY. Some people just cannot reason with the extra expense for the very high priced sawmills on the market. Hud-Son Forest Equipment has come up with a solution to save YOU money. It’s priced out with standard shipping included for the lower 48 states.

With the experience of selling thousands of sawmills across the USA and internationally, we’ve seen what is out there and what customers want.. so we’ve come up with the Sawyer, an All-American Mill that is perfect for the Do-it-yourselfer, Handyman or mechanically skilled person.

Competitively priced, this is our most unique mill yet. It can be ordered assembled or unassembled to help meet your needs and budget. With our how-to instructional DVD, you can easily assemble this mill at home with simple hand tools… no welding necessary! The bolt together frame is developed with extra bracing, making the mill sturdy and durable. We suggest reviewing the instructional video prior to purchasing the Sawyer Sawmill. You could also stop by your local dealership to view them in person. Then you can decide if you want the Unassembled price or the Assembled price.

The Sawyer is designed and manufactured with hardworking Americans in mind. It comes with a three-year warranty and will INCLUDE FREE STANDARD SHIPPING to al local depot in the lower 48 states. Contact your local Hud-son Dealer or buy now below to get your Sawyer Sawmill today.

  • Max Log Capacity
    21″ Diameter
  • Distance Between Guide
    19″
  • Max Thickness of Cut
    9″
  • Standard Track Length
    12′ Aluminum Lag Down
  • Log Dogs
    2 Cam Style Dogs & Square Posts
  • Max Log Length (with standard track)
    9′
  • Blade
    132 X 1.25 X .035″
  • Blade Lubrication
    2.5 Gallon
  • Track Sweeps
    No

POWER

  • Engine / Motor
    7hp Gas – Manual Start
  • Clutch Engagement
    Centrifugal

CONSTRUCTION

  • Frame
    Modified 4 Post
  • Bandwheels
    16″
  • Guide System
    Dual Shoe Guides, Fixed
  • Lift System
    Manual Cable
  • Measuring
    Dual Scale 1″and 4,5,6,8 Quarter
  • Main Bearings
    1.5″

WARRANTY

  • 3-Year Limited Warranty
    Residential Use
  • 6-Year Warranty
    Main Shafts and Bearings

Sawyer Portable Sawmill

24 Sep

Posted at 08:48h in Uncategorized

BRUTE CIRCLE FIREWOOD PROCESSOR

HE BIGGEST WOOD PROCESSOR
44″ Blade
18″ Diameter Logs by 20′ Long
3 Strand Live Deck
4-Way Wedge Standard with 6-Way Optional
“V” Style Splitting Ram
6.5 Second Cycle Time
Auto Cycle Splitter Valve

BRUTE CIRCLE FIREWOOD PROCESSOR: 3 Stage Hydraulic Pump, 44” Blade, 18″ Diameter Logs by 20’ Long, 3 Strand Live Deck, 4-Way Wedge Standard with 6-Way Optional, “V” Style Splitting Ram, 6.5 Second Cycle Time, Auto Cycle Splitter Valve

STANDARD FEATURES
Log Loading14′ Chain Infeed
Live Deck3 Strand
Log Cutting40″ Circular Saw
Splitter“V” Style Self Centering Covered Push Plate
Wedge2 or 4 way Hydraulic Adjustable Wedge
POWER
Engine / Motor Diesel
Main Pump1/31/31/11/GPM
CAPACITIES
Log Length20′
Log Diameter18″
Splitter Stroke24″
Splitter Cycle Time6.5 seconds (Single Stage)
MeasuringSet Spring Stick
WARRANTY
1-Year Limited WarrantyCommercial Use
3-Year WarrantyN/A
OPTIONS
Wedge Option6 Way Wedge

24 Aug

Posted at 11:17h in Doug and Stacy, Feature, News at the Mill

3 tools could make you $100k a year! Off Grid/Homesteading

If your off grid, you’re going to want to create your own lumber. A lot of off grid people like myself are very self sufficient minded, so we like to be able to provide for ourselves for some odd reason we cant just go to the store and buy lumber.

So if you have a sawmill because your dealing with the trees anyways. So this is a Hud-Son Forest Equipment Warrior portable sawmill. It’s been working fantastic for us and were about to load that 6,000 pound log onto this sawmill.

So if you haven’s subscribed to our channel make sure you do subscribe because we are cutting some more siding for the building we are building down at the log cabin.

Really good asset. Super nice folks and there made in America, in upstate New York.

I’ll make a link for that, I don’t make a dime off it. They are super cool and they make great products!

Hud-Son Forest Equipment
Barneveld, NY
800-765-7297

13 Jul

Posted at 15:39h in Uncategorized

 

 

The Hud-Son Slabber was designed with you in mind. This is a more economical model that is still able to cut large 52”  diameter logs and create 48” countertops, tabletops, bar tops, mantels and more. Powered by a powerful 23HP Briggs and Stratton Vanguard V-twin engine, manual lift for precise measurements, and an affordable 1 ¼ thin kerf blade. The Slabber is built with 19” band wheels, which still allows an 11” maximum thickness cut, while achieving a lower profile sawmill that is easy to operate and maintain.

Check out all the details

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12 Jun

Posted at 14:01h in Doug and Stacy

Okay that was a second log on Mill and now off the mill. I ran out of daylight though so I had to kinda patch this one together for you guys. It’s the next morning, I woke up early this morning and I started getting the boards the ends cut off so they were nice and square and also to rip them I have to cut them because they’re so wide down to 11inches and a quarter for our boards were to be putting on the building and then I’ll actually have some leftover and we’ll be able to use for another project so that was really cool. Really enjoying the mill so far is a great asset to have on the homestead so let me get these board ripped real quick and then we’ll be ready to apply the first set of boards onto the building.

That’s a couple good days on the dogger there. Getting it done.  It is looking really good.  Yeah is pretty exciting to actually Mill our own lumber here. We knew that it was coming and now that it’s here and we’re actually doing it. Its actually a pretty cool experience. You know and when they say, and kids ask, where do eggs come from? The grocery store!. The come from a chicken.  But it’s kind of like when I saw the mill you didn’t know and I didn’t really put it together. Until I saw him cutting them and then I’m looking at them and his cutting them into actual boards. So its like one of things and people ask where did you get board from and you say, you get it from the lumber store, or from like the big box stores or something. And its crazy to know and look and see that we’re milling our own Boards. Get it from the tree. Yeah its crazy and when you kinda put that analogy together its really cool. So its a big step for us on the project guys we actually got some boards hung up. Stay tuned!

 

26 May

Posted at 18:02h in Testimonials

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“We purchased an Oscar II Sawmill from one of your dealers back in 2000 and we literally worked the snot out of it. Our home is 5500 sq ft and every element was cut from Oscar Hud-son sawmill lumber.

The frame (except wall studs), flooring, sub floors, trusses, rafters, clap board siding (made on a jig) – hundreds of thousands of feet of 1x6s, 2x8s, columns and trim, every interior door – all hand made from hickory, cherry, walnut, and red wood.

All told, we literally saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in construction costs with the help of your equipment. I can say with confidence that the combined total cost of every building we built over 20 years did not exceed $100,000 in total cost to finish. Tremendous value!

Then tragedy struck. We awoke to a fire that totally destroyed our sawmill operation. The barn lost was 2 story with 16 years worth of excess lumber stored in the loft for future projects, poles and beams, salvaged barn lumber, siding, plus a huge pile of exotics in slab form all picked up to dry and cure.

I still have many more projects to build into my retirement years.”

Marvin & Brenda
Rose Hill, VA

householding slabs of wood

our family sawmill sawmill shed

siding from hudson sawmill house pillars from hudson sawmill burnt sawmill