Im glad this thread is popular,ive been wanting to start it for some time now.It gives us a chance to see what equipment besides our home tractors we are exposed to.As far as those of you with desk jobs,Our mill is located right on a high bank overlooking a large lake.Our PLANER MILL is open on one side ,so all we basically have is a roof over our head
So when the wind is whipping down the lake and the air temp is 0 or below,ill trade my mill job for your desk job any day
Im hoping when the day comes and my old bones dont work anymore ill get a desk job
25 years as a mill rat,and im still going strong ,and i still can work circles around the young pups though
I plowed some today with the big JD LOADER.iLL GET PICS OF THAT NEXT WEEK.Ithink the bucket alone weighs twice of my whole KUBOTA.Sitting in the cab makes my Jeep parked next to it look like a tonka toy.
I was going to give you guys a MILL TOUR ,of how a production lumber mill operates ,and of all of the equipment i tinker on,but didnt think it was Tractor related enough,so ill just show you some of the wheeled equipment.I say some of because we probably have a couple hundred forklifts and 300 trucks company wide
Us mill rats get to playwith the big stuff though
Please keep the pics coming /dont be embarrassed /im just a millrat,myself, and proud of it!
ALAN