: Simple as possible would be to hire someone with a portable bandsaw mill and
: have them come to your property to mill the trees into lumber. I believe
: that Woodmizer ( http:/www.woodmizer.com ) will give referrals to owners
: of their bandsaw mills in your area if you ask. You can also look in your
: local phone book for "Sawmills" to find a local sawyer in your
: area. If no luck there, try contacting come local arborists and tree
: removal services for leads to people with bandmills.

: Milling your own lumber with a chainsaw is hot, hard, difficult, heavy, and
: tiring work. Even with one of those chainsaw attachments, it's still not
: something I would do more than once.

Woodmizers are cool. Looked into buying one about 15 years ago. At the time they sent out a video on how they worked. It was the single most boring video I've ever watched. It was so bad that it became a big joke at our house to pump up anyone that came over and make them sit and watch the video. Several fights erupted.

Last year we did hire a local party to come over and mill some boards for us. He showed up with a Woodmizer. His had an attachment for lifting the full length logs onto the bed for cutting. Worked really well and the saw has a thin kerf blade so little was wasted. After the boards air dried they and were used in remodeling the house.

--KT--