Establishing a Portable Saw Mill NZ

widowmaker · 2nd March 2009, 05:34 PM

I am interested in setting up a small scale, one or two man, portable saw mill in NZ and seeking advice;

- How to identifying reliable clients ie, arboricultural service providers, farmers/landowners, developers/builders.

- How existing millers operate.

- Good areas for consistent work

- The minimum standard of mill required for commercial operations from experience.

Thanks

treekiwi · 3rd March 2009, 05:27 PM

Hi widowmaker,
Where in the country are you setting up ? what is the purpose of the milling, for own use or slabs or lengths for sale? Most of the milling that I know of is small scale forestry or lines of macrocarpas etc. Depends on where and what sort of scale you are looking at, using milling is seen as a complementary business rather than a primary industry in that smaller scale.

widowmaker · 4th March 2009, 07:47 AM

I am seeking advice about where may be good areas for milling but being a portable mill will give me the flexibility to move around. I imagine that I will compliment existing businesses like yourself milling the timber for the clients use. Otherwise I will have a storage facility whereby I can accumulate enough wood to sell.
I am not looking to establish a huge commercial milling business I am interested in whether there is enough work to sustain a small one or two man enterprise.

2nd March 2009, 05:34 PM	#1
widowmaker I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NZ Posts: 2	Establishing a Portable Saw Mill NZ I am interested in setting up a small scale, one or two man, portable saw mill in NZ and seeking advice; - How to identifying reliable clients ie, arboricultural service providers, farmers/landowners, developers/builders. - How existing millers operate. - Good areas for consistent work - The minimum standard of mill required for commercial operations from experience. Thanks

3rd March 2009, 05:27 PM	#2
treekiwi Certificate in Horticulture (Level 4) + Diploma in Arboriculture (Level 6) Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 258	Re: Establishing a Portable Saw Mill NZ Hi widowmaker, Where in the country are you setting up ? what is the purpose of the milling, for own use or slabs or lengths for sale? Most of the milling that I know of is small scale forestry or lines of macrocarpas etc. Depends on where and what sort of scale you are looking at, using milling is seen as a complementary business rather than a primary industry in that smaller scale. __________________ www.urbantree.co.nz www.urbantreecare.co.nz

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4th March 2009, 07:47 AM	#3
widowmaker I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NZ Posts: 2	I am seeking advice about where may be good areas for milling but being a portable mill will give me the flexibility to move around. I imagine that I will compliment existing businesses like yourself milling the timber for the clients use. Otherwise I will have a storage facility whereby I can accumulate enough wood to sell. I am not looking to establish a huge commercial milling business I am interested in whether there is enough work to sustain a small one or two man enterprise.