Could The SAWMILL Cover COLLAPSE?! Adding A BRACE Before Testing Out The WINCH

In this video, Greg mills a brace to support the winch that was added to make turning logs A LOT easier. But, it wasn't as easy as just adding a winch to the sawmill. The winch can hold 2000 pounds, but can the beam and post that it's attached to stand the weight or will it cause them to break and collapse the sawmill? Although, the winch isn't lifting logs (it's just turning them) we just weren't comfortable with taking the chance. So, in comes the brace. It's definitely helping.
After adding the brace, Greg had to go to work the next day, so Erik (our brother-n-law), took over and tested out the winch, so we could share it in this video. He has also discovered a few more things that are going to need to happen before the winch will be 100%. But, that's for another time.
We are super thankful to Erik for not just milling, but helping us out with videoing! Pretty cool, especially for his first time!

Did you know we are building a barn out of wood that we are milling on our own sawmill?! If you haven't followed along with our BARN Build, make sure to check out that series in our playlists. We finished the slab this summer and are on a pause while we mill all of the lumber needed for the barn build. We have A LOT of milling in our future.

Here is the video where we share our barn plans. Our plans are from ‪@BarnGeek‬ We are excited to build one of his beautiful barns!

   • Why Do We Think WE CAN BUILD A BARN?!...  

***We are also so excited to have completed our sawmill cover enclosure (sawmill shed). Definitely check out our Sawmill Playlist to watch it all happen. We have shared the process of building our sawmill cover from the very beginning. We have a Woodland Mills HM130 Max sawmill and we live in North Idaho. The sawmill cover / sawmill shed is vital to continue milling for our barn build in the winter months, but it will also be a great way to keep out of the sun during the summer months, and of course all of the rain, in between!

Here are the specs on the sawmill cover / sawmill shed we built:

3 posts in the front
4 posts in the back
Overall dimensions are 15 feet wide by 36 feet long
Longest beam is 28 feet
Front part of the lean to roof is 11'9" and back is 8'
It will have a 3 :12 pitch
Posts and beams are going to be 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
We have shared the entire build!

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Could The Sawmill Cover Collapse?! Adding A Brace Before Testing Out The Winch

February 2024