The mill
Simple lines, high recovery
Two processing lines built around Wood-Mizer equipment, designed to keep handling low and output high.
Line one
Large-diameter logs
A Wood-Mizer LT70 Remote and an LT30 headrig open up the bigger logs into slabs, which pass through a Wood-Mizer EG800 multirip. The sawn material is then kiln dried, much of it for door manufacturing.
Line two
Thinnings
A Wood-Mizer Twin Vertical Saw takes two sides off each thinnings log, and the cant then passes through a Pinnacle multirip.
Two Wood-Mizer single-head resaws recover extra boards from slabs and sideboards. This material goes to furniture manufacturers, pallets and fencing, or is sold wet-off-saw.
±1,000 t
monthly log intake
±500 m³
monthly sawn output
43–55%
recovery, depending on log size
Efficient by design
Cants are ripped into sawn material with minimal labour, and recovery is kept simple. The result is a highly productive mill with low manual inputs and basic, inexpensive material handling – good timber from a renewable, well-managed resource.