![]() I still build stick-built houses but my goal is to make timber framing my main gig. I’m a carpenter but my passion is timber framing. I can call them any time and they spend as much time as needed to help me.”Ĭarpenter with Passion for Timber Framing And their customer service and tech people have been very responsive. That gave me a deep understanding of the mill so I can maintain it myself without having to take it somewhere. When it was 20 years old, with 4,500 hours on it, I went through and reworked the hydraulics and the engine. What really impresses me about this mill is it how it lasts and lasts. His TimberKing’s 20 Years Old, 4500 Hours, Runs Like a Top! Timber frame pavilion cut on TimberKing 2000 Sawmill I am very happy with the ease of using this machine. I built a 18′ x 24′ timber frame pavilion for my Boss so I could learn the machine and the timber framing process before tackling my larger projects. Everything is working extremely well and I have already began cutting the logs for my barn. I bought the 2000 to build my kids a timber frame barn and to put a timber frame addition on my house. I am very pleased with my new TimberKing 2000 that I purchased. We were so pleased to receive this unsolicited email from Ken Bourquin of Ohio: New 2000 Owner “Very Pleased” and Getting Busy! I’d love to have a 2000 but I know my 1600 inside and out and I’m happy with it. I’ve thought about trading up to the TimberKing 2000 because it has more hydraulics. I asked TimberKing to put computer setworks on it and they did. I bought the TimberKing 1600 because it was the only one I could afford at the time. I’d ask them, ‘Why’d you get into sawing? Why’d buy this mill and not that one?’ I got a real education. I called TimberKing 10 times or more before I bought. I’ve definitely taken my TimberKing to its limits! I’ve sawn 40” diameter logs on my TimberKing 1600! Some up to 42” and 44” if I chainsawed off a bit of width first. TimberKing’s design is important to me because I know I’ve got something that is true and will last. I started looking at chainsaw mills but you have to physically lift logs to load them….I talked to other sawmill owners and eventually found TimberKing. I watched guys sawing lumber and I searched online. The more I researched, the more I realized I could do with a sawmill. I’ve worked hard all my life with heavy equipment, and done a lot of building, and I knew I could do this. ![]() Or seeing the grain inside a tree when you open it up. It’s not about the money - it’s something deeper. ![]() I’ve built things of wood all my life and I’ve always found it deeply rewarding. I had to have a different way to live and earn a living. I moved to Texas where my folks have a ranch. I left my driveway with just my dually pickup, two dogs, and a camper. I turned it all into cash and paid off some debt. ![]() I sold everything I owned - house, furniture, vehicles. I always wanted to live the country lifestyle like my grandparents did. I’m proud to own a TimberKing and thankful to be part of TimberKing’s family. Everybody we dealt with at TimberKing was just great. So if I need repair or service parts I know exactly who to go to - the same people who sold me the mill. They make the mills right in the USA, right in Kansas City. I chose the 2000 because it has full hydraulics. I drove to Kansas City and watched the TimberKing staff demonstrate the mill. Second is the quality of the customer service. This was a big decision with a baby on the way! We decided to go with TimberKing because of its heavy construction. I started looking at mills while my wife was pregnant with our first son. He helped me set it up, level it, showed me how it works, how to operate it. He offered to stay and help me as long as I wanted, even to stay for days if I needed it. The truck arrived and the tech helped me get it set up and gave me good information, tips, and pointers. By far, the sales guys knew their stuff.Ī TimberKing tech drove it from the factory in Kansas City to where I am in Virginia. We talked awhile, they had all the components I needed, told me what was in stock, and so on. Yes, you can adjust the cutting manually but the computer setworks are more precise. That computer makes everything easily adjustable. I chose the TimberKing 2000 because that’s the industrial standard… It’s very user friendly and has a lot of great features like full hydraulics, log loaders, a digital readout for the setworks. I looked around a lot, visited the TimberKing site, and watched the videos. I knew that if I do this right, it’ll all work out. I know what my skills are and that I could work it out. My goal is self-sufficiency doing the best I can to be able to live and survive off the land I have.įor me, buying my first sawmill was not a leap of faith. My TimberKing 2000 is the first saw I’ve owned. For the most up-to-date TimberKing Owner Stories visit us on Facebook
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