Directory of Portable Sawmills
Portable Sawmills: 2009-2010 directory of manufacturers.
Charles E. Clément, PhD
Instructor / Extension Specialist
Louisiana Forest Products Development Center
School of Renewable Natural Resources
LSU AgCenter
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
[email protected]
Ph. (225) 578-4158
There is an increasing interest in portable sawmills. With the growing emphasis on renewable energy,
green building and carbon sequestration, more people are concerned about making environmentally
conscious choices. Whether it is timber that was blown down by strong winds, property maintenance or
sale of valuable timber, the use of a portable sawmill offers the convenience of personalized service and
tailored processing.
Finding a portable sawmill for hire or for purchase can be confusing. To facilitate the process, we have
compiled a directory of manufacturers that have distribution in Louisiana. This directory can be used to
gather manufacturer information if you are considering purchasing, and the companies can be contacted
directly to get a contact list of sawmill operators located within a certain radius of a selected zip code.
The top three largest-selling portable sawmill manufacturers (based on Internet sales) are:
1. ENERCRAFT/BAKER has more than 27 years combined experience in manufacturing sawmill
equipment. Through continuous improvements to the equipment, Enercaft is a leader in the
industry for both portable band sawmills and band resaws.
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The Wood Buddy is a basic sawmill designed to turn fallen timber (up to 28 inches) into
boards and squares
The Model 18HD/HP/M are sawmills that produce material for the farm or construction
or people want to make extra money on the side but yet are on a budget.
The Model 3638G is an affordable heavy-duty portable sawmill that can tackle logs up to
36 inches in diameter.
The Model Blue Streak beefed up the Model 3638 sawmill with a 2-inch band blade and
a 65-HP Cummins diesel engine
Enercraft/Baker Sawmills can be reached at: www.baker-online.com Tel: 800-548-6914
2. TIMBERKING is one of the largest portable sawmill manufacturers in the United States.
TimberKing offers three different models to serve three very different needs:
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The 1220 mill is suited to small, occasional cutting projects on the farm or at hunting /
fishing camps.
The 1600 has more productive capacity with features like hydraulic power feed,
hydraulic blade up/down and available hydraulic log loaders.
The B-20 is the choice for using a mill as part of a full-time business venture.
TimberKing can be reached at: www.timberking.com Tel: 800-942-4406
3. WOOD-MIZER is the largest-seller of portable sawmills in the United States. This
Indianapolis, Indiana, company has been in business for over 20 years with years of experience
and thousands of manufactured mills.
No other company can match Wood-Mizer's selection of mills. They offer two small personalsized mills for small weekend jobs, four professional-sized mills for increased production using
larger logs and industrial-strength bandsaw mills that can match circular saws in productivity.
Wood-Mizer can be reached at: www.woodmizer.com Tel: 800-553-0182
Those interested in second-hand equipment should visit the following sites (listed alphabetically):
Ben Jones Machinery: www.benjones.com Tel: 706-324-2604
LBX Online. www.lbxonline.com Tel: 800-315-9950 ext. 601
Machinery Sales Co.: www.machinerysales.com Tel: 866-241-2977
Sawmill Exchange: www.sawmillexchange.com Tel: 800-459-2148
Used Sawmill Equipment: www.usedsawmillequipment.com Tel: 705-340-0106
Yankee-Equipment: www.yankee-equipment.com Tel: 208 839-2665
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LINKS TO PORTABLE SAWMILL MANUFACTURERS
The following lists portable-sawmill manufacturers that have distribution in the United States
Portable Band Sawmill Manufacturers:
1. Baker Products – Types: Manual, Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic, High Production. PO Box 128,
Ellington, Missouri 63638 USA, Tel: 800-548-6914 or 573-663-7711, Fax: 573-663-2787,
www.baker-online.com
2. Southeastern Industrial Resources (Rip-Saw) – Type: Manual. PO Box 266 / 5700 Columbus
City Road, Grant, AL 35747. Tel: (256) 728-3070, Fax (256) 728-3071, www.ripsaw.com
3. Burg Band Sawmills – Type: Manual. PO Box 547, Myrtle Point, Oregon 97458 USA, Tel:
541-572-2445, www.burgbandsawmills.com
4. Cook's Saw & Machine (Accu-Trac) – Types: Manual, Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic, High
Production. 160 Ken Lane, Newton, Alabama 36352 USA, Tel: 800-473-4804 or 334-692-5074,
Fax: 334-692-3704, www.cookssaw.com
5. Jonsered Band Sawmill – Type: Manual. 7349 Statesville Road, Charlotte, NC 28269. Tel: 800487-5951, Fax: 800-974-8759, Manual www.usa.jonsered.com
6. Kasco Manufacturing Co. Inc. – Types: Manual, Power Feed. 170W 600N, Shelbyville,
Indiana 46176 USA, Tel: 800-458-9129 or 317-398-7973, Fax: 317-398-2107,
www.kascomfg.com
7. Keener-Built Sawmills – Types: Manual, Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic. 4342 Cartter Road,
Kell, Illinois 62853 USA, Tel: 765-691-6461, www.keenerbuilt.com
8. Liberty Machine (Timber Mule series) – Types: Manual, Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic. 1277
South Fork Creek Road, Liberty, Kentucky 42539 USA, Tel: 606-787-4162,
www.timbermule.com
9. Linn Lumber Company – Types: Manual, Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic. 26380 Fern Ridge
Road, Sweet Home, Oregon 97386 USA, Tel: 541-367-6900, www.linnlumber.com
10. Logmaster Portable Sawmills, Inc. – Types: Manual, Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic, High
Production. 16609 US Hwy. 259 North Nacogdoches, TX 75965. Tel: 936-560¬6755 or 800820-9515 Fax: 936-560-0793, www.logmaster.com
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11. Mebor-USA Ltd. – Types: Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic, High Production. PO Box 774,
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire 03447 USA, Tel: 603-494-5306, www.mebor-usa.com
12. Mighty Mite Industries Inc. – Types: Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic, High Production. 461 NE
3rd Ave. Canby, Oregon 97013 USA, Tel: 503-266-3387, Fax: 503-266-3395,
www.mightymitesawmills.com
13. Mister Sawmill – Type: Manual. PO Box 252 Flippin, AR 72634 USA, Tel: 870-453-8907 or
870-404-5328, www.mistersawmill.com
14. M.S.G. Industries – Types: Manual, Power Feed. 8120 West Luke Ave., Spokane, WA 99224
USA, Tel: 800-535-7576 or 509-624-7575, Fax: 509-624-2783, www.msgind.com
15. Norwood Industries, Inc. – Type: Manual. 252 Sonwil Drive, Buffalo, New York 14225. Tel:
800-567-0404 or 705-689-2800, Fax: 705-689-1982, www.norwoodindustries.com
16. P.G. Saw & Fabricating (Hawkmill) – Types: Manual, Power Feed, 2271 N. Nicholson Street,
Prince George, British Columbia V2N 1V9 Canada, Tel: 888-909-5300 or 250-564-3334,
www.portablebandsawmill.com
17. PKP Band Sawmills – Type: High Production. PO Box 1726, Sundre, Alberta T0M 1XO
Canada, Tel: 403-638-6512, Fax: 403-556-9979, www.pkpsawmills.com
18. Quality Equipment Manufacturing, Inc. – Types: Manual, Power Feed. 715 Erie Blvd East,
Rome, New York 13440 USA, Tel: 888-315-6166 or 800-BANDMIL (800-226-3645),
www.bandmill.com
19. Select Sawmill Co. – Type: High Production (wide band double cut). 5889 County Road 17 / PO
Box 81, Plantagenet, Ontario K0B 1L0 Canada, Tel: 613-673-1267, Fax: 613-673-2854,
www.selectsawmill.com
20. T.A. Schmid Portable Band Sawmills – Type: Manual. 145 Park Drive, Fultonville, NY 12072
USA, Tel: 888-858-8589 or 518-853-1885, Fax: 518-853-1887, www.taschmid.com
21. Thomas & Sons Inc. – Types: Manual. P.O. Box 95, Brook, Maine 04921 USA, Tel: 866-7223505, www.thomasbandsawmills.com
22. TimberKing Inc. – Types: Manual, Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic. 1431 N. Topping Ave.,
Kansas City, Missouri 64120 USA, Tel: 800-942-4406, www.timberking.com
23. Timberwolf Equipment Ltd./Timberpro Portable Sawmills – Types: Power Feed, Fully
Hydraulic. 1790 Willow Street, Campbell River, British Columbia V9W 3M7 Canada. Tel: 800245-5985 or 250-286-9621, Fax: 250-286-9641, www.timberwolfequipment.com
24. Turner Mills – Types: Manual, Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic. 544 County Road 4, Oxford, New
York 13830 USA, Tel: 607-843-7318, www.turnermills.com
25. Wood-Mizer Products Inc. – Types: Manual, Power Feed, Fully Hydraulic, High Production.
8180 West 10th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46214-2400 USA, Tel: 800-553-0182 or 317-2711542, Fax: 317-273-1011, www.woodmizer.com
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Portable Circular Sawmill Manufacturers:
1. Brand X Sawmills – Type: Portable. PO Box 1233, Condon, Montana 59826 USA Tel: 866428-2639, www.brandxsawmills.com
2. Canadian Farm Saw – Type: Portable. 854 Corbeil Road, Corbeil Ontario P0H 1K0 Canada,
Tel: 705-752-2550, Fax: 705-752-4542 www.canadianfarmsaw.com
3. Davco Twin Cut Sawmill. – Type: Portable. Box 17 Site 1 RR#3 Grande Prairie, AB T8V 5N3
Canada, Tel: 866-532-1850 or 780-532-1850, Fax: 780.532.3626, www.twincutsawmill.com
4. Duncan Ironworks Ltd. – Type: Transportable. 2911 Allenby Road, Duncan, British Columbia
V9L 6W2 Canada, Tel: 250-746-5147, Fax: 250-748-5100, www.diw.ca
5. Jackson Lumber Harvester Co. – Type: Transportable. 830 N State Road 37, Mondovi,
Wisconsin 54755 USA, Tel: 715-926-3816, Fax: 715-926-4545, www.jacksonlbrharvester.com
6. Kallion Konepaja Oy (KARA) – Type: Portable. Distributed in North America by Stephen
Flemning HC 65, Box 522 Lincoln, Maine 04457 Tel. 207-746-5030. www.karasaw.com
7. Laimet Circular Sawmills – Type: Portable. distributed in North America by MCMASS
Industries Ltd. 7712 McMaster Crs. Prince George, BC V2N 3L4, Canada Tel: 250-309-6215
Tel: 250-706-3662 www.laimet.com / www.mcmass.ca
8. Lucas Mills – Type: Portable (Fits in bed of pickup) www.lucasmill.com
• Distributed in North America by Bailey’s, PO Box 550 / 44650 Highway 101
Laytonville, CA 95454 USA, Tel: 800-322-4539, Fax: 707-984-8115,
www.baileysonline.com
9. Meadows Mills Inc. – Types: Portable, Transportable. 1352 West D Street / PO Box 1288,
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28659 USA, Tel: 800-626-2282, Fax: 919-667-6501,
www.meadowsmills.com
10. Mighty Mite Industries Inc. – Types: Portable, Transportable. 461 NE 3rd Ave. Canby, Oregon
97013 USA, Tel: 503-266-3387, Fax: 503-266-3395, www.mightymitesawmills.com
11. Mobile Manufacturing Co. – Types: Portable. 798 NW Dunbar Avenue / PO Box 258,
Troutdale, Oregon 97060 USA, Tel: 877-272-9645 or 503-666-5593, Fax: 503-661-7548,
www.mobilemfg.com
12. Tommi Laine Trading Oy (Slidetec), distributed in North America by Kayville International –
Type: Portable. Box 3 S 7B RR1, Kenora, Ontario P9N 2W7 Canada, Tel/Fax: 807-548-2381 or
204-832-1753, www.slidetec.fi
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