Woke up this morning with a plan in my mind, Gonna mill my own lumber, gonna work that grind. Got my chainsaw roaring, and my mill set up right, Turning logs into lumber, by the morning light. Milling my own lumber, it's a labor of love, From the forest to the workshop, it's like hand in glove. Every cut and every plank, tells a story so true, Milling my own lumber, it's what I love to do.

Six months ago I called Woodmizer to see about ordering one of their sawmills. The salesman arrogantly told me the wait was at least a year. He acted like I was bothering him by even calling him. I hung up and called Woodland Mills and ordered the 130Max. It was delivered to my farm in Virginia 7 days later.

So glad I decided on my 130Max! WOW!

As a 130Max owner this is quality content. No BS about the magical attributes. I couldn’t be happier with my mill but sometimes you get videos that aren’t exactly accurate. Great work

Great video; I loved the side by side comparison of the two mills. You were simply pointing out the different characteristics of the two; not bashing either one.

I was going to buy a Woodmizer this last Jan but they were backordered like 9 months. So i bought the Woodland Max with the woodlander trailer. Been super happy. I have the throttle set so it runs with no water unless you give it a little more squeeze and then the water flows. I really like this as i can control when i want water or not. Some wood is wet/green and does not need water. After watching this video, the Woodmizer has a few things i like, such as the controls. But the log locks being screws, well the Woodland clamp system is fast once you get the hang of them. Glad i got the Woodland. Very happy. Also, blades sure dull quickly if there is any dirt on the log. Thanks for your gracious interaction. Looked like a fun day sawing!

Great review and comparison video! This along with the availability of equipment helped us make our decision to get a sawmill. We ended up going with the Wood-Mizer LT15 standard sawmill with a 19hp Kohler. With the added bonus of starting a KZfaq channel at the same time has made this an absolute blast so far.

My 2003 Hudson Oscar 36 handles 35+ inches wide and 25 foot lengths. Powered by a Vanguard 23 hp V Twin engine. No hydraulics and manual drive it is a great mill for me. Bought it new, restored in 2017 and ready to go again. Sawdust no problem, logs rolling in on a lifted rail system which eliminates the logs rolling on the ground. It is a fixed type not portable but many spruce and hemlock trees of 32 to 35 inches wide. I plan on constructing a saw mill shed over it to cover the infeed deck, the mill, and the trailer to haul the cut lumber to my drive thru lumber shed. Dual chain lifts with overhead tracks that can move the lumber from the trailer to any of the 16 lumber bins in this shed. All designed to be a one man operation who is a grandpa, that's me. Welcome to an old school Alaskan.

I have an HM126 Woodland, been using it steadily for last 2 years, very happy with it. Dealer has been excellent and helpful. 14 hp Kohler.

Nice comparison. Thank you guys. I appreciate the comment "no matter which mill we get we push it to the max". Yep. Nature of man vs machine. No matter which side-by-side comparison you do, the contenders will have pluses and minuses. Nobody makes the "perfect mill", and if they did I couldn't afford it. For the money, the Woodland Mills is a great homeowner/homesteader sawmill that will more than satisfy. I have a 130Max and couldn't be happier. Yes, with only 7.5 above the blade (it's due to how/where they mount the engine) you do have to cut thicker boards by cutting in from both sides. But so far that hasn't been a deal breaker. I did add the power head for raising/lowering the blade. My arthritic shoulder is much happier. What I'm trying to cobble together now is a debarker that will run just in front of the blade on the entry side of the cut to improve blade life by getting rid of the bark with the dirt and grime that gets embedded in the log bark from dragging them around. In my spare time...

love the sawdust bucket catchers.

Great comparison! Thank you.

Great firsthand insight on these mills, nice job guys.

Excellent review of both mills guys!!! Thank you!!!!!

I use a scissor jack for a toeboard sitting on a piece of metal the width of the mill. Nothing is bolted so can put anywhere depending on length of log. Only have $25 invested in toeboard and with jack down, sits below the bunks.

Nice comparison! 😃👏👏

This was fantastic boys! We’re a timber frame company and about to invest in a mill. The woodland and the mizer are the two I was looking at. Super helpful!!

I love mw Woodmizer wide and have had it for years and cut thousands of board feet of high quality lumber. I also have cut lots of slabs for furniture , tables , bars ect.. We sell 98% of our lumber. Because of shortage of steel and covid there ended up being a 1 year back log .Here in the western states we have lots of big logs our Woodmizer sells people here in Northern Ca are very polite and professional . I've been a very satisfied costumer.

That was cool to watch! Great job fellas.

Nice work😊

this is the shootout i wanted. thanks guys.

Great job .............learned a lot. Maybe this fall i will finally get my mill. We have twenty acres of cedar and hardwood. This was so helpful.

73 Deaf as a post from machinery, happy to see everyone wearing proper PPE's Great non competition!

This like watching "Sawing with Sandy" vs "Fall line Ridge". Fantastic video and comparison, thank you!

Good video guys! Looks like alot of fun! For Nate/Austin...there's videos out there on puttin a drill on the up/down crank...might have been a 126 however.

I love this video, George!

Thanks for your show. I'm impressed, and It's of course more difficult to get the band saw blade to cut straight without vibrations with narrow saw bands in big twisty logs with such large twigs as in the big log on the orange mill, so that's not the skilled sawmasters fault. I think both saw mills would work well for people that want to use their own timber in a better way and make wood materials for own use, and if possible do some extra for others with the same needs. In addition it's pleasant work😊. And as you know the 4-6" wide band saw blades which are more accurate and can handle big twigs better are normally used on large commercial saw mills.Thanks for the video.

great vid helped my decision to buy woodlands thanks guys

Woodland Mills dose have a power up and down kit to add on

Great video!!!! I just started featuring my Woodland Mills HM 130 Max on my channel as well. I love it. I really appreciate how you all seem to have a really great time making this video. The comraderie is outstanding! I just subbed your channel.👍

great video,,you guys know your stuff,,

Bought my HM130 Max over a month ago. Called and ordered it and picked it up at the warehouse in Portland a week later. I bought 2 extensions so I can mill 20' lumber. Very happy with the mill so far. However, there are a few tricks I'll need to learn about milling flat and keeping the cant square. Time is the best teacher and I've got plenty of that. So glad I didn't spend over twice as much on the LT15 wide, and then wait forever to get it.

We have a woodland 126 woth a 14 horse motor. We cut a lot of oak and some pine. It's been a great investment for our ranch and has performed well.

Awesome video Great work !

Ive had a timberking 1220 for 15 yrs. I use the timberwolf blades in .045, 10 degree for sinker cypress logs. They are great cutting blades. Send all my dull blades to Cooks for resharpening. Keep up the good work.

I am going to purchase one of these saw mills and great information......

Cool video. I use a Norwood HD38 and I love it. Might have to run a comparison video myself for my channel.

I have a wood mixer Lt15 wide with a 10 hp electric motor. I have put about a 1000 hrs on it and it has worked pretty good. I put an amp gage on the motor because I couldn't tell how hard I was working the motor and kept stalling it. Put a electric solenoid valve with a switch on the control panel for the water. I don't like the log clamps because when you are sawing a square cant and the clamps is laying down it doesn't hold and the cant can roll over when sawing. The cross bunks are thick enough steel but the main frame is not as thick and is too light to handle the weight of big logs. I like the way the woodland log clamps work and that they slide up and down. I am going to check out the thicker blades because for cutting wide slabs the 45 blade is to thin. I have owned a Lt30, a Lt50, and now this Lt15 and have liked Woodmere pretty well.

The Woodland Mills toe board that they offer is pretty nice

In depth walk around of the GT26 Australian designed portable sawmill ,this one better to watch

Great video guys- Thank you Team green for the win for most homesteads.

A small scissor Jack with a long handle would work well to Jack up logs. Excellent video, thanks

Very interesting comparison. I have an HM130 Woodland Mills band saw, 2016 vintage. My son and I share the mill and move the saw head between our farms. I built a very heavy duty deck for the saw and can saw 22 ft. logs. My son has the deck that came with the mill and can saw up to 16 ft. logs. We both saw A LOT of lumber and have not had any serious problems with it. The only real maintenabce was replacing the clutch this spring. A bit of a job. I had to cut it off with a torch since it was siezed to the drive shaft. I tried using a puller but there is not much purchase on the clutch. I used thread ease on the shaft before I installed the new clutch. If I need to replace it I think a puller would work since there may be enough to grip puller jaws on and apply some pulling force. I am in the process of mechanizing my mill. I have log dogs powered by a DC actuator and have almost completed installation of a DC hydraulic log dog. Still figuring out how to install the DC hydraulic log turner. I really enjoyed your honest evaluation by some guys that have obviously milled plenty of lumber.

hi there interesting show john

The cameraman's a smartass

Good comparison, I have 126 woodland. The 126 makes me keep the log size down, which is ok with me. I'm a one horse operation, I use the tractor if I have to. 👍 a lazer would be nice and electric start, and being able to raise one end of the log conveniently, these are the 3 things I've wished for. 👍

When filling up... a funnel is very helpful, they have been around for decades.

The LT15-Wide is approaching three times the cost and isn't three times better or two times better, if better at all. Power to Woodland Mills for keeping the cost down.

Nice vid. The lesson I'm learning is I can 1) shell out the extra bucks for hydraulics and automation or 2) keep a couple teenage boys around. I've looked into the cost of feeding them - I think the hydraulics will be a lot cheaper.

All those look like wood Mizer thumbs up

Great video .Get the rear tires on the tractor loaded with liquid ballast it will make a big difference !

I had a timberking 1220 and we built our own trailer, we could saw 20' and used mobility scoter motors for feed and up and down with pulse modulating to control the speed. It worked perfect. you just have to use 24 volts and have to charge the battery's at the end of day as your motor only puts out 12 volts. i got the idea from another youtuber....

Very helpful comparison. That tip for the trailer manufacturer is excellent. I see Woodland now has a 136 max. But, the depth of cut or throat looks shallow. I had same experience with Woodmizer vs Woodland. Better availability and less superiority complex from Woodland. And comparing small mills, Woodland has the highest standard engine horsepower. The others only offer similar hp as an added cost option to make there standard prices seem more affordable.

I use a farm jack like they use off road with a spike on the lift to roll the logs on my home made sawmill

For me: hydraulic log lift, turning and moving- no manual nothing and definitely not going to walk with cutting

I’ve seen others add a OEM style car scissors Jack for a tow board. Same kind used t charge spare tire. Manual or drill operated.

Watching you guys with the toe boards I would say use a long lever seems like it'd be quicker and easier... I work by myself quite a bit with huge logs in a manual lt15wide and I made an 8' peavy that is my best friend.

Come back in 5 years and show me those sawmills

I own a 2006 woodmizer LT15 gas. I’ve milled aprox 3 of those stacks shown at beginning of video (combined), hard and soft wood. I don’t have the stainless steel bung covers but only now wish I had them, it will protect the mill structure and maintain accuracy. Since I bought the mill in 2006, I’ve only had to call for more blades, and I think Woodmizer is “Made in America”, so….. 🇺🇸! No disrespect to the other mill🙏

They make a thing to assist pouring fluids I think it's called a funnel 😂😂

On (A&D Adventure on Timber Mountain) , i have the hd130max from woodland mills great machine ,small motor for the size of cut but motors along just fine ,and i like the feel of the cut as pushing the only thing that i wood have liked on the woodland mills is the bunk raise great comparison !!!

Dang! Time for a funnel! So, the second cut is 3/4" to make stickers? Great comparison! So, you can cut quarter-sawn lumber? Seems, with this grade of saw mill, NO!!

Interesting ty 👍💪👏🏆🏆👴🐕🚜😎🤠🙏🙏

I use a floor Jack on my woodland mill to lift the end.

you are cool

👍👍

All those who want Woodland, thumbs up

I forgot, you also need an 18 volt 1/2 inch impact like for lug nuts, tons of torque to crank that lifter up

Yall ever get yalls hands on the lt40 super with acuset 2 you love it

Welcome welcome every day and see how many motors you replace

Having an impressive Timbering 1220 mill owner for over 10 years to compare, the Woodland HM 130 max is the best saw for the money but I'll leave it at that, however, the 14HP motor is undersized my advice is to go bigger if its an option.

176" blade on the LT15W. If they sold you .042 they did you a disservice..045 or .055 only way to go, thinner blade for more sharpenings, thicker for less chance of deflection, but you haven't be good with 2, maybe 3 sharpenings before they snap.

The red healer was you best equipment

I have a 26 inch range road mill wishing i had bought a Woodland

If you turn your c channel over you could put jack what every way you won't

Toeboard? You mean wedges! We have the norwood mill and it was a little finniky in the beginning but now when everything is set up it works well. And some toe oard mod will have to be made at some point. And hey make some T shaped measuring devices to find the centers of the log so you dont have to mess with the measuring tape

17 then, 20k now compared to 8k

Does the Woodland Mills not have a grease zerk fitting in the center bearing for each blade pulley, like the Woodmizer has? Normally the blade safety cover is removed [on the working side], and you pump grease in at a zerk in the center of each pulley. Maybe the fitting is in the back, but that would be hard to get to.

If you buy a $15 clip-on guitar tuner it will "listen" to the engine and you can translate the key to rpm.

Who makes the trailer under the woodland mills? Is it made for the mill?

Would like to see same log size and new blades on both for a real comparison

If you were running a production operation for profit, I can see the need for a $45,000 mill.

I gotta lt-15 Go. It's not the Wide version. I put a winch on mine for loading n turning logs.

milling cypress pine with an Australian hardwood bandsaw mill, GT26 Deluxe, has a bigger opening for bigger cuts

I use a funnel instead of making a mess lol

Can you provide the link to the trailer manufacturer?

Whats the Benefit to the stainless tops

Need to get a welder and put some extra metal on the bed to handle the heavy logs.

Woodland Mills w/ trailer.

You should use an impact driver instead of a drill

That China mill cuts way smoother

even our woodmizer lt40 won't cut over 23.5. they claim 24 inchs. now way do to some bolts in the way.

Ancient aliens used funnel technology

Cât costă un asemenea utilaj

I think in comparison with mills need proper specs need to be researched the 172 is 176 and 16’ is 17’8” the $32 is for bigger blades his shocks the gas leak out was actually a vendor problem .

The Wood-Mizer sets up in 2 mins doesn’t need to be level no comparison

This was fun. 4000lb pine log.... who knew?!?!

You fellas ever hear of a funnel?

We are burning day light people

Lets cut some logs