The video below shares the setup like out of the woods TimberKing sawmill and how much more effective this setup is for overall uses of the drag back system. See Nathan learning his new TimberKing 2220 sawmill.
On my TimberKing 2220 this drag back setup is so effective, and since then I’ve setup many other TimberKing sawmills the very same, including the TK2220 for my friend Nathan Elliott, and his (Out Of The Woods) YouTube channel.
On Nathan’s mill, I added an additional bunk for better drag back uses, modified the tops of the log loader arms, added my “LubeKing Blade Lube System”, added 2 additional drag back bars, for a total of five and added the shoes (tabs) to each of the drag back bars. One huge improvement was adding the 1-1/2” guide rollers and blades. In my personal opinion, and someone who actually operates my own and other sawmills on a weekly, often times daily basis, the 1-1/2” guide roller and blade upgrade is vital to the cut quality, safety and overall longevity of blade life. There are those that say there is no difference between the standard 1-1/4” blades and the 1-1/2”, but those are probably the ones that don’t run mills daily or weekly? There is a difference between the ones that do and the ones that don’t! All large (fully hydraulic mills) should have the 1-1/2” guide rollers and blades!
Nathan Elliott (outofthewoods), has the most customized and modified TimberKing 2220 mill to date. He has also added many more cool and useful features to his mill since I was at his farm, delivering and setting it up. TimberKing has a great sawmill right from the factory, but many folks, like myself, want things modified to get more performance, to get the absolute most from it. So no, you do not have to do any of these things mentioned to have a great sawmill, right from the factory. I ran my TK2220 for quite awhile before I started adding things and modifying, and it was just fine.
If you have questions about Nathan’s TimberKing 2220, or need things for your own mill, then give me a call, or shoot me a text and we can talk. Blade lubes I like and use are listed down below.
Always do your best,
-Mike Pilcher
P.S. Here’s the first video of Why Nathan replaced his Woodmizer sawmill…
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Blades Lubes I like and use in the order of effectiveness…
- Diesel fuel.
- Cotton picker spindle cleaner w/windshield washer fluid.
- Windshield washer fluid w/Pinesol.
- Windshield washer fluid w/dawn dish soap.
Diesel fuel is the absolute best blade lube, especially for sticky woods. It cleans and lubes incredibly well. Many will say it hurts your belts, but are they ones that actually mill all of the time, or not? I’ve never hurt any belts using diesel fuel as a blade lube. But, I also use my LubeKing blade lube system and blade wiper, which is a very effective drip system. (DRIP), not drown everything! I can give you at least 10 different phone numbers of folks that actually mill on a daily and weekly basis using diesel fuel as a blade lube and never have belt issues…and yes, they all use the drip and wiper system as well.
Don’t like diesel fuel for a blade lube? That’s fine, just use #2 or #3 listed above. You may ask, why windshield washer fluid with these suggested cleaners above? Think about what helps clean bugs off your vehicles windshields? Yep, it’s windshield washer fluid. And yes, it has cleaning agents in it, which we need for keeping our guide rollers and blades clean…plus it won’t freeze in the winter months.
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