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Amish sawmill

macorson ยท 2013-01-08 12:09

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GS7r1PUSeE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46hkCIJECMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlVMe5P5cow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suuNCP8Hn-Q

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  1. #1Birken Vogt2013-01-08 21:35

    I've seen these before but can anybody give more detail on what is happening? Are they really Amish or some other order Mennonite? They seem to have a little fork tractor bringing up the logs. It looks like they are getting a lot more work done than a normal tractor show for sure.

  2. #2Delmer2013-01-08 23:24

    Looks like somebody hired some amish to run a sawmill off of their steam engine. Around WI the amish sawmills are almost all band mills run off lineshafts powered by a detroit or JD, and they really hustle.

  3. #3Jim D2013-01-08 23:26

    Good questions! That is a very nice saw mill, it looks like a permanent installation, not like a tractor show. The videos remind me of the Mennonites I knew in Montana, they loved horsepower, the more the better!

  4. #4macorson2013-01-09 00:20

    They are Amish, Ohio. private event by invitation