I want to start milling.

[Oddsandends]

I live in Virginia, and here we have some surprisingly large trees and some beautiful wood. I am considering starting to save up for a milling setup because lumber prices are also soaring which makes all of my projects more expensive. I also want my own lumber. I am looking at building a rice burning 880. Any advice?

 

[Czed]

A 880 and 3120 are extremely large and heavy saws they will mill of course but
we use 394/395s to mill here also the 066/660s are most popular.
It would be much cheaper to run these compare to the 880 there's tons of parts readily available for the more popular saws
i just have a holzfforma 32" mill it works just fine.

 

[Junk Meister]

Another consideration if you are buying a saw to mill with, Where the oil and fuel gets filled, and a chain adjuster in the side of the clutch cover. I have older Stihls that will be contrary for those reasons.
Exhaust for heat build up and fresh air for YOU to breath EZer.