So here on the west coast there are lots of small mills / portable bandsaws etc. Unfortunately most of the guys like milling Cedar which is too soft. They will do fir but make sure it isn't Balsam / Grand Fir. Hemlock is good if it isn't too knotty.
One of my neighbours has a portable mill, and a stationary full time set up. Lots of wood going through his operation. No shortage of lumber or spiecies. I noticed his delivery trailers and trucks all had plywood decks. I asked him why he did that. He said he used lumber yard fir 2x8s which he treated with thinned out foundation paint - black tar stuff. Then screwed 5/8 fir T&G floor ply wood and painted that too. He had to paint in the warm weather. Then when the deck gets scraped up from loading and unloading he just replaces the deck every 5-7 years. I've used that foundation paint on the 3/4" treated plywood floor of a manure spreader. It's holding up very well. Good luck. Grant
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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