B6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 2,1980 Single pine tree scales 1800 board feet BY JANE BRESEE Staff Correspondent BUMPVILLE - Old, tall, native white pine trees are becoming increasingly rare in Bradford County and custom saw mills are few and far between. Recently one of the giant century old pines was cut and hauled to be sawed at Lyle Eiklor’s sawmill near Bumpville in north central Bradford County. John Alien, a professional logger, cut down the 80 foot tall pine near Wysox. It scaled 1800 board feet m the woods and was cut into six logs. Four were taken to Eiklor’s mill, and the upper two, knotty with tree limbs, were hauled away for another use. The bugg lot, measuring 39 inches at its widest part, was first on the carriage to be sawed. “Shaping it up” into a square beam by turning and sawing it three or four times required the skill of an ex pert sawyer, Elmer Cram of Bumpville. Fifteen prize boards, 19.5 inches wide, one inch thick, and 14 feet long, a plank, and some smaller pieces were the fruit of the butt log. Eiklor delivered 1300 board feet of beautiful pine boards from that one tree to Ed Cook of Wysox, a mason and carpenter, who had always dreamed of having some lumber from “one of those old pme trees. ” MORE than just the No.l skid steer loader! TURN THE BOBCAT into EXCAVATE scarify rake abackhoe forklift grapple plow and remove snow too Does the work of many clean barns sheds drill one-job machines postholes Bobcat does it THE BOBCAT comes as narrow as 35 is built low to work m tight areas turns full circle in its own tracks LET US DEMONSTRATE what the Melroe Bobcat loader can do for you Drop in or call Bobcat—for the new breed of farmer and contractor GRUMELLI’S FARM SERVICE Quarryville, PA 17566 Ph 717-786-7318 Ray Showatter 717-665-7174 NORMAN D. CLARK Honey Grove, PA 17035 Ph 717-734-3482 Bradford County sawmill Lyle Eikior’s custom sawmill, north of Wysox in Bradford County, is one of the county’s few remaining mills. Logs from one of the local old pine trees lie just inside the mill. Cook stacked them to dry for at least a year, but has not decided how to use them. Lyle Eiklor’s custom sawmill, nestled down in a hollow near a creek, is one of the few left in Bradford County. He and his brother, Clayton, built the mill about 15 years ago installing some of the equipment from an old sawmill mOwego. An old Case tractor engine bolted down on one side of the mill powers the 52 inch saw, the edger, and a blower which sends sawdust mto a waiting wagon outside. Eiklor uses the sawdust for bedding for his herd of 56 prize Herefords on his farm nearby. He also has a planer set up BUY OR RENT a variety of buckets and other attachments Bob Tach locks them on fast and solid RHODES EQUIPMENT 1085 Industrial Blvd Southampton, PA 18966 Ph-215-677-6000 on his bam floor to make matched boards. Eiklor’s son, Leslie, brother Clayton, and his neighbor, Elmer Cram, help with the sawing three or four tunes a week. Frequently neighbors drop in to watch or help FIBERGLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC PANELS & ROLLS • GLASBORD® IS TOUGH -ACID SCRATCH AND ABRASION RESISTANT • GLASBORD INSTALLS EASILY -MILKING PARLORS, HOLDING ROOMS, OFFICES, SLAUGHTER HOUSES • GLASBORD® RESISTS DIRT - WILL NOT STAIN, CORRODE - RESISTS ANIMAL WASTES - CLEANS WITH ORDINARY METHODS Ryder supply Eiklor who still lives in the same house where he was bom has a nostalgia for the “way things used to be” and felt that the sawmg of the old pme tree was an event that deserved being recorded for others to know. GLASBORD ELIMINATES THE EPOXY AND OTHER YEARLY COSTLY MAINTENANCE TO WALLS AND CEILINGS FOR FARM BUILDINGS DURABLES IN STOCK - AVAILABLE NOW 3/32 & 1 /8" THICKNESS, 4xBFT. PANELS 3/32 & 1 /8" - 4 x 40 AND 4 x 45 FT. ROLLS ALL CORNER n MOLDING AND A (jj FASTENERS (UL, 1 VINYL MOLDINGS ARE AVAILABLE TO GIVE A FINISHED APPEARANCE A A WATERTIGHT INSTALLATION. RRB, P.O. Box 219 Chambersburg, PA 17201 Phone:7l7-263-9111 a v ■» <os£‘ : * H li'*'/ \ t}fj \ :,7^M u' * x-'iirrfl 35 V 4
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