Sticks Custom Portable Bandsaw Milling

Although the delays of a breakdown and a scheduling mistake were frustrating, the work was tackled June 23 on a beautiful day for milling.
I will do my best to convey how nice it is to work alongside Brian Tremble, his efforts to keep work flow productive and steady, even when a lifting arm on the machine broke. We were fortunate to catch a neighbor home who had a welder who helped get it fixed and we were back in production in 90 minutes. Brian stayed late till 8:30 PM, putting in a 13 hour day to keep his word and finish the job slicing and dicing 16 logs, 5 fir and 11 cedar 12 feet long, and one 30 inch X 6 foot cedar into some table top slabs that would make a wood worker drool with envy. 100% clear.
Highly recommend anybody needing portable millwork done to watch Stick's Milling videos and pay attention to how much area around the mill is needed. Prepare your stacking area within 5 or 6 steps if you don't have a machine with forks to load to. Have an area for garbage wood to be tossed onto some dunnage for later removal because there may be a lot of it.
Next, be ready to learn. Brian taught me a lot about drying wood properly, how and why it may curve or twist and how to reduce it from happening.
Be ready to work hard, Brian will outwork you, but rightfully expects solid effort and no slacking.
Another valuable trait, he talks about each log, what you want out of it, how to get the most out of it, and top of his list, he wants you to be satisfied with each finished log. My experience with area contractors is they take shortcuts and "close enoughs" way to often. Not here.
Finally on to Kaylene (sp), if I wasn't already blessed with a wonderful wife, I would be jealous how he scored with this lady. Brief phone calls with Kaylene is better than talking with my own sister, she is amazing.
warm and funny, knows her job and the business, and watches over her man. The old adage behind every good man, should include, should be a Kaylene caliber woman.
Close with this. Get your mill work done by Sticks before he has to close shop in a few years. Don't miss out on the opportunity and experience.

Awesome service, great skills and phenomenal humor. Highly, highly recommend.

Brian and Kayleen were a pleasure from beginning to end.
Funny and caring is how i would describe them. Brian went out of his way to help me with my project. he is a true artist and a professional.
I would highly recommend his services. ( I have already referred Brian to my garden/landscapers, they love great referrals.)

Brian was great to work with. He clearly communicated how he needed the logs set up ahead of time. Once on site, he set up and milled 20” diameter cherry logs quickly and accurately. Pricing was very fair. I would not hesitate to hire him again if I have other logs to mill.

I have had Brian cut for me several times and he's the Best!