Young Farmer Running a Peterson Portable Sawmill

Footage of the WINNER of the 2007 Young Farmer Contest, Callum Thomsen running a Peterson Portable Sawmill.

On July 6th in Rotorua New Zealand, seven of NZ's top young farmers competed for the coveted title of Young Farmer of the Year and prizes worth over $75,000!

Peterson Portable Sawmills donated a Winch Production Frame sawmill to be used in the Forestry module of the Grand Final. There were seven modules in all, including irrigation, sheep shearing and tractor driving.

In the forestry section, the finalist had to use an excavator to grapple a log off a logging truck trailer and onto the ground, they then had to put a chain on a chainsaw and cut the log in half. Getting back into the excavator they manoeuvred one half of the log over to the skids in place under the 27hp Kohler Peterson WPF and set to work milling the log.

These guys only had a few minutes training and were taught basic safety aspects of the mill before they had to get in there and operate it.

Being used to machinery and equipment, the seven finalists had no problems running the mill, which just goes to show how easy Peterson mills are to use. None of the finalists had ever used a sawmill before.

Peterson Portable Sawmills have designed THE mill, so you can design your future, so check out our website and contact us today for more information.

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[farronschnase]

lol, slowest ive ever seen, ive worked at a saw mill for many years and i the was 13 when i started. this is nothing compared to a professional sawmill

[PetersonSawmills]

Hi there, thanks for your comment :-) Obviously, compared to a fixed commercial sawmill, these compact, portable units aren't as fast... of course, they don't cost millions of dollars to set up either! :-D

[gangesexcavating]

neat video

[mrstratochief1]

I believe what i watched was just great!! M.S.C. 1

[kdfromhb]

nice sawmill

[dej769]

@farronschnase SHUT UP!

[mujgy]

wow that sawmill is awsome.

[hendotintco]

Awesome piece of machinery great stuff .

[etkoehn]

this was so stupid. Everyone cheering about something so stupid. I do however like the sawmill ;)

[stardust13]

A very nice piece of equipment a family could earn a nice living with especially in my area. I do wish the economy had not been decimated especially in my area or I would attempt to find the means to obtain a Peterson Sawmill and I know I could then provide for a family without question. Great equipment guys, wonderful tool

[wow23birds]

Congratulations Callum! Wonderful to have all this equipment available to yutes!

[DarnielleH]

FAST FAST FAST!!!