How A Portable Sawmill Business Evolved

Scott Irvin isn't one to give up on family or give up on a dream.  However, his dad's business was sawmilling and, at the time at least, Scott wasn't totally sure that it was the best business to be in.  After all, his dad was using old equipment and doing things in an outdated way.  That's probably why Scott's brother wound up with the family business initially.

It wasn't until a mill fire that happened after Scott was in another business for 15 years or so, the papermill business, that he decided not to let his dad's dream die.  Of course, by that time his dad had passed the business on to Scott's brother, who was eager to sell his share to Scott after the fire.

That was when Scott really decided to update the family business in a big way.  He looked around for the most heavy duty portable sawmills he could find.  He found them in two slightly different versions of the Cook's Saw AC-36 model.  The biggest differences between the two were that the second one had a slightly higher powered motor and a bed that was almost double the size of the first one.

Scott's two highly versatile and heavy duty portable sawmills have kept him going ever since and he quit his papermill job about two years after buying out his brother's share of the sawmill.  He's also quick to give credit where credit is due.  He tells anyone who will listen that the people over at Cook's Saw really have both portable sawmill design and customer support down to a science.

So, do you want to preserve your family's sawmill business or start a new family sawmilling tradition?  If so, click here.