Milled this walnut today using Husqvarna 385XP & Logosol Timberjig. Took about 3 hours - all 8' long boards & cut to 5/4. This was the first time I had to buck the tree into sawlog lenghts myself. That part I did Wednesday after work. I managed to get the saw pinched twice, and learned valuable lessons to prevent that from happening.
The butt log yielded 10 boards about 14" wide. I used a 25" bar with Stihl PMX (narrow) chain for this log. The tree forked into a Y after the butt log. One of these yielded 3 boards about 10" wide. The first cut was with the 25" bar, all cuts thereafter with the 16."
As is typical with walnut, the first board or two after squaring to a cant has some sapwood (blonde in color).
The pictures show the 2"x6" guide rail that the saw & Timberjig rides on. Also shown is the toolbox I made to store all of the gear: saw, helmut, files, bars, chains, screws, etc. I made a stack of 5 dovetailed boxes in the center of the box to hold all of the small stuff. It weighs a ton, but makes it very easy to pack up quick to go mill a log before it gets chipped or cut for firewood!
Ted