Bandsaw mill guys on here?

I was gonna build one, then I came upon opportunity to acquire one from the estate of a close friend.

It's a Woodmizer LT40, towable fully-hydraulic loading, log turning, clamping.

Glad I didn't build one, this towable got me operational and making lumber much faster than if I'd built my own.  I now see all the mistakes I WOULD have made...

You need either a building huge enough to get all the way around the sawmill with a front end loader to handle logs, lumber, slabs and sawdust, or a tiny shed just big enough to park it out of the weather.

Any compromise will result in frustration, so think carefully about which item you are most willing to deal with the frustration.

We currently are running a Woodmizer set up in an open field with ample room all around. This allows a truck to sit behind the mill to pile slabs and edgings on, and we have a flatbed trailer sitting on the end to pull the good boards onto. This leaves the infeed side open for loading logs.

We do have three of us keeping things moving so it works out quite well.

A tiny shed with an opening just large enough to feed logs in and remove lumber out through the same opening can be used, it just slows things down and requires extra fiddling around.