Ill. But he wants to develop more customers in Nebraska and eventually get to where he can manufacture pallets in Kenesaw. I hope to in the future sell everything we have to Nebraskans. Through an assortment of seven saws, the sawmill can reduce a 1,000 pound log into slabs of lumber and sawdust in a matter of seconds. The sawmill uses every by-product from cut logs. He sells everything right down to the sawdust.
Nothing is wasted.
Most of the lumber is used to make pallets. Wood chips are sold for use at events such as the Nebraska State Fair at Lincoln, Husker Harvest Days at Grand Island and the Cattlemans Classic Show at Kearney. The sawmill sells mulch to nurseries and landscapes. Sawdust is used for bedding by turkey and chicken producers. Last year, the company sold 200 truck loads of wood chips and 175 loads of sawdust.