Craig continues: “We were pushing the mills pretty hard. I had to replace both engines after using them for 40 hours a week over many years. I love how I don’t need to use an edger when milling with the swing blade. It’s a great concept and it’s always exciting to turn a round thing into a square thing. Overall I’m very happy with the mills, Peterson is the mill brand I promote.”
“Overall I’m very happy with the mills, Peterson is the mill
brand I promote”
This year, Craig is getting involved with an exciting new training program taking place at Whispering Willows Campsite, a campground run by Xat’sull. This program will take on ten indigenous participants who will earn a wage while participating in a 16 week training program run by Craig and his team. “These students will build a small caretaker’s home on the campsite and gain skills in sawmilling, house building and house planning. People will learn how to pick the right trees for this type of project, harvest and mill them with the WPF, build foundations, do the grading, drainage, plumbing, electrical, heating, roofing, windows, doors, insulation and everything else that goes with building a small house.”