L-M Equipment Co. Inc USA offers package saws ranging from small portable units to complete cutting systems including log merchandising saws for the forest products industry around the world. With machines in many countries and over five thousand log harvesting saws sold to date, L-M is a name brand in the industry. Any millwright is familiar with the name L-M Equipment. Our machinery can be found in small lumber yards and in ultra-modern, high-speed pallet manufacturers and sawmills.
Cutting flitches with original Yard Saw design 1950's
L-M was founded in 1946 by partners Tom Moulton and Jim Lakin. The company began as a dealership for Atkins Chainsaws, an electric chainsaw used in harvesting large, old growth timber. Moulton went on to develop pond and deck saws for the sawmills of the era and provided consulting services for sawmills. A team of engineers was employed to design the specialized saws and log handling systems still in use today.
While the heart of the L-M saw has remained the same, L-M's equipment line has evolved to reflect the changing forest products industry. Today. L-M's prospective customers can expect nothing less than decades of solid knowledge and the same old standard L-M Equipment has always used, heavy rigid American made machines, that simply last as long as the companies buying them. That is not only L-M's promise to our customers. its L-M's reputation.
