This isnt?meant to discourage you from sawing downed trees, but from what ive seen of alaskan mills, they look like idiot's work. Dreadfully slow. You need to sharpen the chain constantly. You need a much larger bar than 18" unless you have teeny tiny logs. Did i mention dreadfully slow? I would look for a guy with a portable woodmizer. Perhaps not as rewarding, but still gives you the same end product with 1/50th of the labor. By the time you get a big stihl, long bar, the mill, you could ve had a few cold ones and paid a guy with the right tool to do the work for you. I just stacked and stickered 3,500 feet of green walnut. I will tell you there is plenty of labor in drying lumber, let alone sawing it with a chainsaw. Hopefully you get a bunch of nice material for cheap!

Patrick