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Oversized elm log - anyone want to chain mill it for me?


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Hi all,

 

I've a 6ft diameter crotch piece of elm in the yard I'd rather like to see milled. It's about 10ft long, and is the main trunk of an open grown tree, going from the base to the fork. Some burr, though not much.

 

Would anyone like to mill it for me with a chainsaw mill? I can't be bothered to hack it up to fit it through the band mill. Payment would be in timber, and would amount to about 40 cubic feet of the stem. I have forklifts to move it, and can provide someone to help if required. If traveling from greater distance, I can stretch to 50 cube payment. It's good elm and 6ft wide boards are possible.

 

Jonathan

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Hi all,

 

I've a 6ft diameter crotch piece of elm in the yard I'd rather like to see milled. It's about 10ft long, and is the main trunk of an open grown tree, going from the base to the fork. Some burr, though not much.

 

Would anyone like to mill it for me with a chainsaw mill? I can't be bothered to hack it up to fit it through the band mill. Payment would be in timber, and would amount to about 40 cubic feet of the stem. I have forklifts to move it, and can provide someone to help if required. If traveling from greater distance, I can stretch to 50 cube payment. It's good elm and 6ft wide boards are possible.

 

Jonathan

 

That's one serious lump!

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Maximum mine will cut is 27 1/2" wide but otherwise would be interested! Would mean splitting it in half freehand with the saw from each side then probably still shaving off some from the sides, by which point might as well just chuck it on the mill.. Now if I could afford another 076 and an 84" GB bar ..

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I probably will just quarter it and chuck it on the mill. I deliberately sold both of my MS880s and the longer bars to try to discourage me from taking logs like this. I do however have a cross cutting machine coming which uses the Makita DCS9010 and a 74" bar, so I can use that to quarter it. It would be too tall if only halved.

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