Large elm butt .. double ended setup

[smoothjack]

Yesterday’s elm takedown .. can’t wait to get stuck in to this .. but I’m thinking of going double ended .. the widest point on the flare is 60 inches I was Gona use a a 395 and 372 .. but would it be better to run 2 395 ,s as I have access to another one .. will it make much difference ?. Also to make a 60 Inch cut would I need a bar of at least 80 inch ? Thanks in advance 

[Steve Bullman]

Can’t offer any advice, but look forward to seeing the end product 

[devon TWiG]

some fantastic looking lumps there .....where are you ...Scotland ?    

[Rough Hewn]

That's some impressive wood. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

[smoothjack]

totally the other end , south coast ?

[devon TWiG]

1 minute ago, smoothjack said:

totally the other end , south coast ?

I wasn't far out then !!  not at all jealous you b$&^(*d ?

[Rough Hewn]

Often the bar length is only the cutting part.
I think you'd be fine with a 72" but to be sure you'd be better asking RobD on here.
He's also a bit of an authority on double headed mills.
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[Big J]

Large elm is a rare thing. Please don't chainsaw mill it. Take it to a specialist bandmill and get it cut properly. On a 40" diameter lump (like that one is, I estimate), you'll get at least an extra two boards (more like three, as you have to take thicker top slabs with chain milling). 1 board at 7ft x 36" x 2" is 3.5 cubic foot, which air dried at £40/cubic foot (a modest price for such boards) is £140. Times that by three and you've turned £420 into sawdust that you'd otherwise have in your pocket. Couple that with the fact that the most expensive contracting mills will charge you no more than £6/HF for milling (£288 for the log) and the wastage from chainsawmilling is 1.5 times as much as the cost of getting someone else to mill it for you. 

 

If it was inaccessible and milling it on site was the only way to extract it, then fair enough. But it's already at your yard. 

[Mark2]

That has got to be a veneer log if ever I saw one ! Don’t rush into enything it’l be worth a mint.

[Big J]

11 minutes ago, Mark2 said:

That has got to be a veneer log if ever I saw one ! Don’t rush into enything it’l be worth a mint.

Veneer market is dead, so more money in planking now. It's not an exceptional log, but it is now a rare one.