Britain's longest plank

[openboater]

This is not a claim to fame, but a search really. Does anyone know if a plank has ever been milled that claims to be 'Britain's longest plank' ? I'm aware of the world records that have been set using Logosol mills, but they have all been outside the UK.

How long is your longest chainsaw-milled plank ?

[Mike Hill]

27 Foot, 8"X8" Beams,broken down from Slabs I milled from a Yellow Ceder log.

[WeeDee]

Britain's longest plank?

 

Jeremy Clarkson would be my guess.

[openboater]

Not sure he's the thickest plank around, as I'm sure he's worth a few bob, but I get your drift.

[codlasher]

The longest cut that I have done to date, using a chainsaw-mill, was 53'x 9"x9". I was asked to provide the blank for a larch topmast. It looks good rigged on the vessel:thumbup1:

Getting it out of the woods on our old pole trailer was interesting too, It just cleared the gate post on its swing. If the trailer bolsters had been any lower we would have been in trouble.

It went away on an extending articulated low loader with about 8' still hanging out the back.

codlasher.

Edited February 19, 2012 by codlasher

[MATTMOSS]

Ive done a beech stem about 25ft long, maybe not breaking any records but gave me back ache pushing the mill along.

[twmarriott]

regularly cut 30' longest to date was tapering a 54' lunp of glue lam for a windmill sail

[MATTMOSS]

regularly cut 30' longest to date was tapering a 54' lunp of glue lam for a windmill sail

 

lunp of glue lam ???

[Graham]

lunp of glue lam ???

 

Glued laminate at a guess.

[Rob D]

Chainsaw milled a 20 ft log - wouldn't want to go longer - you never seem to be getting anywhere!