Is this worth milling?

[kinderscout]

Yew trunk.

[se7enthdevil]

should be, how big is it?

 

 

why don't you split it in half lengthways to judge the timber then you can decide whether to mill it or not?

[kinderscout]

3ft long and 28inches wide in an S shaped trunk,So each board wood be 3ft by 12 inches.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Whats the story behind it?

[Big Beech]

Looks a bit burry too, worth a shot once the dirt isoff!

[kinderscout]

It is in a farmer's field and I can mill it if I want.my plan is to cut the root ball off,clean the stones out and take a test cut.

Unfortunately someone has had a go at burning it.And it looks as if it would be rewarding with the timber, but at what cost it seems to be very hard timber.

[kinderscout]

Yes big beech its covered in bur think it might give me a few chains to sharpen.

[Mike Dempsey]

If you can get it onto a trailer and back to a yard for power washing it will save you a lot of time in sharpening chains. Failing that use a wire brush to get rid of most of the dirt and show up the inevitable stones that will be lurking there. Remember to post up the photos, you should have some beautiful timber, with hopefully not too many cracks.

[delabodge]

if somebody offered that me I`d say no! so am really looking forward to seeing the end result, to show I`m wrong for thinking that way!

[spiral]

Best made into something in one large piece id guess, to minimise cutting & assuming lots of shake from being put on a fire when green.

 

A single block coffee table, hollowed & cut out to leave the legs, or maybe even 2 matching small trunk tables at that width.

 

Where are you based? If in west country Id love to give it a go...