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I understand it's 65cc, but yes have the mini mill.

Husqvarna 365 special, I think that log is beyond it milling wise unless I perhaps split it first. Undercover storage is also in relatively short supply.

Fantastic to do, and maybe I will one day. Just done a few little bits with an alaskan mini mill thus far. Some mantlepieces that went down very well and a couple of little bits for turners.

Unfortunately a lot of good wood gets wasted, even cedar, elm and oak. I am close with a local farmer who is very reasonable for moving stuff like this with what is obviously expensive machinery, but as you say even at £45 an hour unless the location is very close and unloading is pretty straight forward the cost quickly mounts. If some one in a surrounding village (east Kent) took it it would be viable and he would happily move it, but sawmills aren't that common these days.

That's a good idea worth remembering. What sort of monery do they charge? I'm guessing an independent merchants rather than one of the big chains.

Thanks for the advice, I hadn't considered banding them. Are there woodworm problems with airdrying?

Thanks for the advice, transport is obviously a huge issue with sawlogs. Just hate to see something like this go for firewood.

The land belongs to a nearby house but it isn't in a garden and access is actually pretty reasonable, there is a track alongside it from the road and I can get a telehandler in to load it. It actually fell over end of February I think in the storms.

Out of interest for future reference how much more qould be required to make up a lorry load? It could be delivered locally, it's just finding a buyer!

Unfortunately it had been cut by the neighbouring farmer before I even saw it.

Beech and Cherry thanks.

Hi what are peoples methods and recomendations for storing and air drying milled boards?

Hi I was wondering if there is any interest in a large beech sawlog, and or where people would recomend selling such. It is 40" by 40" at the bottom and 19'8" or 6m to the red line. Also what the going rate would be for such a stem.

Suprised there is so little thought and oversite on an SSSI. Littering is never acceptable.

I do not think overthinning is to much of an issue here trees are already pretty exposed. Shame to hear your local woods are being overthinned, has it stopped now as they see the results? Why do you think it was done in the first place? Standards do not seem to suffer when coppicing, is that due to periodic exposure? Or that Oaks, Cherry and large Ash cope better?