Don't buy one. Hire one.
Woodmizer will give you the names of their customers near you.
You will also have a hard time handling a log that big. You will need
a big Woodmizer. They charged me $.18/bd foot + mileage +
$25/dinged blade. It comes out to be very cheap and very nice
lumber. It may be a year or two before you can use it though.

Jim

"Kalvin Gore" wrote in message
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The city has ordered me to remove an Oak at the edge of my property
which the local utility claims is too close to their service lines. The
tree is old but healthy. I would guess that the trunk is about 16 feet
in circumference and the trunk is about 31 feet long from the base to
the split. I have heard claims of astronomical prices for quartersawn
oak, and wonder if I could recover the price of a portable sawmill if I
were buy one for this task. Can anyone comment on this?

I'm off to price a woodmizer...

--
Kalvin Gore