About a month of so ago, my neighbor had a big cedar tree in his front
yard cut down. (At least, I'm almost certain it's a cedar.) I talked the
tree removal guys to leave the two biggest chunks of trunk-- about seven
feet long, a foot to two feet in diameter, roughly-- in my front yard.
I'd hoped to get it sawn into planks.

However, that's looking less and less likely. They're big and heavy, and
so I'd like to make the trunks available to anyone in the Philly area
who'd be willing to take them. I'm not asking for anything in exchange,
but if you have a sawmill and a kiln, I'd love to take maybe one or two
1-inch boards in trade.

I'm located in West Philadelphia, and if you're interested, email me at
.

"Brian Siano" wrote in message
news:Cmcki.7381$qu4.7374@trndny06...
About a month of so ago, my neighbor had a big cedar tree in his front
yard cut down. (At least, I'm almost certain it's a cedar.) I talked the
tree removal guys to leave the two biggest chunks of trunk-- about seven
feet long, a foot to two feet in diameter, roughly-- in my front yard. I'd
hoped to get it sawn into planks.

However, that's looking less and less likely. They're big and heavy, and
so I'd like to make the trunks available to anyone in the Philly area
who'd be willing to take them. I'm not asking for anything in exchange,
but if you have a sawmill and a kiln, I'd love to take maybe one or two
1-inch boards in trade.

I'm located in West Philadelphia, and if you're interested, email me at
.

Well, if you have a bandsaw, I can tell you how I would go about it.
Lot of work and a lot of waste, but better than tossing them.

"Toller" wrote in
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"Brian Siano" wrote in message
news:Cmcki.7381$qu4.7374@trndny06...
About a month of so ago, my neighbor had a big cedar tree in his
front yard cut down. (At least, I'm almost certain it's a cedar.) I
talked the tree removal guys to leave the two biggest chunks of
trunk-- about seven feet long, a foot to two feet in diameter,
roughly-- in my front yard. I'd hoped to get it sawn into planks.

However, that's looking less and less likely. They're big and heavy,
and so I'd like to make the trunks available to anyone in the Philly
area who'd be willing to take them. I'm not asking for anything in
exchange, but if you have a sawmill and a kiln, I'd love to take
maybe one or two 1-inch boards in trade.

I'm located in West Philadelphia, and if you're interested, email me
at .

Well, if you have a bandsaw, I can tell you how I would go about it.
Lot of work and a lot of waste, but better than tossing them.


A chainsaw mill works wonders, too. We did several, a couple of years ago,
that turned into benches at the local National Monument, courtesy of the
local Boy Scouts. There's still some of the pile in my side yard.

But I'm out near San Francisco, and not bringing my truck to Philly any
time soon.

Patriarch

Look up the Woodmizer website. They make small portable saw mills and
as I recall they have a listing of all the various folks around the
country that have these and are sawing logs so you can find someone in
your area that might want the logs or might give you q proce to saw
them, etc. I'd do it quick because there may be some care you need to
give the logs like waxing or painting the ends to stop them from
drying too fast, etc.


On Jul 8, 2:07 pm, Brian Siano wrote:
About a month of so ago, my neighbor had a big cedar tree in his front
yard cut down. (At least, I'm almost certain it's a cedar.) I talked the
tree removal guys to leave the two biggest chunks of trunk-- about seven
feet long, a foot to two feet in diameter, roughly-- in my front yard.
I'd hoped to get it sawn into planks.

However, that's looking less and less likely. They're big and heavy, and
so I'd like to make the trunks available to anyone in the Philly area
who'd be willing to take them. I'm not asking for anything in exchange,
but if you have a sawmill and a kiln, I'd love to take maybe one or two
1-inch boards in trade.

I'm located in West Philadelphia, and if you're interested, email me at
.