I have this tree on my property that needs to come down as it doesn't
appear to be too healthy and it is very big, so if branches start to
fall a lot of damage will be done. Anyway, in having a tree guy look
at it he told me it was a black cherry tree. I had no idea they got
this big, at least 60'. He wanted $700 to take it down and remove
it.

In thinking about it I'm wondering what my best option would be:

Take it down and have him remove the wood.
Take it down, keep the wood, or at least the best part of it, try and
find somebody to mill it, and use it.
Does it have value? Could I find somebody to take it down for free in
exchange for the wood?

I do need to make a bar/counter top for the kitchen and it would be
cool if the wood came from an old tree on the property.

I have a 13" planer but only a small band saw with a 3.5" cut, so I
would need to get the wood milled. I don't have a truck, so probably
they would have to come on site, not sure how to find somebody like
that. I'm in the Portsmouth, NH region.

Whatcha think?

-Jim