I have a silver maple tree in my yard thats going to be taken down. The main trunk is approx 18-22" diameter and is about 8 - 9 ft from the base to the first branch. I have contacted a tree service and they can take it down and leave the main trunk intact as a log and move that to my driveway. I have found a local sawyer who can slab or quarter saw cut it for me in my driveway. The question is, is it going to be the type of wood that is worth the added expense of quarter sawing as opposed to plain sawn. I do want to get a single slab (~ 2" thick) from the center thinking it might make a nice table top. Does anyone have experience with quarter sawn silver maple? Is it the type of wood that has any merit to being quartersawn due to grain patterns? Is this the type of wood better suited to being plainsawn? I'd like to get some help on this decision. Does anyone have any pictures to share that illustrate one approach compared to the other with silver maple?