Giant Cedar log, but no photos - no wood, either...

[Mike Minto]

Just wanted to express how disappointed I was two days ago when I went to the county dump / mulching center to get rid of some old, rotten firewood. To my delight, and utter disappointment, ultimately, I saw a tree someone had dropped off for disposal. It was an Aromatic, Eastern Cedar, every bit of 30 inches in diameter, the largest piece of which was a good 9 feet long. There was no way I was going to get that beauty into my pickup, but I did manage a couple of 3 foot sections which are considerably smaller around. Imagine how old that tree was - I wonder why it was cut down. It would have made magnificent table tops and other projects - I'll see if I can make some bowls and other things from what I found. I'll post a pic or two of the logs after Tropical Storm Hanna leaves, and it dries out around here a little. Mike

[curtis rosche]

depending on how far you have to go, you could hook a chain to it, and drag it home, just have some one drive behind you, like a convoy, or escort.

[Mike Minto]

I appreciate the thought, but 4 miles or so down a paved state 2 lane highway would probably net me a well sanded down log, and a ticket from the police! I think, anyway, hehe. Mike

[curtis rosche]

or, if you "pull" a truck behind you, the tension would keep the wood off the ground, and you could tell the officer that you are just pulling a truck, and the wood helps keep the distance between.....................

[scott schmidt grasshopper]

ok so my log calulator says if it is 30x9'x33 on the large end you get about 2400 lbs.soo build an arch for it .
we have one here from the old farmin days . simple device. U shaped metal with solid mount wheels on the legs. then a tongue out the front. has a small handwinch . you run the cable under the log and back up to the frame and winch it off the ground. second part is a hitch on a tongue with a V cradle for the log to set into . you chain / spike this on and then hook it up to the truck. add lights and you are legal. ( provocative .. but legal) daddy brought home 36 ft 6x12's for the A frame way back when with this . ( and a dumptruck since there were 8 per load)