We need ideas on how to deal with this monster log...

[5quarter]

Wow...that's a great log. the bark looks like pin oak. It will certainly make some great lumber. On one side it looks like it has marks from an old lightning strike. if so, some of the wood surrounding it may or may give some trouble when you dry it. if you have access to a bandsaw, I would opt for breaking it down for wide QS as that is where the most value is. imagine two book matched 24" 6/4 boards for a DR table top. definitely some exciting possibilities. If you only have the Lucas, you can still break it down, but it will involve multiple setups and some turning. Member scsmith has dealt with these size and bigger logs before and can provide some excellent guidance. Oaks of that size can sometimes have compression wood (Quilting) in the lower part of the log. I have cut a couple big ones (not quite that size) where that was the case. beautiful wood no matter how you saw it.

[customsawyer]

Danny and I are ready. Wow what a log. I can hear Danny now, talking me into it using big words. :D

[Compensation]

Score it and get some tannerite.  ;D

[JSwigga]

I don't want to go the black powder way.  I have access to a nice 48" chainsaw.  We will probably just use that to quarter it up.  I have the upper to that tree too. Only thing is, it has a pretty big check in the middle of it already.  But it should fit in my slabber mill.  Quarter one log and slab the other.  Best of both worlds!  oh and yea we did buy it from a local tree service.  He just told me he had a really big oak..he wasn't kidding.
This is a pic of upper and its check  :-[

[fishpharmer]

DonK's big log in the video was first cut vertically down the center (from the top, obviously),  then it was jacked apart into halves.  Then the halves were quartered.  Finally, DonK produced some beautiful quartersawn lumber on his Woodmizer LT40.

I look forward to seeing how your big oak turns out. 8)

[WDH]

I would call Customsawyer. Works for WDH!   :D :D :D

Yes, it is nice to have a Big Log Consultant  :D.

This is going to be a lot of fun to follow!

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

That log would suck up my full 5 gallons of Anchor Seal.   :D

[hackberry jake]

How many rings did that there tree have?

[WDH]

From what I can see in the pic, it is old.  You will be too after you fool around with that thing  .

[NWP]

I want to know how they loaded and unloaded it.  That's heavy.

[Tree Feller]

Perfect log for quarter sawn oak! Can you imagine what a quarter sawn oak board 30" wide would be worth? $$$$

Jake, that's what I keep thinking about every time I look at the pic of that log.

[sigidi]

For my 2c worth, I'd slab the top, roll it 180 deg, slab it again until it was just thinner than my slabber then slab it out in 5' wide slabs

[Finn1903]

Nice you have it delivered, I passed up a big oak a month ago because I would have had to move it from a yard.  I was not set up for 5 tons in a trunk, plus the guy wanted money for the log. 
I would first find out what kind of market you have.  Maybe a couple table tops off the but flare.  Then cut the cants with a chainsaw and then put it on the bandsaw.
Good luck, careful, that looks heavy.

[tyb525]

Approx 18,800 pounds, assuming the middle dbh is 67"

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Approx 18,800 pounds, assuming the middle dbh is 67"

Geeeeeee.......that's a bunch of weight. 

[drobertson]

How many board feet did the two logs scale out to be?  I figured over 1000, but if the weight is what was calculated it comes to over 3000,  I got to know,

[tyb525]

About 2mbf (2000bf) international if you go by the small end. But I bet you could get more out of it than that, especially if you cut shorter boards out of the taper.

[customsawyer]

I sat all day on the deck waiting for this log to be delivered. Needless to say it hasn't showed up yet. I still have high hopes.  :D

[WDH]

Just thinking about it makes my back hurt