78" Dbh Willow oak 20'-7" new pics of slabbing added

customsawyer · January 03, 2015, 06:39:28 PM

You will have to post pics when you open her up. ;)

drobertson · January 03, 2015, 06:48:43 PM

Easy peasy, nice work guys, never a doubt.

GAmillworker · January 03, 2015, 06:56:43 PM

I will definitely post more pics after I open it up.

I'm so glad it wasn't hollow inside.

I bet it takes me more than three hours to break it down.

I hope it doesn't take three days.

YellowHammer · January 03, 2015, 08:30:15 PM

Great job, that sure is a biggun.
YH

WDH · January 03, 2015, 08:37:36 PM

That is a Hoss for sure. Good job.

samandothers · January 03, 2015, 09:01:57 PM

Thanks for video and pictures! Great job guys and glad it went off without issues!

fishpharmer · January 03, 2015, 09:25:34 PM

Well done. I didn't expect less than success.

hunz · January 03, 2015, 09:57:31 PM

I'd say one thing is for sure....you definitely know how to properly entertain a bunch of log and lumber loving guys on the forum! Congrats on getting that majestic oak down, oh what beautiful lumber lies ahead!

Ianab · January 04, 2015, 02:36:54 AM

Love it when a plan comes together ;)

Pity the video can't capture the THUMP of something like that hitting the ground ;D

Peter Drouin · January 04, 2015, 08:37:14 AM

That was the easy part, now the work starts :D :D :D :D

thecfarm · January 04, 2015, 10:41:08 AM

Down it is!!! When I cut a big one,I shut the saw right off. I love to hear them hit the ground. And feel them hit too.

Jemclimber · January 05, 2015, 07:32:28 AM

Definitely a big one, nice pics, and can't wait to see it sliced up.

fat olde elf · January 07, 2015, 04:08:43 PM

Great !! The legend continues..............

buzywoodliff · January 08, 2015, 06:25:22 PM

That thing is a BEAST!!

Congrats on getting it down safely

GAmillworker · February 13, 2015, 09:18:07 PM

Hopefully Monday we will be breaking this down thanks to Gasawyer and his Lucas mill. Pray the weather holds off till Monday afternoon. I'll be doing some prep work tomorrow getting it ready.

WV Sawmiller · February 13, 2015, 09:41:09 PM

Ga Mill,

I got cold chills just looking at that stump. Glad you got it down okay and found it to be solid. I'd have bet it would be hollow. I worked in southern Norway and they had a big stump similar to that they had cut in a park and left it there for the kids to play on. The kids loved it and played all over it. With our safety regs and sue happy society you would never see such as that in a US Park which is a shame. Good luck with the slabbing. Continue to be careful.

flatrock58 · February 13, 2015, 10:53:26 PM

Can't wait to see what it looks like inside.

GAmillworker · February 18, 2015, 10:03:53 PM

Thanks to Todd GAsawyer for his hard work this is what we did today.
Also thanks to Steve Flatrock58 for stopping by and helping

Magicman · February 18, 2015, 10:13:24 PM

Going, going, go....., plus it looks like you collected a trinket or two. :-\

GAmillworker · February 18, 2015, 10:20:18 PM

It does have metal in it but we slabbed one 20" first cut one 9" and three 7.5" that I will load and take to my shop to cut down into 3" and 3.5" Not sure we really cut into any metal today. I'm sure to find it just need to use a brand new band to find it.

POSTON WIDEHEAD · February 18, 2015, 11:04:01 PM

I'll have bad dreams thinking about if I had to mill this log.

customsawyer · February 19, 2015, 03:04:50 AM

Glad to see it got done. That was to big of a log to see go to waste.
Todd how did you like that new slabber?

Farmerjw · February 19, 2015, 03:57:07 AM

I just saw this thread this morning. Great job all involved!!!!!! That slabber is fantastic! What a way to break a log that gigantic into somewhat moveable pieces. Thanks for taking me along on this journey.