Big Sycamores

[Qweaver]

I'm fixing to cut down and saw 2 big sycamores.  They look like about 40" dia.  I have to clear some brush to get close enough to measure.  I sure hope that I can pick these up and carry them to the WPF.  Almost impossible to setup the saw where they are.  A 40" x 8' should be less that 4000lb and I have done that much before.  Gonna build another shed on the farm come summer.

[Alligator]

I'm fixing to cut down and saw 2 big sycamores.  They look like about 40" dia.  I have to clear some brush to get close enough to measure.  I sure hope that I can pick these up and carry them to the WPF.  Almost impossible to setup the saw where they are.  A 40" x 8' should be less that 4000lb and I have done that much before.  Gonna build another shed on the farm come summer.

Be careful sycamores that big / old tend to have hollow spots and overgrown hollow spots. They may come down funny. 

[scsmith42]

You really ought to QS those puppies!  QS Sycamore is spectacular.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

If you have an outlet to sell QS Sycamore.....I would do what SCSMITH42 said, QS those logs. You have money there.

If you don't have an outlet......let the Shed begin. 

[Qweaver]

You really ought to QS those puppies!  QS Sycamore is spectacular.

I will QS them Steve.  It's easy to do with the Peterson and I think it makes more stable boards.  I did 2 36" logs this summer and they turned out great.
I'm trying to make a landing strip for my RC planes and I've got these two big plane catching sycamores in the way and I need to build a shed on the farm...so two birds with one stone.

[dboyt]

Looking forward to photos of the process from logging to final build-- and maybe a photo or two of your planes.  Sycamore is not a particularly rot resistant wood, so keep it in the dry.  Also watch for spiral grain.  It can make the wood twist as it dries.