Loooonnnnngg boards!

[Coon]

This event needs more than just a great burger joint near by.  What this needs is a big mobile caterer.  All the people that are going to be at the event are going to need to eat.  This large of an event it is bound to last the whole day so more than one meal will be needed. 

Too bad, that it is going to be a bit far from here.    There is a guy a ways from here that does pitch fork fondue and catering for large events.  He is great at what he does.  The steaks that he fondue's are breathe takingly delicious and done right at the event site.  The rest of the food is made just before.

Then there's gonna be picnic tables and such needed for the event....

[Bro. Noble]

Coon,  I think you may have solved one of the big problems with this venture------what to do with the lumber.  Make a loooooooooong picinic table

[Radar67]

Somebody needs to find out what it takes to get the Record Book guy there to verify the board.

[Gilman]

My cousin hauls 120' logs near Portland, OR.  I wonder what the limit is.

[ErikC]

  I guess HSV is already on the run, but I'll throw my ok in there anyway. 33' of track ready and waiting...
  I'll keep my eyes open for an appropriate log.


Erik

[Haytrader]

Did anyone else see the big pencil on the news latley?

Why wood the end product need to be moved?
Seems to me just sawing a "long board" is the object.
I visualize sawing, taking a pictures of all the participants holding the long board, and then whacking it up so all involved have a momento.

[solodan]

Why wood the end product need to be moved?
Seems to me just sawing a "long board" is the object.

I agree, why move it? Maybe an ATS or Lucas is the way to go. Just mill it where it is, I would think this could really strike interest for people considering sawmills. 

[Dave Shepard]

Yes, but we don't saw boards to leave them in the woods. I think it would be great to see a huge, record setting beam used in a project somewhere. Besides, if it was sold, it might pay off the catering bill, or the bandwidth for us to talk about these crazy ideas.


Dave

[solodan]

  My wife has a catering company. She may cut us a deal.   Maybe we should cut it and build a real nice Loooonnnnngg picnic table to have our lunch on.   Actually maybe one of the National parks may let us mill a long log if we turn it into a picnic table or bench or something.

[Dave Shepard]

A looooooong picnic table in a state park would be cool. It would show that the Forestry Forum has made it's mark on the world of big trees, again.


Dave

[Dodgy Loner]

Hmmm...sawing the world's longest board, to be used in the world's longest picnic table?  Sounds like as good a reason as any to travel to the Left Coast .

[Dave Shepard]

Welcome back Dodgy!


Dave

[Furby]

I've been trying to figure out how to word this and if it was even worth saying.
I'm starting to think our best bet for this is to move the tree to the "final use" site.
Flying the log is really the only practical way to do this in reality.
Flying a log that long is possible, but trying to fly a finished beam/board will most likely end in failure due to the weakened state of the finished product, so milling at the site the item is to be used sounds best.
I personally feel the item/s cut should be put to use.
I also really like the idea of a picnic table and even more so would like to have the finished item where the general public can view/use it.
My thinking is that the suggestion of a National Park or even a State Park is a really good idea.

While selling the beam/board to a wealthy person or club may bring some $ to the kitty, I fear it will be locked up and out of site of most.
I'd personally rather see it used to help promote a public place as well as the sponsors of the project.

It sounds like a swing mill will be the best and easiest to cut the longest board with, but but making something like the world's longest picnic table out of the longest board, we can also get other mill and equipment manufactuers into the game.
A slabber could be used to take the taper off the butt and that piece or pieces can be milled on a bandsaw or such.
While bandmill wouldn't be able to claim the longest board, it could claim being involved in the making of the longest picnic table.
There is no reason why any one mill type needs to do the whole thing as other suggestions have said.

I'm wondering if there is a way to work with Steve on this and still keep his home town name involved.
I want to belive we could wade through the red tape and do this at a National Park or State Park, and maybe even get lucky and get a tree from there as well. Won't know unless we try.
Hardest part may be a getting a heli in the game, anyone have any contacts?
I'm also wondering what type of trees might be available, I would think we would like something a little rot resisant for something out doors like a picnic table.

Just some rambling thoughts.

[LOGDOG]

There's one other way to transport that log fairly efficiently and that's by water. A work boat would be able to tow it up or down stream to a landing at the proposed site as long as it's waterfront. A candidate for that may be a place like Olympic Park in Washington that borders the ocean. It opens up the tall west coast timber up that near shoreline. It won't be cheap though. Down here a small tug with crew gets $3000.00 / day or better depending on the size if the rig. I dare say it would be cheaper than a helicopter though - at least one capable of flying that log. Then the question is: Who will pay the expenses? Personally I'd try to pre-sell the finished item with the sponsor/ purchaser picking up the costs as you go.


LOGDOG

[Dodgy Loner]

Welcome back Dodgy!

Thanks Dave!  My Master's thesis (or in the words of DanG, my book report ) is finally complete, so it's back to business as usual for me .  'Course, now I have a job and a mortgage, but that's still significantly less pressure than trying to finish an M.S.!

[Dave Shepard]

I don't think trying to transport this thing anywhere is going to be financially feasible, unless it is done by a wealthy purchaser. So why not mill it on site in a state park? Assuming one can get through the red tape. It will certainly take a heck of a lot of leg work to make it all happen. If we could find the right tree in the right place, it could be felled, sawn, and built into the table all at one site.


Dave

[Jeff]

Yep, I think you have to have a working assumption that this aint going anywhere and occurs all on one location. If it works out it does, Bonus!

[Bro. Noble]

Looks that way to me. 

Also probably would have to be a tree that needed to be removed because it's dead or dying or damaged.

What species of trees get big enough to qualify and where do they grow?

[Jeff]

How many guys with logrite canthooks does it take to roll a 200 foot long log?

[SwampDonkey]

A 250 foot Sitka, at least, is about 9 feet through on the but end. But the first 50 off and I bet it's still 6 feet through. You guys better eat your grits that morning.  Well when she starts roll'n, run like the dickens.