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   KeithNewton | Dec 07, 2004 06:43pm | #1

   dave, you may want to go to http://www.woodweb.com , I think there is a link to find a sawyer over there. If you don't find it on the menu page, try the knowledge base, and type in urban trees. I think that may give you a lead.
   Also try wood-mizer's website, they may have a link.
   Are you sure it is live oak? That seems too far North for that species.
   This is too large for most of the band-saw mills, but I usually quarter the large ones with my chain-saw before going to the band-saw mill. It is very exciting and rewarding to get a bunch of quarter sawn oak over 24" wide. It is hard to find that on the market these days.
   Good luck

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   DaveBarker | Dec 07, 2004 07:48pm | #2

   Thanks for the info. I'll pop on over to woodweb and take a look. I thought about buying or borrowing a chainsaw mill to slice it up, as I may want to slice up some more in the future. I know quartersawing would be the way to go if possible, but a couple of slabs for large table tops would be cool, too.
   Maybe they're pin oaks? They hold their leaves for a long time after they turn in the fall. The last ones don't fall until January. Makes fall yard work last a longggggg time 8^)Dave

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   KeithNewton | Dec 07, 2004 07:59pm | #3

   Sounds like willow or laural oak to me. Live oak stays gree all year.

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   DaveBarker | Dec 08, 2004 03:37pm | #6

   It's not willow oak. We had one of those in our backyard in Atlanta. Really pretty with all the leaves on, but those tiny leaves are a pain to clean up in the fall!Dave

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   pictureman | Dec 08, 2004 09:27am | #5

   Dave,

   I'm relatively new to Louisville, and can not help with locating a sawyer. But I would be interested in helping (for a share of the lumber, of course)  if you find someone to do it or buy a bandsaw mill.

   Let me know if you are interested.

    

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   301 | Dec 08, 2004 09:15am | #4

   Look in your local newspapers in the classified section.  Also those little weekly papers that are nothing but ads.  Call your local Farm Bureau agent and ask them, or ask them to look in the Kentucky Farm Bureau house publication (in the classified sections).  Call and ask down at the nearest farmer's Co-Op.  Those portable bandsaw mill guys are tripping over themselves looking for work.  And make sure they cut it to 5/4 and not 4/4, otherwise it is a waste of gasoline and time after it dries.