Scott, I knew 6' would be my limit. My goal was to pop in it half with powder. The it would be roughly 5' wide if stood up. Then I was going to look for a slabber who would start at the top and go 12/4 all the way down. some boards will be rift, and some quartersawn. I can cut off the pith on my mill, and leave a live edge on the other side. The 14'er will be a little different. The last two that were dropped were already taken out and the pitch was intact on the 12'.
Dennis, that's the diameter. Monsters. Straigh as an arrow up to 16'. I'm working on pricing for craning, hauling and slabbing to see if I'm going to tackle this or not, that's why I was looking for a slabber to see what they would charge, by hour or bf.
I have been looking at investing the the new woodmizer monster slab mill, this might be the ticket to get it if hauling and rigging doesn't bankrupt the porject.
Scott, what do you charge folks for something like this?