I am wondering if it's a crazy idea. I had a 50 year old tree taken out at one of my buildings about 4 years ago, it had a lot of limbs that were growing straight up. A few came off, one lodged in the roof, so it came down. The solid trunk didn't get cleaned up, so it's just sitting there, probably 30 feet long, about 4 feet at the butt. I was considering trying to split posts, but there are a lot of knots.
I am somewhat interested in getting an Alaskan mill and the appropriate sized bar for my 066 and slabbing it off in 6"-8" slabs for fence posts. Is this a reasonable project for someone that hasn't used a chainsaw mill? I have quite a bit of field fence I need to build, and the treated posts I installed just a few years (5-10) are starting to rot and break off at ground level. In our February storm, I had several break off when a tree came down across my fence. Even a big mill and bar is less than I need to spend on wood corner posts...
I am somewhat interested in getting an Alaskan mill and the appropriate sized bar for my 066 and slabbing it off in 6"-8" slabs for fence posts. Is this a reasonable project for someone that hasn't used a chainsaw mill? I have quite a bit of field fence I need to build, and the treated posts I installed just a few years (5-10) are starting to rot and break off at ground level. In our February storm, I had several break off when a tree came down across my fence. Even a big mill and bar is less than I need to spend on wood corner posts...