Beautiful Pecan tree fell in Hurricane Ike, what should I do?

[afx]

My friends GP's have some 40 year old pecan trees that fell during hurricane IKE and we just finished getting them all cleaned up, I got alot of good straight pieces drying for myself but I have about a 10-12 foot piece (3-3.6 meters) of the base that's about 3.5 feet (1.1 meters) thick. What can I do with this? Its bone straight and looks great, I was thinking of building a tabletop like one I had just finished but getting it into planks is my problem.



Anyone with any reclaim info would be most appreciative, this would be my first reclaim!:2tsup:

[Peter36]

I would reccommend getting somebody in to break it down and then send it all to me :D:D

[afx]

I would reccommend getting somebody in to break it down and then send it all to me :D:D
How would I go about finding someone to break it down?

[Eli]

Call up the closest distributor of portable lumber mills, and ask them for a list of owners close to you.

Call a local arborist, and ask him if he knows anyone that slabs.

Those would be where I'd start, if that doesn't get you someone I could think of a few other ways.