I just ordered an Alaskan 36" for my old Homelite 1050. The plan is to take it up to my farm in WV, I live in MD, the weekend before Thanksgiving. I've got several big White Pines that went down in a storm 2 years ago. They are about 3' in diameter at chest height and 60 or 70 ft to the first limb. The way they went down they are completely off the ground. The bark is starting to peel off. I was going to block the trunks up and knock the tops off and start milling toward the stumps. For the first project I want to build a little 8X8 addition on my old hunting trailor. If that works out OK I want to build a nice cabin and get the trailor hauled off. I'm thinking a board and batten cabin. Will I have to worry about this wood warping much since it's been down for 2 years? I know it's still gonna have a bit of moisture in it. Next, I have 2 8' Cherry logs that are about 2' dia. My wife wants a couple picture frames made out of them. These logs have been sitting on ties for about 3 years. Will they need more drying before I can make picture frames? I'm not too worried about the pine on the little addition, but the picture frames need to be of better quality craftsmanship. The pictures are of old stone farm houses so a rustic frame is OK, but warped and sloppy is not. Thanks for your input, Joe.
