Phillip, the Drummond Red Maple is a close cousin of the Sugar Maple and is common in East Texas, I helped select these trees and they are now approaching 25 years old. I will get the root ball this afternoon and some of the larger root branches.
But, my bigger questions; how and where do cut it? I only have a 16" chain saw. I am tempted to get the bandsaw that I have been wanting. My neighbor suggests a slab across the middle for a small table. I need a way to cut neatly across the middle.
Well, you don't seem to know what you want to do with it yet, and that is the very reason why I suggested to preserve it as is, until you decided which way to go.
Firstly, a bandsaw won't help you, if you decided to cut it in slabs for a table top or other, a 16" chainsaw is capable of doing a 32" cut, there will some aspects that can make such a cut not so easy if the chainsaw has little power, the wood is hard and the chain is not sufficiently sharp so, if you decided to cut a slab/table top out of it, find someone with a chainsaw with a long bar, and have him/them to cut it for you, you can also hire a large chainsaw for half day and cut it all up the way you want, and then deal with the small chunks with the small chainsaw and possibly a bandsaw.
Wood is not like metal where, you make the wrong cut and you can always weld it back, with wood, measure/think at least 3 times before you cut it...!
If you can give us some ideas of what you want to do with it, I\we can give you a few suggestions to where to cut it...!
Cheers
George
