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Some of y'all have seen some of these pics. Some of the pics are brand new.



I cut down the big black walnut tree three years ago in February. It is important to get a winter cut when the sap is down, this minimizes checking and splitting.




I used the big Stihl to cut the tree into a beam. I have hundreds of black walnut trees on my property. I selected this tree because it had a nice 4 inch curve that I wanted to incorporate into the finished beam.




The big beam measured 8 inches thick, 18 inches high, and 18 feet long.





I attached the big summerbeam to the home made log cart, and carried it up the mountain to the carport to season for 2 years. Needed the big piece to dry some and lose some of that water weight. The big beam was so heavy I wasn't sure the little log cart could hold it.