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mikekeswick:
Hi gyus, as the topic says I am looking to get some hickory in log form. Here in England it doesn't grow and can only be got in boards (which are rarely very good!). So i'm looking for anybody who can help with upto 12 inch diameter straight sections 80 inches long for me to cut into boards. Obviously postage/carrage will be steep but i'm willing to swap whatever you want to cover it.
I will make a custom bow and set of matched arrows plus quiver or whatever you want to cover the trade.
Please can somebody help!!!!

PaulLovesJamie:
well... maybe...
I am about to cut down a hickory, was thinking about doing it this afternoon or tomorrow.  The one I tentatively picked out is about 14-16" abh (going by memory, I didnt measure). I chose that tree because the top broke off during the early snowstorms that hit the eastern US last fall and its hanging over the driveway.   I'm in SE PA, I'm pretty sure its a pignut hickory but not certain.  My goal is to get 2 or 3 or 4 staves out of it (because I'm sure I'll mess up my first try or two) and the rest will be firewood.  I dont know if the grain is straight or twisted, I'm a complete novice. Also I don't know if you were looking for dry wood, as of today this is a live tree.  Never shipped anything overseas so I have no idea about expense or how to package it or how to ship it.
If you were local I'd say come on over and you can have the whole tree (minus the few staves I want that is), but I'm a bit nervous about picking good wood for somebody else and paying quite a bit to ship it, because as I said I'm not confident I could pick good wood for you.

PaulLovesJamie:
I'm wondering if I'm crazy for considering this  - does anybody have any idea how much it would cost to send a log overseas?

Mesquite:
USPS(post office) you can only Max. length 60", max. length plus girth combined 108" and at 40 pounds that costs about $155 plus insurance I think, plus you have to use customs forms and maybe import fees.

JW_Halverson:
The Post Office, FedEx, UPS, and all the other package shippers are sending this stuff by airplane.  The packages are sorted into these containers that are forklifted onto the planes and because of that you are limited in the size and shape of the package you can send. 

How about shipping by boat?  One of the folks on here that sells staves from time to time shipped a huge load of osage to Norway once and I think he built a special pallet with a plywood crate and shipped by some truck and then via ship.  Wish I had better details, maybe you should look up folks like trucking companies. 

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