: I have been asked to remove a very large Black Walnut tree from a womans lawn
: as she hates the thing for dropping all of those "ugly and
: bothersome"nuts all over the place, and was very happy to do so.My
: questions are,how would I go about drying the wood to prevent it from
: splitting and what are the potential uses in the boat building arena,
: particularly SOF, if any.Is black walnut suitable for skin boat frames or
: greenland paddles?

Did you dig and pull that stump out as well?? I hope so, as that root burl is probably worth as much as the rest of the tree to those that can appreciate Walnut Burl. It would be worth digging around the roots, cutting them and keeping that base. You would have to find someone that can mill that into slabs, but You would surely be surprised at it's beauty.

Rehd