I know someone who is cutting down a pecan tree with a 35"+ DBH trunk and thinking of having it cut into slabs, which would be about 3" thick, and kiln dried. He asked if I had any interest.
Realistically, I don't have the skills or machinery to handle and process something that large and am not sure I could do justice to the tree by trying to make a live edge table. Don't want to end up with something that leans against the wall of my garage for the next 20 years.
However, I am thinking that one of the narrower slabs near the outside of the tree might make a good workbench top.
Any thoughts on whether a single 22" or 24" wide slab of pecan, which I guess would be plain sawn, would be stable enough and suitable for that purpose?