One of my tree guys called yesterday to say he had a black walnut if I wanted it. Yes, of course, even though it was going to be single digits this AM. The tree was 30 ft off the road in 20" of settled snow, where he felled it yesterday. No way I was pulling it out with my Outback. He said it would be no problem with his 9000 lb pickup truck. I had no clue they weighed that much. So we put a chain on the first log and, sure enough, he pulled it out to the road without slipping at all on the partially snow-covered road. Same thing with the second one. I was impressed. I also was getting cold by then. I loaded the first one onto my trailer with frozen fingers with the log arch, took, it home, pulled it off, and repeated the process for the second. I warmed up during the drive each way so it wasn't like sitting on a deer stand for 10 hours with my teeth rattling.
These logs have what I call character to the Fixer Upper client. 20 to 24" diameter. They'll make nice slabs. In the Spring. In the meantime, I'm enjoying my nice warm shop.
John