There was a nasty storm last night at my parents house and their fiarly large sissoo tree blew over. It's probably about 25-30 feet tall (but I'm not good at eyeballing these things). I guess it was planted in fairly soft soil because it completely uprooted (it didnt break). My parents were going to see if it can be planted back into the ground, but if not they were just going to give it away to someone on craigslist. I asked them to hold off on that while I do some research because it might be valuable for turning blanks.

Opinions? Not sure what I should do. I don't need the wood myself, but I don't want to see my parents give away something potentially valuable for free when it would only take an afternoon to chop up.