Quote Originally Posted by jwp View Post
Cedar is pretty stable. I have worked with it alot, including cutting it off the farm and making lumber. I would advise cutting it, having it milled green, then storing it under a roof, elevated off the ground at least a foot, separated in layers (1" air gap between layers, supported at least every 4' to keep the boards from sagging). We call this "stickering" when you lay 1" x 1" sticks across the boards, separating each layer. This will help the lumber dry. Also make sure the pile is level or at least on the same plane so the boards don't twist or bend.
good advice, he may also. want to find someone, that has a band saw. that will make him a deal, on sawing his lumber before he cuts his logs. i cut some popular logs, thinking it would be easy, to get someone to saw them. and two different guys kept putting me off a month or two at a time. untill some of my good popular logs split and cracked open.