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The best way to source chunks of tree trunk or smaller logs and slices is to befriend a tree surgeon or landscape gardener. Transporting tree trunks and logs is often the most difficult part of sourcing them, so find a business that will happily drop logs off for you. Once you have a relationship with it, you can start to ask for ‘extra’ favours – for example, chain-sawing to a specific size or shape, or creating level bases on long lengths of tree trunk so they won’t roll over.
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