Are these Cherry trees worth taking to the sawmill? (info in comments)

I would bet that by the time you've accounted for the taper in the first 3m, removed the bark, accounted for saw kerf, dried and milled, and ended up with a pile of usable boards, it'll be half as much wood as you're calculating. At the prices you list, that means €400 or less, and you won't know what the boards look like until you have them in hand.

If you just bought the wood you'd pay a bit more, but you could select exactly the boards you wanted and could get much wider ones.

Ultimately, there might be a tiny cost benefit, but most likely the only thing you gain would be an interesting experience. I'd probably pass, myself.

There isn't a lot of useable material there. Given the amount of time, work, and money it could take to get it all milled and kiln dried, I dont think it is worth it.

If I were you, I'd rather take those cherry pieces into 2.5' ish lengths and then use a bandsaw at home with a jig and mill it myself. They would be useful for smaller project. But you also need a bandsaw that has that kind of capacity.

Eh...tough call. Def not worth milling though. Take the chunks home and decide what you want to do with them after. If you're a turner, instant benefit with chunks.

The woodworker in me says there's not enough usable lumber there to be worth it. Pass.

However, the woodturner in me is calculating how many bowls I can get out of it. There has been a time where I would have gladly cut that up for turning blanks.

Unlikely worth the time to haul and mill. Pieces are just too small. You'll lose a lot due to saw kerf and the additional time to kiln dry.

It's my first time dealing with a sawmill and I need some help.

I was offered these three cherry tree trunks for free when they're going to be cut down in the near future.

I'd have to pay for hauling them away (I don't have equipment for that), sawing and optionally kiln drying. This would set me back about 250-300+ EUR (plus any broken band saw blades @ 40 EUR apiece).

The images have my hand as a reference, and it's about 20 cm (8") from thumb to pinky. The diameter of the tree would then be around 30 cm (12"). From the stem to the first branch is about 3-4m (12-16'). Above that it gets too thin to be usable.

My back of the envelope math tells me that I could get about 0.3-0.4 m^3 of usable material.

Here's the thing: cherry trees don't grow wild around this part of the world and kiln-dried cherry sells for 1950 EUR/m^3. My calculation is that it's about 700 eur worth of lumber if it's all usable. The trees look healthy but there may be hidden defects in there.

What do you guys think? Is it worth paying the price of the sawmill? Or should I just let these ones go to waste?

Agree with Roy, I was thinking turning blanks for those trees.