You could split it. The process would be to split it into quarters. Joint each quarter on two sides and then saw on your bandsaw. The boards will be narrower but that's the only way I can think of doing it with your bandsaw.

 

IF you have a table saw… score lengthwise each side (I know.. saw blades only raise like 3.5 inches..) you'll have to saw the rest by hand… I've done it…exhausting… use shims to pry it apart as you cut.

 

Alaska Mill… see if anyone you know has one, get one from lee valley or diy one:

The nice thing if you buy/make one you get to keep it!

Also look around your area for someone with a portable bandsaw mill… they are usually a lot cheaper, where I live there are many and I can get milling done for $40/hr which make almost any log worth cutting up.

 

I guess I should have said that I do have a 10" table saw, although it is a portable one that bogs down easily when any hardwood boards goes through it. I also have a 10" RAS that I can use to rip boards as well. I would be hesitant about using it for that purpose, but I suppose I could make a jig to hold the log in place while I slowly rip it into boards.

Would that be any safer than running it through the table saw? I have read about high chances of kick back on table saws when cutting logs.

Lsmart: do you have an Alaska Mill? If so, what is your opinion on it?

 

9" in diameter is very small, a mill would not touch it.
You have a 9" log, you have 6" of cut on your bs. But you only need to fit a small portion in, to create a flat.
Create a flat on one side, then do the opposite side.

This may get you under the 6"
Now cut in half, then take the halves, and quarter.

 

To get logs trimmed down so I can lift them up to the band saw and slice-em up, I have used a handsaw and a two man saw (with me at one end and a daughter at the other end. Apparently, the daughter solution only works once per daughter and I used up my 3, alas).

It seems like it takes forever to hand-saw through a log lengthwise, but when you are done, you have massively strong arms that hang like dead lumps off your shoulders.

 

I would use a chainsaw to at least start to make it flat on one side. You don't need a big saw for that, even a cheap electric will do.

If you have a decent circular saw you could make your kerf cuts more easily than on a table saw or an RAS.
Cut shallow and do it multiple times going deeper each time.
(My circular saw is nearly 40 years old and still works just fine for that when I needed it to).

I have long since gotten a chainsaw mill and use it when I'm able.
I much prefer that method.

If you gave more information about where you are located or put it in your profile you might find a few LJ's that have a chainsaw mill in your area.

 

i need a chainsaw

 

Can you use a table saw sled to slice a flat edge at 6", flipping the log over to take cuts from both sides (for maximum depth)? I'm envisioning some sort of sled where you'd screw into the log at a fixed point to prevent it from rocking, and then when you flip it upside screw it again so that the kerfs line up. I'd make sure to have a solid riving knife in place.

Otherwise I think everyone else has covered the options, and a chainsaw or circular saw seems like a reasonable option.

 

There are 2 mills semi local to me who will do a log that size. I dropped 5 apple wood logs about that size off and a few days later picked up the boards, cost 40.00 for the 5 of them. Call and see what they say.

 

I'm curious to know on a 9" log how much of that would be sapwood, and would the yield be worth the time invested?