I probably could’ve resawed it, but the half I removed had the pith of the tree in it, and I would’ve ended up cutting THAT out, leaving me with two smaller pine boards.
Yeah, I wasted some wood, but I got it done in a morning. Couldn’t think of any other solution that I would’ve finished in a full day. And my little Milwaukee cordless 5” circular saw was a champ. Four M18 12Ah high-output batteries used in rotation. As each overheated, I swapped it for the next.