Well, guys, I bought a practice caber on the way home. yup! I stopped by the lumber yard that I usually go to an told 'em what a caber was. Two guys were very interested, and said...pressure-treated, doug fir 6 x 6, 14 footers. OK, so We went out into the yard and the foreman found one that was straight enough, but twisted..if that makes sense. He says he'll never sell it to anyone that wants to build anything, so he sold it to me for twenty bucks. I just weighed it, it's eighty pounds exactly. That's probably a bit heavy for us amateurs, at least for practice.. I'll be rounding it off and smoothing it down which will probably take fifteen percent off of that...65-68 pounds which is probably about right. It's a bit short, but for a practice caber, we can't beat the price.

Besides, it fits in the back of my truck....sorta.

I found my old 16 pound shot, so we're good to go, there.
I'll even bring along an old rubber discus, just for hollers.