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A lot of times, some of the logs that aren't much considered as good lumber logs, have great wood for woodwork. Brokers see wood as a commodity in an equation, woodworkers understand it more to be a possible treasure, given the right growing circumstances, and careful attention to how it's sawn...

If you didn't want to go to the expense of a crane, maybe there is someone around with a big enough Alaskan mill, that you could hire to mill it on the spot. That might be the cheapest way to go if you also consider your own time added to mill it yourself at another location.

Three inch is a good thickness, a little conservative on the thick side, but it will give someone extra material to work with if it twists while drying. Low thick coffee tables can be beautiful, if there is a good place to have one. Thick benches are nice too.

From a furniture maker's perspective, there is definitely usable, if not valuable wood in the log, up to the limb intersections. There could be some very interesting grain in there, the way the wood twists and bulges. I see a great coffee table inside there. Love to see what the end grain...