View Full Version : Was this a good deal??
Mike Metz
06-14-2013, 6:22 PM
so i Went to my local lumber yard looking for about 20bf of hard maple for a mantel project. i left with 160bf of 4/4 Select grade 6' hard maple @ $2.00bf i had to buy it all to get it for that price, after i was done unloading it im wondering if its really a good deal?
the middle stack boards are 6-8" wide, the small stack are 6" & under, the other is 8" or more with the widest being 13"
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John TenEyck
06-14-2013, 6:52 PM
If it's KD then you got a very good deal. If you're really lucky, you'll find a few of those boards have some curly or bird's eye grain in them.
John
Nick Christensen
06-14-2013, 6:57 PM
That is an amazing deal. I can't even get $2/BF when I buy 1000' at a time.
Ira Matheny
06-14-2013, 11:35 PM
Was not a good deal... WAS A GREAT DEAL! About 25% to 40 % of what you would pay for the best deal in Central CA
Jamie Buxton
06-15-2013, 12:44 AM
It depends. If you have a use for 160 bdft of maple, then it is a great deal. If not, you just have a $300 pile of clutter in your shop.
johnny means
06-15-2013, 2:24 AM
you suck!!
Harold Burrell
06-15-2013, 7:18 AM
you suck!!
+1..... :p
Michael Dunn
06-15-2013, 7:58 AM
Uh... Yeah!!! That's only $0.32 more than I pay for Poplar!!! I wish I even had the room to store that much lumber.
Good find!
...and of course...
You suck!!!
Brian Libby
06-15-2013, 8:08 AM
That is a great deal- Where I buy, hard maple is $4.80 for 4/4 FAS rough under 9" wide with a 10% discount over 100 bd ft!
Myk Rian
06-15-2013, 8:33 AM
It depends. If you have a use for 160 bdft of maple, then it is a great deal. If not, you just have a $300 pile of clutter in your shop.
Exactly. Maybe a maple tool chest.
Mike Metz
06-15-2013, 1:19 PM
Yes its KD. While i don't have a use for all of it (as of now) i do have a kitchen build im going to start soon where im planing to use it for the drawers and pull outs. it just seemed to good to pass up.
Aleks Hunter
06-15-2013, 1:54 PM
YOU got took. In the spirit of goodwill, I'll let you can drop it off at my shop and I'll give you your money back, plus a little for gas ;)
Phil Thien
06-15-2013, 2:31 PM
I guess it all depends on location. Here in Wisconsin my source charges $2.25 BF any quantity.
Frederick Skelly
06-15-2013, 3:33 PM
Good for you Mike! Enjoy!
Fred
eugene thomas
06-15-2013, 5:46 PM
2$ bf in wisconsin
Rich Engelhardt
06-16-2013, 10:27 AM
$2 to $4 a bf for air dried rough here in NE Ohio. $2.50 to $5.00 for kiln dried rough. A whopping $11 to $14 for kd, S4S in widths wider than 7.5".
Raymond Fries
06-16-2013, 12:10 PM
Yes an awesome deal indeed. You can now make HUGE piles of sawdust making something.
Take Care and Enjoy...
Calvin Jamison
06-16-2013, 12:28 PM
Yeah! Its a good deal! I pay that much for poplar. I'm jealous.
Troy Turner
06-16-2013, 10:40 PM
Was it a good deal? WAS IT A GOOD DEAL? Seein how the only lumber around here carries Alder, Ash, Birch, and Oak...all 4/4 and $2 a bf for Alder being the cheapest, uh, yeah, you got a he!! of a deal...GO GET MORE :D
Jerry Olexa
06-23-2013, 8:50 PM
YES you did well......
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