Where to Get Wood - NJ

[Eric Erb]

Patrick Bernardo (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/member.php?86477-Patrick-Bernardo)

had lamented the difficulty in finding wood in his area, being NJ, and that got me thinking. Once you come to the realization that Lowes and Home Depot aren't selling anything worth buying, what do you do?

So i knew of one place, Crevelings in Washington, and found their website rather easily http://crevelingsawmill.com/

A search for sawmills however ended up with a lot or restaurants. But, there was also a pdf from NJ Forest Service which had listings of sawyers in the state. Clearly out of date, it did provide a few names.
silver thorn lumber co Milford, nj
Beaver Brook Sawmill rockaway, nj
HBC Morris Plains, NJ
Castner's Sawmill Stillwater, Nj
East Coast Logging Bloomsbury nj

Searching on the name of a company will give you a whole lot of information which is completely irrelevant if you want to actually patronize the business. Instead you get a lot of hits from a few "business aggregators" that have no useful info, though a couple had telephone numbers which might be helpful.

but i did manage to run up the following, which may be of use
http://www.mobilesawmillnj.com
http://www.riephoffsawmill.com/ Allentown, NJ
http://www.willardbrothers.net/ trenton, nj


Are there any other places for decent lumber in the garden state?

[Brian Holcombe]

I go to Willard Brothers and Mike Quinn in Pa and both are a pleasure to deal with.

[les winter]

I have had good experiences at Boards and Beams in Fairfield NJ.

[Prashun Patel]

Willard brothers is great for exotics and slabs. You will pay for it, though.

boardsnbeams is good and has a wide selection of domestics and some exotics and reclaimed.

[les winter]

At Willard, you can sort through the bins. At Beams and Boards, not so much. They will pull a few out for you, but the stuff is 20 feet in the air in a rack. They can quickly resaw or cross cut for you.

[Sean Hughto]

Bada Bing??

[les winter]

Google Beams and Boards to see their price list. It's not bad. For what it is worth, I favor Groff and Groff lumber in Quarryville PA. Their prices are pretty low and they ship ups. To New Jersey, the cost ends up similar to buying retail locally. But the quality is good, and the lumber, in the rough is on the heavy side.

[Paul McGaha]

Google Beams and Boards to see their price list. It's not bad. For what it is worth, I favor Groff and Groff lumber in Quarryville PA. Their prices are pretty low and they ship ups. To New Jersey, the cost ends up similar to buying retail locally. But the quality is good, and the lumber, in the rough is on the heavy side.

I go to Groff and Groff a couple of times per year. From Virginia. I really like the place. Nice road trip from my place, quality wood, nice people, sharp pricing.

http://www.groffslumber.com/

Beautiful Amish farms in the area.

PHM

[Bill Houghton]

You might find Woodfinder helpful: http://www.woodfinder.com/. You can search by area, by the type of wood you want, etc.

[Ed Griner]

Groff&Groff are reliable,reasonable and all around nice people. I used to drive over form So.Jersey,now I just give them a call,tell them what I want(wide,figured,etc.) complete the whole transaction over the phone and the following day UPS put it on my back step. Too easy and it saves a lot of gas. Give em' a try.

[Patrick Bernardo]

Heh, thanks for starting this thread. I'm pretty far north in Jersey, so Groff and Groff are 3 1/2 hours away. Big difference from driving over from South Jersey. I've used Boards and Beams - they're about the only game in town for me.

It's funny, I was talking to a local cabinetmaker, who told me that he'd just rather pay a premium for dimensioned wood from lumber yards - he goes up to M.L. Condon in White Plains.

[Jim Matthews]

I was talking to a local cabinetmaker, who told me that he'd just rather pay a premium for dimensioned wood from lumber yards - he goes up to M.L. Condon in White Plains.

It would certainly save time, if the supplier does quality mill work.
For those setting up shop, buying lumber already surfaced saves the cost of a jointer and planer.

[Bill Clifton]

Go to Craigslist and search under materials.

Good luck and Happy New year

[Barry Mabery]

+1 on M.L.Condon in White Plains. I've bought white and red oak, maple (figured and plain), butternut (love working that), and more exotics like cocobolo, ebony, rosewood and real mahogany. I believe they used to cater to the boat building trade and had or have a lot of species for those applications, such as teak, sitka spruce, etc.
Barry

[maximillian arango]

Glad this was posted since all I thought we had were the home depots in every other town. lol

[John Powers]

Nothing south of Trenton?

[Pat Meeuwissen]

Pat, there is a guy in Westwood that his own mill do a search on Craigslist for lumber in the Northern section and he comes up. There is also another one in Brooklyn which sometimes comes up in the same search. The guy in Westwood is a little crabby and his stuff is pretty pricey but he has some really nice stuff. Pat

[Pat Meeuwissen]

Bada Bing??

Totally different kind of wood there, but not unwelcome!!! LOL

[Chad Bender]

I'll suggest Irion, in north central PA. They don't carry many different species (e.g. no crazy exotics, go to Groff & Groff or Hearne for those), but the cherry, mahogany, maple, walnut, etc they have is typically amazing: wide widths, many thicknesses, & moderately to heavily figured. For examples, see my recent project thread for the sideboard (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?211340-Gustav-Stickley-732-Sideboard). They'll ship, but it's worth the drive if you've got a vehicle suitable for carrying lumber.

[Tony Zaffuto]

Google Beams and Boards to see their price list. It's not bad. For what it is worth, I favor Groff and Groff lumber in Quarryville PA. Their prices are pretty low and they ship ups. To New Jersey, the cost ends up similar to buying retail locally. But the quality is good, and the lumber, in the rough is on the heavy side.



You beat me to this suggestion Les! I live about 175 miles from Grof and Grof, and even with their shipping, the quality of what they supply still beats everyone else I have ordered from in the past years. Highly recommended!