Lumber price check: Is this good?

[Bob Weisner]

My hardwood lumber supplier just got back from his vacation (winter vacation :) ) , and I got this year's pricelist . So, how do these prices compare to other sawmills? All lumber is in the rough and air-dried 4 plus years.

HARD MAPLE $1.50

SOFT MAPLE $0.80

PINE $ 0.50

CHERRY $3.00 GOOD WITH MOST ALL RED

.80 FOR LOWER GRADE



POPLAR 0.80 CLEAR . 0.50 KNOTTY

BASSWOOD 0.70

All lumber is 4/4 except for the pine and some poplar he has some 8/4 in stock same price.

thanks,

[Jim Becker]

Low...very low...compared to most places, but comparable to the guy I often buy from locally for air-dried material.

[lou sansone]

Hey I am a a scrounger and even my guy is not that quite that low. I am not asking for souces, but just wonder where he is located. I assume in upstate NY

does he have a minimum for those prices and does he offer "log run" or do those prices indicate "skimming"
lou

[Bob Weisner]

Only saws about once or twice a year, just to keep in compliance with the zoning code. No minimum. Skimming ? Don't know what you mean .

[Jim Andrew]

Those prices sound dirt cheap to me. I bought some oak for 1.70 and poplar
for 1.30, and thought that I got a good price. Course it was delivered. Jim

[lou sansone]

Only saws about once or twice a year, just to keep in compliance with the zoning code. No minimum. Skimming ? Don't know what you mean .

skimming is when you take the one or two really great boards that a log will usually give you and put in your private stash. Either way, it looks like you have found a good source for wood. I have a guy in pa that I deal with on a once a year basis. basically I come with money and a flat bed and take back 4000 lbs of wood each time. Who knows what I will do with it all, but I keep buying because he keeps selling.

[scott spencer]

That's better than I can do...

[Bob Weisner]

I know he still has one Cherry plank left that he was saving for me. That one measures 17.5 " wide x 8 feet long by 4" thick :D :cool:

[Kent Cori]

Aaaarrgh! Why do these super deals never exist near me? :( :mad: :(

[Curt Harms]

Aaaarrgh! Why do these super deals never exist near me? :( :mad: :(
They're found in the same places as BIG snowbanks, and I suspect Gainesville is as deficient in snowbanks as it is in cheap hardwood. ;) I lived in Trenton FL for a year back in the late '70's

Curt

[Bob Weisner]

Kent;

I read in a woodworking magazine a few years back (think is was WOOD MAGAZINE, or Popular Woodworking), about a sawmiller in Florida that got himself a portable sawmill and was sawing up the trees that had fallen down during the hurricaines. Do you know if they still do that? I read in the article that they were sawing up Cuban Mahoganey (SP?) trees for the lumber.