A local farmer claims to be a sawmill. He says he has lots of logs. I was interested in Cherry. He said
he had a 2 1/2 ft log 16 ft long. I told him that sounds ideal, his reply was “there is another guy wants to buy it”. I asked if the other guy gave him a deposit, he said no. I asked how many weeks ago he said he wanted it, eventually he said “about a year”. He said it was cut down over 2 years ago.
He gave me directions to the farm. He had a long loop road next to his house with logs all along both sides.
I found the cherry log he described, right width but 12 ft long and the trunk end was not sealed so 2 ft of the best wood was cracked.
Well I’ve left messages and called both numbers numerous times but he won’t get back to me. We never even discussed price! We have yet to meet.
Now I think he just does not want to really sell any wood and the guy from a year ago met the same fate as me! I’ve never had this much trouble buying wood!
Ideas anyone?