Redwood is that much now??? Geez, I salvaged a bunch of 50 year old 4x8x8
redwood beams out of a home remodel last winter. Probably 350 or so bdft.
Sounds like they are worth about $5000 now! Walnut, oak, cherry, maple,
hickory etc, shorts are $2.00 bdft here, 8' legnts run about $4 bdft. My
local lumber mill is a small hole in the wall, the
owner/operator/sawyer/salesman is great to deal with, and has many hardwoods
in stock for very reasonable prices. Plus, he can tell me where the tree
was that he cut into that lumber, which is usually in my county. You gotta
bring your mucking boots though, this place ain't no retail store! --dave


"Jerry" wrote in message
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I've seen $10 bf for Cherry here in San Diego.

I started building some outdoor furniture out of all heart clear
redwood. A simple little bench is costing $350 in raw redwood lumber
alone.

I really believe we are being ripped on retail pricing. One could go
to a mass merchant and by a redwood bench with the same amount of
redwood for $99. It means that volume manufacturers are paying WAY
less than we that are buying retail.