On 15 Jun 2006 09:29:09 -0700, "Pious Audio"
wrote:

I tore down a pool deck in my yard over the Spring...and now I've got
tons of 2x4's and some 4x8 posts. Right now, this stuff is just
sitting in a pile in my back yard rotting away.

I sort of intend to knock the nails out of the wood and place it all in
good order in the shed for use on future projects around the house --
but so many other things have to get done first that this stuff might
sit in my yard for a year, maybe two, before I can do anything with it.

Does anyone have good ideas on what I could do with used lumber? Would
any body want it if I stuck a sign in the yard, or something? Would
people pay for it?

I keep lots of reclaimed framing stuff. If you've got the room, get
it up off the ground with some 4x4s, stack them flat and cover with a
tarp. Or the shed, somewhere you have some room and it won't irritate
the neighbors. It won't fall apart in a year or two, and the stuff
costs money to buy new when you need it- sometimes a lot of money,
depending on the project.

As far as sticking a sign in the yard goes- if I saw it, I'd come take
it. I regularly put bags of shavings from my lathe on the curb with a
"free mulch" sign that tells the species of wood inside on it, and
they're always gone within an hour or two.

But that's for free. I don't know if anyone would pay you for it
unless it's in pretty good shape, though it couldn't hurt to try.