On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:38:11 +0000, wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:45:15 -0600, Prometheus
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:03:29 +0000, wrote:

I am in SW Missouri, and if I want BIG pieces of cedar I go find an
Amish saw mill.. Seems there are several within about an hours drive
and they seem to be contracted to cut and band saw cedar..
6 by 6 8 foot long 2 years back was $20
lumber at the time I bought some was a rough 1 by 6" (full inch) 8
foot long for (2006 prices) around 70 cents a bd foot

You guys must get the employee discount down there... A 6x6 cedar post
in my neck of the woods goes for close to $100 the last time I
checked.
Can I make you sick? a year back January we had a really bad ice
storm here, no power for 1 to 3 weeks depending on where you live..
I found and brought home-free, 5 walnut trees.
I got 3 pieces in my back yard, air drying for now, 2 of which that
weigh over 1,000 # each. The third is close to 900#. the total stack
is about 12 feet wide, and 4 feet tall, varying lengths from 4 to 7
feet, varying diameters from a foot and up to something in the 30"
range.
It required a 'cherry picker' (automotive tool) to pick these up and
load into the pickup.

Anything BELOW 9" I just ignored. I didn't need any firewood.

also got a cedar tree that was about a foot thick at the base,
tapered down to 9" and totaled about 10 feet in length.
I like turning cedar actually, and am going to take some of the
smaller limbs-the 1 1/2" stubs and make pens, and perhaps make bowls
out of the big.

That is a nice score- not quite as rare as cedar, but still expensive.
OTOH, I can get maple for the asking, and oak, ash, birch and
butternut are cheap as well. All depends on where you live...