Redwood is listed as a hardwood.
It is dense not porous.

I had 7 acres of coastal redwoods at one time and with scrap had by bandsaw
cut some heavy wood. 3x 4X typical. Built a wood rack that holds a
cord of wood - left it with the house. Built a nice potting bench out of
heavy wood and brought it with us. Now in Texas.

Martin

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On 8/8/2010 10:49 AM, dpb wrote:
Steve B wrote:
I want to get some 4 x 12 beams for a pergola. I have four, IIRC, down in
Vegas, about 12 to 16 feet long, square on the ends. They are about ten to
twenty years old, and straight as day one.

Are they pine? Fir? What was used for external wood back then? If I was
to go buy some stuff today, what would I ask for? ...

If the reference to Vegas means location rather than the proposed payout plan,
then more than likely they're either Doug fir or perhaps redwood (altho you
later went on to say they're fairly hard so that would tend to negate the
latter). My vote in the western states would be most likely fir.

As for what to ask for today, a key to your IRA would be first followed by visit
to the local pole barn erector or timber framer depending on how deep the well
is...

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