John McCoy wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in
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Which can be horrendous. I recently bought 200 ft+ of mahogany at
$5.25/brd.ft. Total cost was about $1230 + $212 freight from NC to
central Florida.

Hmmm, I just got 200bf from NC down to the pointy end of Fla,
and the shipping was free. 100bf of some kind of mahogany
(probably khaya or something African) and 100bf of poplar
for about $650 total.

Of course, the only reason it was shipped free was I drove
up there in the pickup truck...my employer wanted me up there
and they pay for me to drive, and don't care if I use the
car or the truck.

Lucky you. Next time you go pick up another 200bf of Khaya, ribbon stripe
(quartered) for me. Play your cards right and I'll toss in supper

Was your mahogany about 14' long?