On 5/16/2018 3:16 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
dpb writes:
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Out here in sunny california, there isn't much reclaimed lumber, and
when there is, it's not cheap (e.g. aforementioned doug fir), but
can be pretty.

The movement has struck; it's now trendy and market apparently bears
exorbitant pricing; used to be salvage material was a bargain; not so
much any more it seems.

I've found that even the auto-parts salvage folks are close to the price
of new stuff if you can even find what you're looking for...

I'd love 12/4 wide oak timbers for 1.13 bft.

Part of reason for the mentioning was that, depending upon where you
are, if you look for alternatives for material than that being sold as
finish lumber or similar, you just might find a deal. These are sold as
timbers with the primary market out here being the oil-fields so are
roughsawn and not kiln-dried although they're not just fresh green wood,
either, but they are much cheaper on a bd-ft basis if you can take what
they are as adequate.

In SW VA and E TN, the small local mills cut similar timbers for coal
mines and some for ties; could get quite good pricing on those as
compared to 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 lumber...

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