On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:53:32 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 15 Feb 2019 07:54:56 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

I'm kind of interested in this root ball. I'm hesitant because I don't have an
immediate project in mind, but I can imagine a possible potential.

https://cenla.craigslist.org/art/d/h...766271800.html

I don't generally price this sort of "lumber". Considering I'd have to travel about 200 miles
to collect it and all the work involved to produce a finished project,
I'm of the mind that I might pay a gratuity for its availability, rather than pay for the wood stock itself.
I suspect the owner would like a fairly nice fee for it, but I don't want to pay anything for it.
I'm inclined to ask to be paid to haul it off.
As for as I know, there is no precedent for pricing root ball stock as a wood product (lumber).
This sort of stock is generally discarded, i.e., one pays for it to be removed.
Though you all might not have interests in this sort of "lumber",
What value might you place on the root ball, only,
If you owned the root ball, would you expect it has a value and, if so, what value?
Thanks.
Sonny


It's been on CraigsList for 2 months - but out of the ground 2
weeks ? I suspect that the seller has a price in mind that isn't
realistic, and has turned-down a few " I'll take it off your hands "
offers - like you are considering.. Try $ 50. if the next guy
pays $ 100. you haven't lost anything - you never wanted it that
bad in the first place.
... in much of Canada, $ 50. is ~ a case of beer or a bottle of
rye ; and less than a fill-up at the gas station, so judge the
value compared to your own every-day yardsticks.

Figure the number of board feet you can get out of it, check the price
of rough-sawn black walnut, deduct the milling cost and markup, and
that's a fair offer IMO.