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Shocked at lumber prices
I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday
for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. |
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"Jimbo" wrote in message oups.com... I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. Quarter Sawn? Riff Sawn? S2S? S4S? |
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On May 4, 8:15 am, "Leon" wrote:
Quarter Sawn? Riff Sawn? S2S? S4S? I can get even quarter sawn S2S for under $5/bf . The last stuff that I bought was FAS, S2S and ripped 1 side for $2.24/bf. Of course I'm in the southern US with lots of saw mills close, but that price was from a cabinet supply shop in a major city soooo... I'd do some more checking if I was the OP. bc |
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Shocked at lumber prices
On May 4, 9:08 am, Jimbo wrote:
I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. In Pennsylvania, I'd expect to pay 3.25 per board ft for 5/4 white oak FAS. I could buy it for you, mark it up and ship it for less than US $750.00. I'll bet if you shop around, you'll find a better price. On a whole, Canada has affordable lumber. Jeff |
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On May 4, 9:15 am, "Leon" wrote:
"Jimbo" wrote in message oups.com... I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. Quarter Sawn? Riff Sawn? S2S? S4S? It is possible that I used the wrong terminology when I requested the quote, or even left out important details - but I did admit my inexperience in my original request . I gave them the dimensions of the finished pieces I need so I'm guessing they quoted S4S. I did not specify quarter sawn so expect plain sawn but again the quote did not specify. BTW, I did get back to them - politely - expressing my surprise and looking for some clarification. Also, I read this article which helped educate me: http://www.westwindhardwood.com/order_art.html |
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On 4 May 2007 06:08:55 -0700, Jimbo wrote:
I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. That's high, although maybe not outrageous. Get some quotes for other woods and see if you can get closer to $5 bf. Gasoline costs may be the culprit here. |
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Jimbo wrote:
I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. My favorite dealer here in expensive Connecticut is $3.90 bd/ft for plainsawn, and $5.95 for qsawn, 4/4, less than 100 bd/ft. His most expensive is 8/4 qsawn @ $9.95 bd/ft. |
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"Jimbo" wrote in message ups.com... It is possible that I used the wrong terminology when I requested the quote, or even left out important details - but I did admit my inexperience in my original request . I gave them the dimensions of the finished pieces I need so I'm guessing they quoted S4S. I did not specify quarter sawn so expect plain sawn but again the quote did not specify. BTW, I did get back to them - politely - expressing my surprise and looking for some clarification. Also, I read this article which helped educate me: http://www.westwindhardwood.com/order_art.html Finished sizes will cost a premium and normally stocked S4S lumber only comes in certain sizes usually in even 2" increments in width. If they mill a bunch of s4s at one time for inventory stock the price will be higher than rough cut. If they have to do a special small run for a specific size that is not in inventory the price goes up even more. |
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Jimbo wrote:
It is possible that I used the wrong terminology when I requested the quote, or even left out important details - but I did admit my inexperience in my original request . I gave them the dimensions of the finished pieces I need so I'm guessing they quoted S4S. I did not specify quarter sawn so expect plain sawn but again the quote did not specify. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! G You probably aren't even getting what's referred to as s4s, but specifically dimensioned boards. You are paying for shop labor and materials. Normally, s4s is when they take a rough board and make straight edges and planed faces, leaving as much of the random sized board as possible. If you order "1x6" or "1x4" white oak boards, they will rip a wider board down, you will pay for the entire original board + labor for dimensioning. |
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On May 4, 9:08 am, Jimbo wrote:
I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. Whoa Nellie! Outrageous is the right word there. A & M in Cambridge quotes between 5 and 7.50 Can$ bd-ft for WO. Their 'regular' at just over 5 bucks is better than other people's better grades. With a drive to Cambridge, time, and taxes, you'd still be hard pushing to get to $ 500.00...sooo that saves you $ 325.00 from that other quote, and I take half of the savings as commission..G Give these guys a call, they're a great bunch there. You mave heard of Andy Poynter.. he's a furnituristic Krenovmaloofcastlefridkinda guy. http://www.amwoodinc.com/ Check out some of these happy customers: http://www.woodsight.net/exhibition.html |
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S4S 4/4 flat sawn is 3.75 bd/ft on my latest price sheet from the
Charlotte Hardwood Center in Charlotte, NC. They must be adding labor charges to size your lumber order to the sizes that you gave them plus any waste resulting from the added cutting. Learn a bit more about how to specify what you want and then try a few other sources before paying that much for it. That's well over twice what I would consider to be acceptable. Being in Canada you should be closer to the source of native hardwoods than I am so transportation costs should be lower too. -- Charley "Jimbo" wrote in message oups.com... I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. |
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On May 4, 9:08 am, Jimbo wrote:
I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. " I'm shocked!, shocked! to find that gambling is going on here". Captain Renault, Prefect of Police, Casablanca Joe G |
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On May 4, 11:17 am, GROVER wrote:
On May 4, 9:08 am, Jimbo wrote: I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. " I'm shocked!, shocked! to find that gambling is going on here". Captain Renault, Prefect of Police, Casablanca Joe G "Round up the usual suspects!" |
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Shocked at lumber prices
Wow! Here in Southern California I pay $2.75/bf for s2s 1 straight edge red
oak. Just bought 71bf myself for under $200 "Jimbo" wrote in message oups.com... I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. |
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Shocked at lumber prices
I would suggest calling another yard.
I have found that exotic woods in Burlington is pretty fair http://www.exotic-woods.com/services.html Matt "Jimbo" wrote in message oups.com... I'm kind of price-shocked this morning. I requested pricing yesterday for some finished (thickness planed) and for 70.3 bd. feet of white oak was quoted CA$825 approx US$750. Are these prices outrageous or is it just me? I'm located in Toronto, Canada. |
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Shocked at lumber prices
Try Century Lumber outside Stoufville. Amazing selection and
reasonable prices $4.75 cdn for 4/4/ red oak - rough. http://www.centurymill.com/domestic.html#redoaksb Cobie824 -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.8 Final Web @ http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- - |
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On May 5, 10:37 am, Cobie824 ) wrote:
Try Century Lumber outside Stoufville. Amazing selection and reasonable prices $4.75 cdn for 4/4/ red oak - rough. http://www.centurymill.com/domestic.html#redoaksb Cobie824 -- --------------------------------- --- -- - Posted with NewsLeecher v3.8 Final Web @http://www.newsleecher.com/?usenet ------------------- ----- ---- -- - *tip of the hat* to Matt and Drew for a couple of good links. Very useful to me and others. r |
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