What would be a reasonable price for these 2 lots of wood?

I'm just looking for a rough number, knowing that there are a lot of factors
that may impact the price. If there is any info that I can provide that
might help with the estimate, just let me know.

The listing for both lots reads:

"Old growth (tight grain) reclaimed Douglas fir"

First Lot:

S4S
33 Boards
Actual sizes:
1 1/8 x 4 1/2
6 boards are between 73" and 88"
The remaining 27 are random lengths between 36" - 48"

https://images.craigslist.org/00m0m_...0_1200x900.jpg
https://images.craigslist.org/00D0D_...O_1200x900.jpg

Second Lot:

There are 5 Lots in the 2 images below, I am interested in Lot #3 only

Rough Sawn
Actual sizes:
1 at 1 1/2 x 6 x 177
2 at 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 193
2 pieces of fire wood, 36" & 48"

https://images.craigslist.org/00f0f_...Y_1200x900.jpg
https://images.craigslist.org/01111_...3_1200x900.jpg

Let the bidding wars begin! ;-)

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 9:04:06 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
What would be a reasonable price for these 2 lots of wood?


What's the going rate, per bd ft, in your area?

This may not reflect "old growth" prices.
https://hardwoodstore.com/lumber-prices


First Lot looks like about 53 bd ft. These boards appear to be quarter sawn, desireable.

Second Lot looks like about 41 bd ft. These boards are not quarter sawn. These boards don't seem to be rough sawn, but just used & abused milled lumber, needing cleaning up.

I would think the First Lot may be the better lot, overall. I'd buy this lot on the basis of bd ft or linear ft. Maybe, make an offer of $2-$3 bd ft, or $1.50 ln ft, see what happens?

I'd buy the Second Lot on the basis of each individual board.... Make an offer of, maybe, $10-$13-$15(?) for each longer board and $1(?) for each the firewood. The only thing going for these boards, as opposed to the First Lot, is that they are 1.5" X 6" wide, if that aspect is more desireable for your project.

Sonny

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 1:03:18 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 9:04:06 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
What would be a reasonable price for these 2 lots of wood?


What's the going rate, per bd ft, in your area?

This may not reflect "old growth" prices.
https://hardwoodstore.com/lumber-prices


First Lot looks like about 53 bd ft. These boards appear to be quarter sawn, desireable.

Second Lot looks like about 41 bd ft. These boards are not quarter sawn. These boards don't seem to be rough sawn, but just used & abused milled lumber, needing cleaning up.

I would think the First Lot may be the better lot, overall. I'd buy this lot on the basis of bd ft or linear ft. Maybe, make an offer of $2-$3 bd ft, or $1.50 ln ft, see what happens?

I'd buy the Second Lot on the basis of each individual board.... Make an offer of, maybe, $10-$13-$15(?) for each longer board and $1(?) for each the firewood. The only thing going for these boards, as opposed to the First Lot, is that they are 1.5" X 6" wide, if that aspect is more desireable for your project.

Sonny

Sorry about the Rough Sawn terminology. All of the wood was left over from
a post and beam house project. All of the wood was reclaimed by the company
that built the house. The long boards were never surfaced. The first lot was
surfaced to use as interior casing, but was cut to the wrong size and sat in the homeowner's basement for 15 years

Actually, I want both lots and (at least at this point) the seller does
not want to break up the lots.

When I first saw the ad, I was hoping that the long S4S boards would only
need to be cut to length to become the frame (side, foot and head rails)
for a full size bed. Then I realized that they were only 4 1/2 inches,
which I think are too narrow for rails of that size bed. The 6" wide boards,
once they are cleaned up, will be fine for the rails themselves and the S4S
boards will be used for the mattress supports, head board, legs, etc.

I'll have a lot left over, but that's OK.

Your numbers put me very close to what I was going to offer for both lots,
which is less than he wants for the 2 lots separately.

Thanks for the estimate.

Seems Lot 3 is sold.

From what I understand, chestnut is really desireable, despite it being softer than Douglas fir. If you're in the area, maybe inquire/check out the West Sparta cache. You might be able to specifically select what and how much you want. Doesn't hurt to offer a bit less, per bd ft, also. Select, so as not to have any waste, if possible.
https://rochester.craigslist.org/sea...query=chestnut

Sonny

On 6/8/2016 10:04 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
What would be a reasonable price for these 2 lots of wood?

I'm just looking for a rough number, knowing that there are a lot of factors
that may impact the price. If there is any info that I can provide that
might help with the estimate, just let me know.

The listing for both lots reads:

"Old growth (tight grain) reclaimed Douglas fir"

First Lot:

S4S
33 Boards
Actual sizes:
1 1/8 x 4 1/2
6 boards are between 73" and 88"
The remaining 27 are random lengths between 36" - 48"

https://images.craigslist.org/00m0m_...0_1200x900.jpg
https://images.craigslist.org/00D0D_...O_1200x900.jpg

Second Lot:

There are 5 Lots in the 2 images below, I am interested in Lot #3 only

Rough Sawn
Actual sizes:
1 at 1 1/2 x 6 x 177
2 at 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 193
2 pieces of fire wood, 36" & 48"

https://images.craigslist.org/00f0f_...Y_1200x900.jpg
https://images.craigslist.org/01111_...3_1200x900.jpg

Let the bidding wars begin! ;-)



In my opinion, and it's really not that educated, but they don't look
like the old growth doug fir I have, which has much tighter rings.
Those look like SYP and fast growing stuff. Not all of it, but from
what I can see.

--
Jeff

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:30:17 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
Seems Lot 3 is sold.

How did you determine that?

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:34:20 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:30:17 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
Seems Lot 3 is sold.

How did you determine that?

I Googled "new york craigslist douglas fir", then, on the Rochester materials listings, I searched for Douglas fir.

https://rochester.craigslist.org/mat/5610625563.html

It does state this posting was posted 10 days ago and I don't see an original posting 10 days, or so, ago.

Sonny

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 5:41:45 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:34:20 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 2:30:17 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
Seems Lot 3 is sold.

How did you determine that?

I Googled "new york craigslist douglas fir", then, on the Rochester materials listings, I searched for Douglas fir.

https://rochester.craigslist.org/mat/5610625563.html

It does state this posting was posted 10 days ago and I don't see an original posting 10 days, or so, ago.

Sonny

....and why did you look in "New York/Rochester" specifically?

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 6:33:07 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:


...and why did you look in "New York/Rochester" specifically?

On one recent thread (don't recall the subject), someone suggested, "if you're in the NY area....", so I assumed you may be nearby, there. The general NY search had a few hits, one happen to be for the Rochester listing. I don't recall if I clicked on several of the NY hits, before clicking onto the Rochester link. The NY hits were not only on Craigslist, if I recall.

Rather than scanning through all the "Materials" ads, on Rochester's listings, I searched (top of the page) specifically for Douglas fir. .... and, later, for the chestnut.

My initial search was to get some idea of the cost of douglas fir in your/any area, since I'm not familiar with douglas fir lumber and its resale. I couldn't give you an estimate, if I didn't have some idea of the going rates. I didn't consider a search, until after you replied to my initial reply..

Sonny

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 8:38:34 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 6:33:07 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:


...and why did you look in "New York/Rochester" specifically?

On one recent thread (don't recall the subject), someone suggested, "if you're in the NY area....", so I assumed you may be nearby, there. The general NY search had a few hits, one happen to be for the Rochester listing. I don't recall if I clicked on several of the NY hits, before clicking onto the Rochester link. The NY hits were not only on Craigslist, if I recall.


In reality, all you did was get lucky. :-) That is why I asked how you
found the the ad. I didn't think I left a trail via those images.

In the "woodworking stuff to do in New York City" thread my response was
based on nothing more than a Google search for woodworking museums in NYC.
I can do that search and respond from LA, Melbourne or the moon. There was
no reason to "assume" that I lived anywhere near NY based on that response.

That said, I did grow up in NYC but I haven't lived there in over 30 years.

Further, I do indeed live close enough to the person who offered the Douglas
Fir on CL. In fact...

Here is the long piece lot behind my van:

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...slxuuoagy..jpg

Here's the S4S lot in my garage.

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...psfwaqtqak.jpg

The lots are sold because I bought them. ;-) I offer $180 for both lots,
which is pretty much in line with what you estimated, so I'm satisfied.

You gotta admit that it was strange coincidence that you found the actual ad
based on my response in a different thread - a response that really had
nothing to do with where I live.

On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 18:30:39 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 8:38:34 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 6:33:07 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:


...and why did you look in "New York/Rochester" specifically?

On one recent thread (don't recall the subject), someone suggested, "if you're in the NY area....", so I assumed you may be nearby, there. The general NY search had a few hits, one happen to be for the Rochester listing. I don't recall if I clicked on several of the NY hits, before clicking onto the Rochester link. The NY hits were not only on Craigslist, if I recall.


In reality, all you did was get lucky. :-) That is why I asked how you
found the the ad. I didn't think I left a trail via those images.

In the "woodworking stuff to do in New York City" thread my response was
based on nothing more than a Google search for woodworking museums in NYC.
I can do that search and respond from LA, Melbourne or the moon. There was
no reason to "assume" that I lived anywhere near NY based on that response.

That said, I did grow up in NYC but I haven't lived there in over 30 years.

Further, I do indeed live close enough to the person who offered the Douglas
Fir on CL. In fact...

Here is the long piece lot behind my van:

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...pslxuuoagy.jpg

Here's the S4S lot in my garage.

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...psfwaqtqak.jpg

The lots are sold because I bought them. ;-) I offer $180 for both lots,
which is pretty much in line with what you estimated, so I'm satisfied.

You gotta admit that it was strange coincidence that you found the actual ad
based on my response in a different thread - a response that really had
nothing to do with where I live.
I remember when if you bought dimensional lumber it was one of 3
woods here in Ontario - Douglas Fir, cedar, or white pine.
Spruce was "rough wood" and clear pine and clear cedar were readilly
available - but Douglas fir was the construction wood of choice.. Now
try to find clear pine or clear cedar without having to pay a king'd
ransom - and gouglas fir??? Forget it. I think any that is left is for
the export market only.

We used fir for grainery boards because it didn't wear like pine, or
even elm, from the grain rubbing on it. With it's straight grain it
didn't warp and twist like spruce, hemlock, or SYP (or even cedar)
either

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 10:06:42 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 18:30:39 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 8:38:34 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 6:33:07 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:


...and why did you look in "New York/Rochester" specifically?

On one recent thread (don't recall the subject), someone suggested, "if you're in the NY area....", so I assumed you may be nearby, there. The general NY search had a few hits, one happen to be for the Rochester listing.. I don't recall if I clicked on several of the NY hits, before clicking onto the Rochester link. The NY hits were not only on Craigslist, if I recall.


In reality, all you did was get lucky. :-) That is why I asked how you
found the the ad. I didn't think I left a trail via those images.

In the "woodworking stuff to do in New York City" thread my response was
based on nothing more than a Google search for woodworking museums in NYC.
I can do that search and respond from LA, Melbourne or the moon. There was
no reason to "assume" that I lived anywhere near NY based on that response.

That said, I did grow up in NYC but I haven't lived there in over 30 years.

Further, I do indeed live close enough to the person who offered the Douglas
Fir on CL. In fact...

Here is the long piece lot behind my van:

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...pslxuuoagy.jpg

Here's the S4S lot in my garage.

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...psfwaqtqak.jpg

The lots are sold because I bought them. ;-) I offer $180 for both lots,
which is pretty much in line with what you estimated, so I'm satisfied.

You gotta admit that it was strange coincidence that you found the actual ad
based on my response in a different thread - a response that really had
nothing to do with where I live.
I remember when if you bought dimensional lumber it was one of 3
woods here in Ontario - Douglas Fir, cedar, or white pine.
Spruce was "rough wood" and clear pine and clear cedar were readilly
available - but Douglas fir was the construction wood of choice.. Now
try to find clear pine or clear cedar without having to pay a king'd
ransom - and gouglas fir??? Forget it. I think any that is left is for
the export market only.

We used fir for grainery boards because it didn't wear like pine, or
even elm, from the grain rubbing on it. With it's straight grain it
didn't warp and twist like spruce, hemlock, or SYP (or even cedar)
either

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 10:06:42 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 18:30:39 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 8:38:34 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
On Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 6:33:07 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:


...and why did you look in "New York/Rochester" specifically?

On one recent thread (don't recall the subject), someone suggested, "if you're in the NY area....", so I assumed you may be nearby, there. The general NY search had a few hits, one happen to be for the Rochester listing.. I don't recall if I clicked on several of the NY hits, before clicking onto the Rochester link. The NY hits were not only on Craigslist, if I recall.


In reality, all you did was get lucky. :-) That is why I asked how you
found the the ad. I didn't think I left a trail via those images.

In the "woodworking stuff to do in New York City" thread my response was
based on nothing more than a Google search for woodworking museums in NYC.
I can do that search and respond from LA, Melbourne or the moon. There was
no reason to "assume" that I lived anywhere near NY based on that response.

That said, I did grow up in NYC but I haven't lived there in over 30 years.

Further, I do indeed live close enough to the person who offered the Douglas
Fir on CL. In fact...

Here is the long piece lot behind my van:

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...pslxuuoagy.jpg

Here's the S4S lot in my garage.

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/q...psfwaqtqak.jpg

The lots are sold because I bought them. ;-) I offer $180 for both lots,
which is pretty much in line with what you estimated, so I'm satisfied.

You gotta admit that it was strange coincidence that you found the actual ad
based on my response in a different thread - a response that really had
nothing to do with where I live.
I remember when if you bought dimensional lumber it was one of 3
woods here in Ontario - Douglas Fir, cedar, or white pine.
Spruce was "rough wood" and clear pine and clear cedar were readilly
available - but Douglas fir was the construction wood of choice.. Now
try to find clear pine or clear cedar without having to pay a king'd
ransom - and gouglas fir??? Forget it. I think any that is left is for
the export market only.

We used fir for grainery boards because it didn't wear like pine, or
even elm, from the grain rubbing on it. With it's straight grain it
didn't warp and twist like spruce, hemlock, or SYP (or even cedar)
either

Please disregard the blank post. I thought I had something to say but I
guess not. ;-)

DerbyDad03 wrote:


In reality, all you did was get lucky. :-) That is why I asked how you
found the the ad. I didn't think I left a trail via those images.

Googling the exact phrase you quoted in your original post is what
"left a trail" a blind man could follow.

"Old growth (tight grain) reclaimed Douglas fir"

http://bfy.tw/6CEr

On May 2: Reclaimed Douglas Fir - $2.90/BF - Craigslist
On May 30: Reclaimed Douglas Fir - $2.25/BF reduced - Craigslist

DerbyDad03 wrote:

You gotta admit that it was strange coincidence that you found the
actual ad
based on my response in a different thread - a response that really
had
nothing to do with where I live.

Swamp folk got powerful juju