On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:09:21 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
>I have the opportunity to buy a load of yellow poplar in anywhere
>from 2 to 10 ft lengths approx. 6 to 8" wide. How can I figure out
>what this might be worth? Each load would be average of 800-100 lbs
>each? How would be the best way to figure out its value? Thank you!
http://www.woodweb.com/Resources/RSLumberBuyingGuide.html
Regards, Tom
Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker
Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania
http://users.snip.net/~tjwatson
Fri, Aug 29, 2003, 9:09am (EDT+4) [email protected] wants to
know:
I have the opportunity to buy a load of yellow poplar in anywhere from 2
to 10 ft lengths approx. 6 to 8" wide. How can I figure out what this
might be worth? Each load would be average of 800-100 lbs each? How
would be the best way to figure out its value?
Somehow it just never fails to amaze me that people will ask such
vague questions, and expect a usable answer.
You left out details. Like where you are. I'm sure prices will
vary, depending on your location. Hell, they'll probably vary from
seller to seller. Then there's always things like: How thick is it? Is
it fresh cut? Air dried? For how long? Kiln dried? Did the seller
cut it, or buy it from someone else? And so on. If half of it is only
good for firewood or whittling, that drops the value. And, last I knew
wood was sold by board feet, not by weight.
Last, but not least, the wood is worth only as much as you're
willing to pay for it. Check your local prices, look at the wood, then
make an offer. He'd probably be willing to drop the price a bit for
cash, over a check.
JOAT
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myxpykalix asks:
>I have the opportunity to buy a load of yellow poplar in anywhere
>from 2 to 10 ft lengths approx. 6 to 8" wide. How can I figure out
>what this might be worth? Each load would be average of 800-100 lbs
>each? How would be the best way to figure out its value?
Whole lot depends on area, quality, green, dry, surfacing, etc. I can buy all
the YP I want for about half a buck a board foot, on a good day, 65 cents on a
bad day. It's green and rough, log run, which means that it's probably 1/3 fire
wood (and poplar is LOUSY firewood). The rest is usable in one form or another,
but only about a third will be top grade lumber.
Charlie Self
"He hasn't an enemy in the world - but all his friends hate him."
Eddie Cantor
Yup makes lousy fire wood. Talk about money going up in flames.....
family used to burn some. Smokiest winter we ever had.
--
Young Carpenter
"Violin playing and Woodworking are similar, it takes plenty of money,
plenty of practice, and you usually make way more noise than intended"
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Eddie Cantor
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:09:21 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
>I have the opportunity to buy a load of yellow poplar in anywhere
>from 2 to 10 ft lengths approx. 6 to 8" wide. How can I figure out
>what this might be worth? Each load would be average of 800-100 lbs
>each? How would be the best way to figure out its value? Thank you!
What grades are in the load? Is it green or dried?
<http://www.ahec.org/hardwoods/pdfs/IllustratedGradingGuide.pdf> has
detailed specs.
Here in CT, FAS grade poplar goes for about $2.10 a bd/ft. Lower
grades are much cheaper.
Barry