so.... much.... lumber

[DaveS]

I think I may have to sit down....

A local (near Pittsburgh) small lumber mill is throwing in the towel... putting his whole lot on ebay.

I wish I had somewhere to put it... man, my wife would *kill* me.

I'd have to split this with 10 other guys.

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/mat/1134587045.html

Here is what he is selling....

Up for sale to highest bidder approximately 10,000 board feet of kiln dried hardwood lumber. there is probally more than this, we estimated low. Bidding will be done on Ebay, auction will list at 9:00pm tonight april 22nd. To find our listinf type in" johnmizer " under search for seller, please call if you have any questions. I'm going to list general information on what is included. This is your chance for an incredible deal.This lot includes over 1,000 board feet of absolutely incredible quartersawn white oak lumber. valued at over $5,000 alone, and thats a cheap price, these boards have awesome rays and flecks. The list includes:
beech- 120 b/f
poplar- 50 b/f
red oak, knotty grade- 870 b/f
white oak red oak mix, mixed grades- 910 b/f
mixed hardwood- 200 b/f
white oak, more of clearer boards, mixed grades - 1850 b/f
hickory - 160 b/f
splalted quartersawn beech - 170 b/f
sassifras - 100 b/f
quartersawn white oak - 1070 b/f
figured cherry - 285 b/f
curly red oak 100 b/f
wormy spalted maple - 160 b/f
natural edged walnut slabs - 115 b/f
quartersawn sycamore - 600 b/f
thick natural edged slabs and mantles, mixed woods - 450 b/f
red oak , clear - 100 b/f
knotty cherry - 230 b/f
walnut - 110 b/f
hard and soft maple - 300 b/f
planed cherry - 160 b/f
quartersawn red oak - 75 b/f
figured crotch shorts - 100 b/f
red oak shorts 4-7 feet long - 315 b/f
natural edged crotch slab cuts - 120 b/f
mixed woods - 330 b/f
mixed woods 1/4"-7/8" thick - 190 b/f
white oak 4 1/2-6 foot - 500 b/f
wormy red oak - 170 b/f

[Ed62]

That's like telling someone about a four course meal, when he's on a strict diet.

Ed

[mineengineer]

I saw that this morning also

How many other guys here near the burgh want to go in togehter and split this deal up?????????

[germdoc]

I think that is too much wood for 1 guy or 10 guys. I think you should share the wealth--will trade you beer and cheese for wood...

[DaveS]

How many other guys here near the burgh want to go in togehter and split this deal up?????????

[Dave looks around the room to make sure his wife isn't looking]

Count me in...

SSSSH! not so loud!

[DaveS]

great googly moogly... the pictures on ebay almost made me fall out of my chair.

sample:

[Wood_workur]

So... how many HF trailers would you have to buy to transport all of that?

[Black wallnut]

linky to the listing.

[jussi]

Imagine the birdhouse you could build with that!!!

[germdoc]

great googly moogly... the pictures on ebay almost made me fall out of my chair.

sample:

"Attachment is blocked because of company policy prohibiting display of lascivious or pornographic images on work computer."

[SARGE..g-47]

Curious to see what this sells for if it is revealed. The 1000 bd. ft. of QSWO is worth $4000 at my supplier at $4 a bd. ft.. Peach State Lumber about 45 miles away sells it for $6.85 a board foot. So.. depending on where you are located and the going price in that area which will vary all over the country.

According to the link Mark posted, it stated liquidation to make way for more lumber. Has anyone of you guys around the Pittsburgh area actually seen this lumber physically. The "make way" for more stock makes me wonder? My local supplier has a 60" wide double rack separate from the normal stock. They go through normal about every two weeks and cull out pieces that don't sell because of knots.. end checks.. etc. Nice to go through as it's sold cheap enough that you can work around the minor flaws as 80% of the stock is primo with flaws here and there. If you know your cut lengths in advance.. it can be a bargain.

I purchased around 30 board feet of curly maple the other day for $1.50 a bd. foot to make a couple of large desk drawers. Normally that cost me $2.85 a board foot so... I just wonder if this is what they are doing in this case?

[DaveS]

According to the link Mark posted, it stated liquidation to make way for more lumber. Has anyone of you guys around the Pittsburgh area actually seen this lumber physically. The "make way" for more stock makes me wonder? My local supplier has a 60" wide double rack separate from the normal stock. They go through normal about every two weeks and cull out pieces that don't sell because of knots.. end checks.. etc. Nice to go through as it's sold cheap enough that you can work around the minor flaws as 80% of the stock is primo with flaws here and there. If you know your cut lengths in advance.. it can be a bargain.

I know a guy that works at this mill from time to time, and he gave me the distinct impression this was a "packing it in" sale.

I have some of this guy's lumber currently living in my kitchen in the form of doors and drawer fronts. Also a 48" vanity.

It seems odd that he would try to sell it in one big lot. He could get a lot more for it in smaller lots.

If he broke it up, I'd go get 500-1000 feet of it, but I just wouldn't know what to do with all that.

[SARGE..g-47]

I know a guy that works at this mill from time to time, and he gave me the distinct impression this was a "packing it in" sale.

I have some of this guy's lumber currently living in my kitchen in the form of doors and drawer fronts. Also a 48" vanity.

It seems odd that he would try to sell it in one big lot. He could get a lot more for it in smaller lots.

If he broke it up, I'd go get 500-1000 feet of it, but I just wouldn't know what to do with all that.

Very well may be Dave, as pushing to get it all in one shot does show a degree of urgency which normal culling to a lower price would not. I would take the whole 1000" of QSWO if the price were right and I lived close enough to pick it up. I just used 130 board feet of QSWO in a computer desk-hutch and anticipate using at least another 1000" by end of year. But.. some of the commons as pop and red oak go at give away prices here local and I really prefer picking through cherry.

A co-op in your area among WW'er's could be good or.. it might be bad really as then you would get into arguments of who gets which boards so maybe a terrible idea.

[thrytis]

One issue with trying to sell 10,000 bf as one lot is he is restricting bidders to those who can manage to line up a tractor trailer in under ten days or someone who lives very close by. At 1,000 bf lots, an average Joe Woodworker could rent a Uhaul if they didn't have a truck and trailer, but 10,000 bf will probably be 30,000 - 40,000 lbs. It also does not look like most would be loadable with a fork lift, which would mean quite a bit of effort loading and unloading. I also wonder how much trash you're cleaning out for him.

[DaveS]

Well... the auction ended, last bid was $910, so I suspect the seller either changed their mind, or found a local buyer (not through ebay).