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In the June/July 1999 issue page 15 “Rob” indicates that in his area the local mill gives away black walnut. Where is Rob located. In our area(Mississippi) black walnut is expensive and difficult to obtain.
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In our area, NE Okla., most sawmillers appear to not search out specialty markets such as black walnut. Walnut is relatively cheap. Rough sawn and green less than one dollar/bd. ft. If you are indeed interested search out 'Mom & Pop' saw mills.
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In my area (Southern New Jersey) walnut is very inexpensive. I am told this is because the dark woods are out of style; everyone wants the lighter woods.
*I thought it was odd that they deleted my last name off the article. Anyways - I am central/western New York. Same deal here - the dark woods went out of style. Most mills still show $3 bdft for dried S4S, or FAS on their lists, but if you ask the price gets dramatically lower.-Rob
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Just had a recently dead walnut cut down. Hired a bandsaw mill operator to cut the wood to 4/4. The operator told me the same thing, that the wood was barely worth 1.00/bd ft. I was shocked, since from a child I had been told that walnut is gold. Some of my boards were vertical grain 16" wide, and virtually knotless. I know that some of these (the wider one's) may not dry well, and will have to be cut narrower, but I expected the wood to be worth a lot more, especially in the wide widths. It is hard to understand how with most building products rising in cost, that a wood like walnut could drop. Maybe if esthetics is the cause, hoarding the drying wood will result in getting a better price in a few years??
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In the June/July 1999 issue page 15 "Rob" indicates that in his area the local mill gives away black walnut. Where is Rob located. In our area(Mississippi) black walnut is expensive and difficult to obtain.
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I tried last year to sell 6-7 large (60-80') walnut trees but couldn't get a buyer to the property to check them out. Every time I called him he'd say "yea, yea, yea.....I'll be out tomorrow...". I finally got the message that he had no interest and also found out soon after that the market is saturated with walnut due to styles changing. I'm sure in a few years it'll change back. Bell bottoms are back in, aren't they?
Matt (Ohio)