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   DougU | Feb 16, 2008 05:02am | #1

   SR

   On your 6X6 X 17' beams there are 51 bd ft and you want $4 per bd ft - that puts that beam at $204! Boy I wouldn't pay that for it unless it was something really special.

   Those beams are worth whatever you can get but $204 seams high to me but what the hell, if you can get it, great!

   Doug

    

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   SR | Feb 16, 2008 05:10am | #2

   I agree that $200 is alot, I'm just thinking its hard to get timbers like that any more.  Thanks for your input.

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   DougU | Feb 16, 2008 05:45am | #4

   I'm just thinking its hard to get timbers like that any more.

   And it might be, so I wouldnt be so bold as to say  that they are not worth that much. Maybe it just seams like a lot of money for a board thats 17 feet long!

   I'm sure to the right person that they may be worth that much, maybe more. I guess if you resaw them and had 1 X 6"s 17' long then $4 a board ft isnt out of line.

   Maybe its just the 200 plus for a 17' board! I have some 12' long 5/4 X 16" tiger maple that I paid $300 a board for so ...........

   Doug

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   davidmeiland | Feb 16, 2008 05:21am | #3

   The sawyers around here sell locally cut doug fir for $2/BF in large sizes. That's when I go pick the log and they cut it to my size.

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   jesse | Feb 16, 2008 08:41am | #5

   What kind of patina do they have?

   It depends who you are selling them to, a reclaimed lumber dealer might give you $1 bd ft but then turn around and sell for $5.

   I think $2-3 is realistic if they are free of heart center and coastal and would grade out at #1.

   
   

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   Edited 2/16/2008 12:42 am ET by jesse

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   SR | Feb 16, 2008 08:53am | #6

   they just look aged, ya know that kinda grey.  I think your right about a salvaged building material dealer.  Thanks.