Peloftus Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I may have the chance to buy a few black walnut logs that were taken down from a friends yard. The tree was healthy but needed to be removed for some other reason. Logs range from 42" diameter to 18" and are approximately 12-16' already laying on the ground. I'd like to offer him a fair price for them but I will still have to load and haul to a sawyer and pay to have it milled. I also realize there is always risk in getting a sawyer to mill urban logs but assuming I can find one that will saw the lumber up, does anybody have an idea of what a reasonable offer for this wood might be laying on the ground? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jHop Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Part of the problem is you don't know what you've got until you open it up. (Sort of like Christmas, really.) I don't know what a reasonable price for Black Walnut might be off hand, but if you head to places like Bell Forest Woods, Woodcraft, or even Shannon Rogers' own McIlvain lumber, you can get a reasonable expectation of what wood sells for. I cannot tell you it will be $3 a foot (for example) because I don't know enough and don't have the material in front of me. But it's a starting point. Just use the online price lists they have, and if you need more information try to contact them through the internal links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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