Long shot wood search

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John C Lucas

Got it but im in Tennessee. It will be firewood if someone doesnt need it. I have logs from about 20" down to about 4". The 2 big logs are 8 feet long. It was cut about 3 or 4 weeks ago.

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Dave Belser

Thanks John, I'll keep it in mind. If nothing else shows up I might try to take you up on the offer. For the quantity I need, it could be shipped.

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John C Lucas

The smaller limb sections are 4 or 5 feet long so i should be able to cut what you need.

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John C Lucas

Dont know if we can mail state to state. Would have to check on that.

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Dave Belser

Google says it's only a 16 hour drive, so a visit is not out of the question!

I'll see what else comes up.

-Dave

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Dale Gillaspy

I've shipped log sections via USPS before and no one has questioned anything. It's not explosive or hazardous. That is what they are worried about.

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John C Lucas

I thought we had problems with various blights and cant transfer some woods to other states. There were signs all o er at one of the symposiums.

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John Veerkamp

White oak is not proscribed as far as I've heard.

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John K Jordan

I have two large white oak trees down and cut into logs. The biggest is 30" in diameter and there are a bunch of smaller diameter logs but I'd have to go out and measure. The trees were cut about 2 weeks ago. But I'm in TN too (near Knoxville).

I'm going to split most of it into firewood and maybe cut some slabs on my Woodmizer.

Did you check WoodFinder for sources local to you? WoodFinder should be advertised above or use "woodfinder.com" I see several white oak sources in NH. A sawmill might have logs you can use. A local tree service will almost certainly have white oak that size, assuming it grows in your area.

JKJ

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Dave Belser

Thank you John.

I'll check woodfinder.com. I thought about calling local specialty saw mills while sitting in the tub tonight. (No, I'm not going to call them while sitting in the tub)

Worst case someone can ship me some, or I can move to Tennessee.

-D

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John K Jordan

>>>Worst case someone can ship me some, or I can move to Tennessee.

Others have moved to Tenn - low cost of living, real estate, taxes, central to Eastern US, within days driving of the gulf and the Atlantic, cultural and tech centers, and a high number of woodturning clubs per capita! Oh, and the growing season is long and the winters mild. Summers are humid.

I've had slabs of wood shipped to here from Wisconson by UPS and it wasn't unreasonable.

JKJ

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mikeee12345

There are a number of custom wood cutters that will cut any sized piece of wood you need.

Many of these companies sell billets on E-Bay and have websites you can visit and buy directly from

the mill. You might want to check CraigsList for a local wood cutter in your area. Many small mills are

active on CraigsList posting wood that they have available.

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Donna Banfield

Red oak, I could give you whatever you need and whatever length needed, and about a 30 minute drive. That, and pine is all I have on my acreage worth milling. :-(

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Keith tompkins

David, I will check through my firewood logs.. I have some chestnut oak, a form of white oak but the wood is browner than regular white oak. I will go through my pile again, 10 cords worth.

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Doug Ladendorf

Call your local arborists to see if they have or are cutting any soon. Your township may also be an option. Sawmills in the area may be able to help you out.

Doug

Goosebay? *LINK*

Brad Vietje

Looks like they at least list it... might be worth a call to see if they have any logs.

We never see White Oak this far north, but I've seen a lot of it in Eastern MA and in CT.

Good luck,

Brad Vietje

Newbury, VT


http://goosebaylumber.net/wordpress/

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Michael Kratky

Dave, I'm about 5 hours due west of you with a saw mill, I've never seen white oak this far north, but I have a lot of cherry that I'm about to process in the next 24 hours if that helps.

Mike

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Dave Belser

Thanks for the offer Mike, I've got a couple more calls to make and then I'll probably bug one of the Johns from Tennessee.

5 Hours due west of here puts you somewhere on the other side of the Adirondacks. I'm from the Albany area originally, where are you?

Cherry is very easy to come by around here in NH.

- Dave

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Michael Kratky

Dave, I'm 1 1/2 hrs NW of Albany on ther northern tip of the Great Sacandaga Lake in the southern Adirondacks, but belong to 4 turning clubs from Springfield to Syracuse not to mention the Northeastern Woodworkers Association (www.woodworker.org).

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mikeee12345

Not sure if you have found your wood blanks yet.

I have gotten a number of wood blanks from www.GVWP.net (Green Valley Wood Products)

Dave Martin has cut custom sized wood billets on several occasions for me.

I just let him know the size I need and he puts it on a list so he can cut the log and get

the size of billet I am looking for. Bigger billets are getting hard to locate for certain wood

types these days. Most of the large mills will not mess with small orders, so the small and

mid-sized mills that cater to the billet industry are a great asset!