tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post6466241251286059510..comments2024-03-18T20:19:07.475-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Barn WoodEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-27055578062129378572015-04-29T16:02:28.426-04:002015-04-29T16:02:28.426-04:00Ironically in the deep South, there ARE barns wort...Ironically in the deep South, there ARE barns worth a lot of $$ because they are heart pine or knotty pine. Those woods are coming back into popularity with a certain segment that is restoring the old houses. Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-90449712542030759142015-04-29T16:02:26.624-04:002015-04-29T16:02:26.624-04:00Ironically in the deep South, there ARE barns wort...Ironically in the deep South, there ARE barns worth a lot of $$ because they are heart pine or knotty pine. Those woods are coming back into popularity with a certain segment that is restoring the old houses. Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-18015854536325047622015-04-28T11:34:49.163-04:002015-04-28T11:34:49.163-04:00Once in while there is some good wood, as long as ...Once in while there is some good wood, as long as the beam is thick enough to resaw- and the wood is good- the eastern barns had a lot of chestnut used in the framing-out here in the West it is mostly doug fir- my shop and house have 8x12 beams from an old timber company building- they were roof trusses. (it was a BIG building!)<br /> Same effect with most trees- by the time that "valuable" fallen tree is cut into lengths, yarded out, loaded onto a truck, brought to a mill, all the waste cleaned up, sawn into boards, stacked, dried, and stored, and a blade replaced due a hidden glass insulator the meal detector did not pick up, the profit is small or non existent. ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856682279027941740noreply@blogger.com