Thread: Can someone help me with how much this timber is worth- red cedar and Silky oak

Lot of silky oak and red cedar boards. Some reclaimed. | Miscellaneous Goods | Gumtree Australia Lockyer Valley - Withcott | 1110254923

Here is a link with pictures! Not a lot to go on and a bit of a drive for me so all of your opinions appreciated!

Cheers,

Andrew

By the looks of the photos, your gonna need to go there in person and decide whether its worthwhile. Or ring him and ask him to put an ounce worth of effort into his listing and ask for some dimensions and usable length quantitys. with the current information given by the seller, $300 -> tell him he's dreamin!

Timber is only worth what someone will pay for it.

To put it bluntly, people who have timber overestimate its value.

In particular, the uninformed overestimate the value of silky oak and to only a slightly lesser extent red cedar ....... there are demo yards full of the stuff in certain areas.

This guy seems to have a whole pile of relativly small pieces of timber ..... that in timber yard terms would be of no commercial value.

People WILL pay good money for small packages of well prepared and well presented small pieces of qulaity timber for "craft uses".

I have no doubt that there would be $300 worth of good timber there .... IF it was prepared, packaged and presented properely AND if you where buying only what you needed for a project already planned.

BUT, if you are buying a pile of timber on a speculatory basis having no specific idea of what is there and without a specific need ..... not $300.

cheers

There are other species in there besides silky and cedar. Personally, I reckon if he wanted to give it to me I would have to think long and hard. Oft times it's just more trouble than it is worth. My 2c

Cheers

Hey guys thanks all for the opinions, I ended up driving down and having a look as it turned out to be a fair bit closer than I thought.
To be honest 60-70% was reclaimed and some of it needed a lot of work and re-sawing which would of lost a lot of timber. There was also more silky than there was red cedar! ( not to mention potential nails to remove before jointing and thicknessing)..
I definitely would not pay the $300 and told him if he would split of some of the nicer blocks at any point I may be interested at the right price.
In regards to Soundman- I do agree there are yards full of the stuff around I just do not have the buck to buy it in industrial lots so I am one of those buyers looking at craft amounts...

On another note does anyone know where I could get some nice timbers in SE QLD. A few months ago everyone would of said mapleman...I never had the chance to buy much off maple man as I was just getting started, but its sad that there is no longer an abundance of adds in the market place!!

Thanks again all!

Go to the Maleny woodshow - not sure when, but soon I think.

Melany is Sat 30 April to Mon 2 May, see Maleny Wood Expo

I also have heaps of timber and willing to sell, but sorry I am not as cheap as Mapleman . I am not a timber merchant although I do have ~11t in various quantities made up of 179 species at present . I am going to Maleny but not to sell timber. I'm at Nerang on the Gold Coast, PM me if you are interested in visiting.

I'm a carver. First and foremost, I create wood pieces that look like those (different species). From what you explain, woodworker/owner #1 probably selected all the really good stuff for projects, leaving a pile of offcuts. Woodworker/owner #2 only discovered that after purchase. It's possible that somebody ate the orange and now they're trying to sell the peel? If you were a wood turner, maybe at a lower price. I don't want to rain on your parade.

Originally Posted by hellofellow

Hey guys thanks all for the opinions, I ended up driving down and having a look as it turned out to be a fair bit closer than I thought.
To be honest 60-70% was reclaimed and some of it needed a lot of work and re-sawing which would of lost a lot of timber. There was also more silky than there was red cedar! ( not to mention potential nails to remove before jointing and thicknessing)..
I definitely would not pay the $300 and told him if he would split of some of the nicer blocks at any point I may be interested at the right price.
In regards to Soundman- I do agree there are yards full of the stuff around I just do not have the buck to buy it in industrial lots so I am one of those buyers looking at craft amounts...

On another note does anyone know where I could get some nice timbers in SE QLD. A few months ago everyone would of said mapleman...I never had the chance to buy much off maple man as I was just getting started, but its sad that there is no longer an abundance of adds in the market place!!

Thanks again all!

P.M sent...yes i do have timber in stock...MM

Re silky! Just be aware that it is illegal to sell silky that has not been fumigated in a number of states.
G Robusta is prone to borer usually in just the sap wood. I made the mistake of buying rather a lot and spent a generous amount of time getting rid of the infected bits. Nice timber though!
Jacko

Originally Posted by jacko

Re silky! Just be aware that it is illegal to sell silky that has not been fumigated in a number of states.
G Robusta is prone to borer usually in just the sap wood. I made the mistake of buying rather a lot and spent a generous amount of time getting rid of the infected bits. Nice timber though!
Jacko

I have not heard that ..... do tell .... references

cheers

Originally Posted by soundman

I have not heard that ..... do tell .... references

cheers

Hi Soundman. II found the data in a web search some many moons ago after some heated discussions with the supplier of 8 planks, up to 600 wide 80 thick and 5 m long. Must have been a biggy! certainly in NSW a big NO NO w'out certifcation.

Chances are old reclaimed silky isn't robusta... It wasn't often milled back in the day because Cardwellia was so available and it's a far better timber. just sayin'

Originally Posted by soundman

I have not heard that ..... do tell .... references

cheers

According to the timber bible, it is "The Timber Utilisation and Marketing Act 1987". I believe its still in force.
Rgds,
Crocy.