Thread: White oak and select tassie oak suppliers Melbourne

These days it is a case of you get what you pay for

How much are you buying? !/2 a cube or a few sticks?

Originally Posted by qwertyu

Mathews timber will have both too but also too expensive.

Mathews Timber get their Vic Ash from Powelltown Sawmills. Might be cheaper, might not.

I'll send Mathews Timber an Email might as well.

Can one buy direct from Poweltown Sawmills? Say if I bought a whole packet?

Only looking for about 50 LM of 50x125

Originally Posted by qwertyu

Can one buy direct from Poweltown Sawmills? Say if I bought a whole packet?

Should be able to, I have picked up small packs and delivered them throughout Melbourne

Are you delivery person Acco?

Also, can they provide DAR timber?

Check out Global Hardwoods, he consistently has the best US White Oak compared to our other suppliers.

Originally Posted by qwertyu

Are you delivery person Acco?

Also, can they provide DAR timber?

I rarely do cartage work anymore, I contract it out now with a driver in one of my trucks.

Yes they do DAR

Have a look here

Originally Posted by Chesand

I have just received this email from Grays. http://www.graysonline.com/sale/5034...ks-burl-boards

Mittagong is only 7 hours by road from Melbourne and I'm confident oit wouldn't take much to organise an "on the road" or milling GTG

Originally Posted by elanjacobs

Check out Global Hardwoods, he consistently has the best US White Oak compared to our other suppliers.

Thanks! I'll send them an email. I see they also have aussie timbers too and imported timbers 75mm thick :O

Originally Posted by Acco

I rarely do cartage work anymore, I contract it out now with a driver in one of my trucks.

Yes they do DAR

How much would you charge for one of your guys to deliver from the mill to clayton?

Originally Posted by ian

Have a look here

Mittagong is only 7 hours by road from Melbourne and I'm confident oit wouldn't take much to organise an "on the road" or milling GTG

I would love to get some of those timbers but I dont think I could commit to the road trip. Maybe we can do a woodworkforum group buy - if there are members along the way we can do it in sections? Who's up for that?

edit:
Spoke to Mathews Timber. Their prices are on the higher end so their Vic ash is out of my price bracket. Whelan the warehouse 42x115 hydrowood tassie oak (old growth) is cheaper then their 50x125 rough sawn vic ash even. Their white oak is 150mm wide so it means less timber needed, so getting 50x150 white oak at Mathews is reasonable but the smaller size (38x150) cost quite a bit more then elsewhere.

Originally Posted by qwertyu

How much would you charge for one of your guys to deliver from the mill to clayton?

About $400 + gst, price would come down if it was combined with other loads going down

Just spoke to Powelltown sawmill - they also sell boards green. How long would one have to wait until it is try enough to use? 50x125 and 38x125

I'm sure there is a % that will be useless but if space is available it couldnt hurt to buy some green I suppose

Accepted wisdom for air drying is one year per 25 mm. So a 50 mm board would take 2 years.

BUT
if it's stacked in your garage, it could be much longer as in a garage the boards won't get the air flow they would outside. But outside has it's own risks.

If you go down this route, buying 2 to 3 time the quantity you think you require would be a wise choice.

Originally Posted by qwertyu

Just spoke to Powelltown sawmill - they also sell boards green.

What was their pricing like?