Thread: Timber Pricing “R” not “$”

Assume R is for recycled and 30 is thickness

Picture comes from South Africa and prices are in Rand?

Local (Victorian) seller so not international currency.

I did think about thickness, however the R value on the boards is different to the sign, the sign had one R value that was crossed out and replaced with another, and the sign gives dimensions in the traditional manner.

I might have to ask them directly.

I have seen something like this and there was a sign nearby that gave the answers. So the code was used to get the price. I can’t recall how it worked but low-priced Timbers had one letter code and expensive ones had different letter codes. The numbers may then related to the cross-sawn area. You would then multiply the translated letter code, number code and length to give the price of the stick.

Seemed complicated to me at the time and I was not buying at the time (providing transport). If it is in Geelong then probably the same place.

Bruce

Thanks Bruce ….. same place I suspect.

This shot shows R9 which seems to have no relation to the size (190x19), but the post has it at $9/Lm.

Perhaps the R is shorthand code for $/Lm.

Why not ask the seller what it refers to, I think it’s some sort of rating, maybe visual, quality etc