bukhrn wrote:
"Have you priced lumber, steel and other materials lately?" Yes, and that's exactly why the Amish are selling Rough Cut lumber as fast as they can cut & mill it, at a very fair price.
Be aware, "rough cut lumber" is not typically "graded" nor is it finished and will be what is known as "full dimensional" lumber which may or may not be the exact same size as graded lumber and not kiln dried (shrinkage, twisting and cracking can be worse if wood has not be properly and carefully dried).
Many places now days will require graded (stamped) lumber in order to get a structure to pass inspections.
Not to mention, unless you have a pretty nice powerful planer it can take a lot of time to plane down rough cut into a nice smooth finished surface and multiply that by the tens of thousands of foot board time becomes a critical factor in the cost.. My time ain't cheap.
And yeah, the trailer builder that I bought the heavy trailer deck screws from mentioned that even they were still having issues getting the oak decking they needed for their orders.. I ended up using PT pine instead of the Oak that was on my trailer because I couldn't wait another yr for the Oak prices and stock to get back to a more normal place.
