Found a guy in Norfolk, VA who has just added to his tree cutting service and has started a lumber business along side it. He has a "Wood-Mizer" and just got his Kiln on-line. Came to an agreement with him for 200bft of QS Red Oak @ $1.75bdft after some haggling. It would cost me extra and a long delay to have him dry it for me. But the logs he cut it off were harvested by a him a long while ago and the Moisture content is running between 14 - 16% in the boards; so I took it at the above price and I'll let it dry the rest of the way in my Garaaashop. Did I get a fair price for only partially cured QS Red Oak? My other lumber place here doesn't carry QS Red Oak and their non-QS Kiln dried R.O. goes for about $2.60bdft.
Joey in Chesapeake