is this a gloat? or is Oak just getting cheaper?

[Richard Clements]

I was calling around for lumber prices, looking for some alder and cheery, and while I was at it asked what was currently there cheapest hardwood and the guy at Franklin building said they had Red Oak 3.30 bf s4s which was $0.70 less then s2s alder, I haven't been looking for Oak just becouse I was thinking the Borgs where compeditve in there pricing and there selling it for $7+ bf, there selling Poplur for $4+ a bf

the only thing I could find cheaper then Oak was Poplur, one of the hard wood dealers has it for 2.41 bf and for $.40 he would s3s it

are the Borgs just screwing us here or is the price droped recently and there just not cought up yet?

[SteveC1280]

Not a gloat. I buy red oak around here for $1.90/ bd ft.

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[Richard Clements]

so your saying the Borgs are screwing us

[RonB]

They always have.

See attached page for example of what we pay in South Central Kansas area. Some of those shown in the price list are as much as $1/bf cheaper 150 - 180 miles east of here (Missouri, Arkansas - where a lot of our lumber comes from). Actually prices fluctuate and are about .10 to .15 higher than normal now.

[SteveC1280]

Yes, hardwood at the Borg is way above the price from local suppiers around here in NH

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[rcook5]

What he's saying is Borgs have always been a lousy place to buy hardwood. Think of buying your groceries at Circle K.

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[Leon]

I betcha he was quoting linear foot for the s4s red oak. Did you ask about a specific width board when asking the price? I know of no lumber company that sells s4s by the board foot. In Houston, s4s Red Oak typically goes for $3.20 a linear foot in 1x8.

Typically I pay 15 cents per bf to have s3s over s2s.

The Borg is higher and always has been. Screwing you, no. You are screwing yourself if you continue to buy from them and know of a cheaper source.

[Richard Clements]

[Leuf]

Where in NH do you recommend? I've been looking for somewhere in the Tilton area.

-Leuf

[SteveC1280]

Leuf, I don't know about the Tilton area. I buy at Highland Hardwoods in Brentwood.

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[Leon]

[Prometheus]

The Borgs are screwing you. I pay $2.25 a bf for white oak, S3S / random widths. Red Oak is $2.45 a bf, IIRC. The only thing I can think of offhand that is cheaper in Wisconsin is Beech, though I think there are two or three others that cost less than white oak that are slipping my mind right now...

[Bob]

S4S???

Bob

[RonB]

The local borg sells by linear foot. When you convert their prices for Oak to BF it occasionally comes out to $6 - 8/bf.

[RonB]

than the borg. One is a small, family owned cabinet shop that sells hardwood from their rack. The other is a fellow who "let his hobby get out of control" (says he). He sells hardwoods and Baltic Birch ply from his small shop. Both are slightly higher than the distributor mentioned above, but cheap enough to keep me from driving to the distributor which is 30 miles away, for small quantity

Look around your area and your yellow pages ("hardwood", "lumber", "mills", hardwood etc.).

[Rick]

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[Joe "Woody" Woodpecker]

I'm not too sure of the s2s or s2s1e or s3s prices here, but I recently purchased 520 bd ft (a stack 2.5' h x 3'0 w x 9.0 l) of rough cut 4/4 red oak for $100.

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