Review of online lumber buy

[jo4hn]

I've been meaning to do this for some time now, but the road to Harbor Fright is paved with ...

I had occasion to order 100 bf of rift sawn oak from Hartzell Wood Stock

of Lime River, Iowa. I know, I had never heard of it either but their town is bigger than mine is. I corresponded with Jana via email and talked with Jim on the phone. Nice folks to do business with. Lumber ordered with a virtual handshake and delivered a bit late due to the trucking company's computer centered being flooded out in one of those pesky hurricanes.

The lumber was as advertised, 4/4 in varying widths from 4 to 8 inches and lengths to 10 feet. The quality is excellent. If you value price and service, here's a good place.

Put up a few pictures of Christmas gifts featuring the oak on abpw. Will start on a modular computer desk and soon as I get the design out of my head and on to paper.

mahalo, jo4hn

p.s. Usual disclaimer about me not being affiliated etc....

[Layne]

Hi John,

I'm on their mailing list and have been meaning to order some lumber from them. Where are you located and how much was shipping to your area?

I always try to do business with the smaller, more personable mom & pop stores when I can, whatever the purchase. Sometimes they're just one mom or one pop running the store.

Layne

[jo4hn]

I live in a tiny mountain community in Southern California and the shipping here was about $2 per bf. Ugly but worth it. Your shipping will be much less assuming you don't live in boondockville too. Email them, Jana responds pretty quickly. mahalo, jo4hn