Hi All,
Ran into a buddy who works for the railroad. They have been and will continue to get large marine diesel engines in from Asia and South America for rebuilds at the local plant. He knew I was into wood working and wanted me to look at some of the timbers that had stacking up. I drove up and started looking at what I though was white oak and ash. Guess what they were. That was the timbers that they use for out going shipments. Carl yells at me to drive down to the other end of the building.
I go down to the other end of the build and here is a stack of timbers about
9 ft high and 60 ft long. On the top is a piece of purplehart about 16'x4"x9" too heavy to move. Also in the pile is Teak, Mahogany, a really red wood, and a deep reddish brown wood. Carl asks if I am interested. I nod cause I am speechless. I have Carl take me up to his boss who just want to get rid of it.First off is it worth going after? What should I look out for in moving this pile? Are they any dangers from chemicals? It appears to be semi-green. How do you cut up such big pieces? How do you dry them? How would you move them? Carl says that they use a cable crane to load the firewood guys trucks. I was going to talk to truck driver whose wife is a friend of my SWMBO about bartering him and truck and low-boy to move it. How do you unload it? Am I nuts? What to do with the really warped pieces? Is it dangerous to burn certain kinds of wood?
Chef