I just saw this on FB marketplace. He advertises a Bobcat 72" scoop (as full as he can get it) for $35. It's all hardwoods from sawmill cutoffs. It's not far from me and would certainly provide a lot of practice wood. Has anyone did anything like this, and if yes how did it work out? I could probably get some bandsaw boxes out of it as well.

I’m wondering how long the pieces were in the sun and might be cracked from drying too fast 

11 minutes ago, lew said:

I’m wondering how long the pieces were in the sun and might be cracked from drying too fast 

Those cutoffs look post drying to me Lew, and I see few if any cracked ones, could be a pretty cool thing! Definitely worth a drive @Fred W. Hargis Jr !

I'll give you a dollar and be your friend for a year if you shipped me a big box full. Lol

Same concern as Lew.  Those that aren't cracked should be sealed right away.  A six foot scoop is a lot of wood.  At $35 a scoop some bad ones wouldn't be deal killers and could also be used for small spindle blanks.  I would ask him to point out the different wood species so you know what you are getting.

Not too mention, not a bad price for firewood either if you can stack it tightly in the bucket yourself

1 hour ago, lew said:

I’m wondering how long the pieces were in the sun and might be cracked from drying too fast 

The ad said they've been on his lot since April, of course that doesn't explain how long they might have been sitting elsewhere.

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

Not too mention, not a bad price for firewood either if you can stack it tightly in the bucket yourself

He actually listed it as firewood, if i can work out some time I'm going to at least go look.

 

2 hours ago, HandyDan said:

Same concern as Lew.  Those that aren't cracked should be sealed right away.  A six foot scoop is a lot of wood.  At $35 a scoop some bad ones wouldn't be deal killers and could also be used for small spindle blanks.  I would ask him to point out the different wood species so you know what you are getting.

 Yeah, I expect there would be some to toss, he mentioned he usually fills a 6' truck bed with 2 scoops....just one scoop would last me a very, very long time.

2 hours ago, John Morris said:

Those cutoffs look post drying to me Lew, and I see few if any cracked ones, could be a pretty cool thing! Definitely worth a drive @Fred W. Hargis Jr !

I was looking at them on my phone   Kinda hard to tell from that tiny picture. 

3 hours ago, John Morris said:

Those cutoffs look post drying to me Lew, and I see few if any cracked ones, could be a pretty cool thing! Definitely worth a drive @Fred W. Hargis Jr !

If any are cracked they could be used in an epoxy turning possibly, that is is you're in to turning epoxy. I've tried it once and I can say it's different than wood. Lol

3 hours ago, User74 said:

I'll give you a dollar and be your friend for a year if you shipped me a big box full. Lol

I said this in the context of a joke but now I'm kinda wondering what the shipping cost for a good sized box would be.

5 minutes ago, User74 said:

I said this in the context of a joke but now I'm kinda wondering what the shipping cost for a good sized box would be.

Probably 35 bucks, wouldn't that drive ya nutz!

Well, should I get some (I think I'll get in touch with him today) you can get a box shipped for the actual cheapest shipping cost. But though he's close it's still a 4+ (or so) hour chunk of time I have to come up with to go get it and that's tough for me to do this time of the year.

 

PS, he just got another load (from the sawmill, I guess) and indicated it's more "not seasoned" as much, so I suppose this is somewhat green wood.

Edited December 11, 20241 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Well, should I get some (I think I'll get in touch with him today) you can get a box shipped for the actual cheapest shipping cost. But though he's close it's still a 4+ (or so) hour chunk of time I have to come up with to go get it and that's tough for me to do this time of the year.

 

PS, he just got another load (from the sawmill, I guess) and indicated it's more "not seasoned" as much, so I suppose this is somewhat green wood.

If you would, send me his information. I'd like to see if he could ship some down to Southwest Georgia if it's affordable. Although, affordability is in the eye of the beholder. Lol

Well, I'd like to do that but on FB everything (as best as i can tell) is fairly anonymous. Here's a link to the ad, of that helps.

1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Well, I'd like to do that but on FB everything (as best as i can tell) is fairly anonymous. Here's a link to the ad, of that helps.

I'd like to add you to my friends list on Facebook. I understand without hard feelings if you decline. 

You can do that, but the only thing I use FB for is the marketplace stuff. If it wasn't for Marketplace I wouldn't even have registered.

Edited December 11, 20241 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

You to update this briefly, the fellow selling these chunks wants you to pick them up on Saturdays, or late in the day...which only leaves Saturday as a option for me. My Saturdays are occupied right now with all the holiday stuff going on, mostly visits from kids, grandkids, great grandkids, and others. So I'm not sure when I'll be able to get a load of them.

I would look at the pile and if I didn’t see a lot of cracks I would try a scoop.

Looking at it on my IPad zoomed in I didn’t see cracks. I would love to get a scoop of that.