Posted by Mark - IN. on February 07, 2012 at 18:35:40 from (71.57.60.102):
In Reply to: Douglas fir beam posted by Brad Buchanan on February 07, 2012 at 12:16:08:
I'm going to bet thats probably a pretty good price if you have use for it.
I know of two ocassions where wood that big was used recently, both times replacing trusses for barn repair, and both times portable saw mills were brought in to cut what the owners provided. One, white oak, a fella about a half mile from me on a barn that I would have razed it was in such bad sagging shape. Not much longer it would have collapsed on its own. He did quite a repair job. Wouldn't recognize that barn today from what it was. The other one was used to replace one of the trusses in one of five barns on a family farm I almost bought about a decade ago after the parents passed away, and the 6 kids all had their own farms to deal with and didn't have time to work that farm too. That barn was built into a hill with a huge field stone foundation, and that was the ground level from the front side, cattle below on the back side, and those were the size of the two piece trusses that met mid barn to support the first elevated level, and supported a Ford 5000, 4000, and lots of hay bails. But I don't remember what trees they had on property. Don't remember them being oak. I remember that being a real good truss though. Two of the sons proudly showed me every inch since they helped replace it a decade or so before. They did a good job too.
You are looking at a real piece of wood there if you have use for it. If you put it to use, it will probably still be there long after we're both gone. Grin.
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