Large tropical hardwood beams; how to sell them...?

[nepia]

A friend locally has a pair of huge wooden beams to go; 14'x18"x12".

Apparently made of a tropical hardwood - 'if you cut into them the wood's red'.

Came from the railways where they were used for supporting heavy equipment.

 

Where/how could these be moved on?

 

Cheers,

 

Jon

[trigger_andy]

Gotta be worth £200 to the right person?

[Mick Dempsey]

I would want some kind of confirmation that it was a tropical hardwood before forking out.

[trigger_andy]

11 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I would want some kind of confirmation that it was a tropical hardwood before forking out.

Genuine question, how would that be achieved? They have to be over 50 years old. So no one around to vouch for them. Cut the end off and have a look? Sniff test? 

 

Its like Green and Purple Heart. Its falls into folks laps for free and they think its a goldmine.

[Mick Dempsey]

11 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

Genuine question, how would that be achieved? They have to be over 50 years old. So no one around to vouch for them. Cut the end off and have a look? Sniff test? 

 

Its like Green and Purple Heart. Its falls into folks laps for free and they think its a goldmine.

I dunno tbh.

[nepia]

11 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I would want some kind of confirmation that it was a tropical hardwood before forking out.

Fair point Mick; I could cut a small piece to expose fresh timber - might do that anyway 👍

[Mike Hill]

I dont know about the UK ,but if thats Lignum Vitae it would be worth huge money in Norway.

 

A mate scored some heavy beams that had supported the engine in a wooden ship. He got over £5k for them.There were ¼ the volume you have. Go get them positively identified.

[Tree monkey 1682]

Its green heart ,often used for piles in costal areas ,can  be a tosser to cut as it wears down chainsaw, chain saw dust is sandy  ,burns on open fire ok . Tbh not even worth ringing up for the fire 

[nepia]

That's a surprise.  How can something that size not be worth anything?  They're 4.3m long!

[nepia]

@Squaredy    Sorry to bother you!  Have you any observations to make here?

 

Cheers