can anyone help with moving a lump of wood?

[se7enthdevil]

hi all, i wish to purchase a lump of wood that is currently in northumberland (NE48 3DZ) and i was hoping somebody would be able to drop it off at mine (SL6 0JN). i'm hoping that someone will happen to be going roughly along this journey and if any extra fuel is required ill happily pay.

 

the block is 12"x5" and 115" long and is a tropical wood weighing in at about 120-130kg.

 

is anyone able to help or does anyone know someone who is able to help.

 

i assume there will be help to load it (i'll check) but i can assure you there will 100% be help unloading it.

 

 

if anyone can help please pm me.

[nepia]

I can pick it up Thurs Mar 31st and deliver the next day Steve; I'll be doing my trip home from Caithness.

 

Jon

[muttley9050]

What sort of wood is it steve?

[Ruskins Trees]

Try putting it on shiply.com

 

Hauliers of all sizes then bid for it.

 

We have used it a few times to move things from Tree Spades to trees and planting sundries, all without hassle, relatively quick and cheaper than others.

[se7enthdevil]

I can pick it up Thurs Mar 31st and deliver the next day Steve; I'll be doing my trip home from Caithness.

 

Jon

 

RESULT.

 

well that was quick, sounds like a plan then jon.

 

i don't need it in a hurry so near aprill would be ok and i may get it cut in half for the trip. it'll make getting it on the saw easier.

[se7enthdevil]

What sort of wood is it steve?

 

nick sent me a sample and i believe it to be a timber called angelim vermelho. it's from south america and is used for bridge building and other industrial uses like sleepers and lock gates.

 

it's botanical name is Dinizia excelsa ducke it weighs about 71-72lbs ft3 when dry attaining a height of 200' with a trunk over 6'. the wood is a dull reddish brown or brick colour. it's janka hardness is about 3040 (nearly twice as hard as holm oak) and does not crack badly when it dries.

 

 

 

strange really that we don't tend to use it in england so finding some that is imported is tricky. i bought a bit of 3" from whitmores but i don't know of anyone else in the country who possess some.

 

it really should be imported more as it is fairly plentiful and would give some of the others like azobe/ekki, keruing and balau a well earned rest as they are running out.

[delabodge]

shame on you Steve,British woods only in my yard

[nick1854]

pm sent to you both to set the collection up

[muttley9050]

👎 shame on you Steve,British woods only in my yard😜

 

I have a whole heap of tropicals I bought from a gun stock maker as he would only sell in job lot and there was some walnut slabs I paticularly wanted. These are still in the workshop but soon to be planed when my lucas planer head gets off the boat.

Apart from one small paduak mirror frame ive never used any of the tropicals because there not British.

[se7enthdevil]

�� shame on you Steve,British woods only in my yard��

 

clive, if we had a british timber that was twice as hard as our hardest oak and 72lbs when dry believe me i'd be using it.