pricing for oak planks

[leggs]

        I just got an order for 24 oak planks 2 1/4 x 8x 12 ft. im not sure what to charge .   any ideas.  Im in eastern Ohio and the trees are mine.  thanks

[DonE911]

I just cut 15 2x8x12's red oak  with one natural edge for a guy building a barn.  His trees and my time, he offered $325 and he would do all the loading with his tractor and would offloaded every board too. Nice pressure washed logs. He didn't have a trailer to haul them to the circle mill or 2 weeks to wait.

No negotiations.... I said "sure,when" .... took about 4 1/2 hours including all the talking we did.

Hit 2 nails but I just gave him a couple "freebie's".   :

He said he would call me back when I got the Swinger to cut all the siding for the barn. I wonder if he will offer more than my hourly rate again?

As for what you should charge if its your wood?  Hard to say, that would depend on what you had to pay for the logs and how much you want to pay yourself for the time.

[Ron Wenrich]

We charge about 60-70 cents/bf for stuff like that.  We use interior parts of the log after the grade has been pulled. 

What you charge is pretty much up to you.  I've heard some pretty high prices, but if you can get it, who's to argue?

[dewwood]

I charge $1 BF for sound lumber for trailer floors, bridge decking, farm lumber etc.  If they want clear white oak it is considerably more as the logs would bring that without sawing.

[BBTom]

When I supply the trees, Oak "barn wood" is $1 / bdft.  doesn't matter if it is for horse stalls or trailer decking, or fence boards.   Dry poplar is the same price.  green poplar is $.75. 

[twoodward15]

If I was buying that here in new jersey I'd have to pay $367.20 green or $712.80 dried.   That's 85 cents green and $1.65 dried.

[woodmills1]

I get $1.25 for my red oak off the saw.  At that price I sell all of the log so they get some real nice boards, plus the middle.  Horse fence, trailer deck and truck sides.