Post prices

[Larry]

Anybody know what big posts out of erc or white oak are selling for?  Heard some high prices which were hard for me to believe.

[WV Sawmiller]

  I'd say we need more details as to the size and quality. Were they used as a high end restoration or for simple utility uses? I saw a couple of natural, bark-on ERC posts used locally of a log home restoration and they added a lot to the looks and price should not have been an option for that kind of project.

[Patrick NC]

I've been getting $3.25 per board foot for 6x6x8' ERC. $78 each. 8x8 or bigger is $4 per board foot. They sell as fast as I can saw them, but it takes a really nice cedar log to make 6x6 or larger. I've got a guy willing to pay $5 a foot for 8x8x16' if I can find good enough logs to make them. 

[moodnacreek]

I've been getting $3.25 per board foot for 6x6x8' ERC. $78 each. 8x8 or bigger is $4 per board foot. They sell as fast as I can saw them, but it takes a really nice cedar log to make 6x6 or larger. I've got a guy willing to pay $5 a foot for 8x8x16' if I can find good enough logs to make them.

Wow, N.C. is more than N.Y.   I am charging $20 for an 8' post quality 4x4.

[Patrick NC]

4x4x8' here is $26. The price per BF increases substantially for anything 6x6 and larger. A lot of people looking for them to use as porch posts.  Seems to be a big thing right now. 

[nativewolf]

Wow...me like

[Larry]

I've been getting $3.25 per board foot for 6x6x8' ERC. $78 each. 8x8 or bigger is $4 per board foot. They sell as fast as I can saw them, but it takes a really nice cedar log to make 6x6 or larger. I've got a guy willing to pay $5 a foot for 8x8x16' if I can find good enough logs to make them.

That's what my guys been telling me.  Actually $4 plus on the 8 X 8's.

[stavebuyer]

I need to rip out all my fence posts before the tax man ups my levy.