??? POPLAR ???

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

What are you guys paying for delivered and bucked to length, POPLAR LOGS?

I bought 1438 BF today for $140 / thousand. I had to dicker a little but I didn't know how far the spaulting had gone into the logs from each end plus these were yard trees. This guy is a tree remover and I told him the
"metal factor" cane into play.

I drove 20 minutes to look at them. The logs were stacked off the ground and had been there for about year.

The guy delivered them to the mill for this price, also has about 1500/BF to bring tomorrow.

I started sawing them right away just to see what the lumber looked like......I was impressed.

I'll be sawing half of them 5/4 and the rest 1 inch. 8, 10 and 12" wide.

Just curious what POPLAR was selling for Bucked and delivered.



  

  

 

[Seaman]

The only price I know of up here is pine a $250 a tho. I think you did great!
Haul half of it to me and I will pay you 20 cent a BF CASH MONEY!!!!
Frank

[drobertson]

No Brainer, going rate, I think you know this or you would not have done it,  good siding, and misc. nice logs, david

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I agree David....I did know this was a good price. I just have not bought POPLAR in a long time. I was just fishing for the highest price someone has paid for it.

[WDH]

Felled, skidded, loaded on a log truck, and hauled to a mill here in Central Georgia, yellow poplar is bring about $350/MBF Doyle Scale.  That would be $44/ton x 8 tons/MBF = $352. 

That is good looking lumber.

[bugdust]

Poplar is plentiful here, and I have lots of it. The only problem is there's not much request for it. I sold a couple hundred board feet recently to two individuals. The first put it on an interior wall in an airplane hanger, and the other was building a screened-in porch. I sawed poplar for lap siding and put clear waterproofing stain on it, and that really brought out the grain. Poplar is easy to work with and will accept most any stain. I used walnut stain on clear poplar and it looked just like walnut. If I saw, mill and sell I usually get .35-.50/bdft. In other words Dave, you did pretty good.

[Brucer]

Personally I don't buy the stuff. It's not very poplar around here :D.

Sorry, couldn't resist ;D

[fishpimp]

Nice buy. Nice logs and great lookin clear boards.
Just remember . Poplar bark can bring more than 2$ s sq.
If good grade and in season which is very soon b over if not already.

[rmack]

Nice buy. Nice logs and great lookin clear boards.
Just remember . Poplar bark can bring more than 2$ s sq.
If good grade and in season which is very soon b over if not already.

does that have to be 2" thick or better?

[acrosteve]

Nice buy. Nice logs and great lookin clear boards.
Just remember . Poplar bark can bring more than 2$ s sq.
If good grade and in season which is very soon b over if not already.

People buy poplar bark?

[NCDiesel]

Nice buy. Nice logs and great lookin clear boards.
Just remember . Poplar bark can bring more than 2$ s sq.
If good grade and in season which is very soon b over if not already.

People buy poplar bark?

For siding.   Fully processed and milled it goes for big money I understand but I know of no mills.

By the way, half-rounds of bark from immature trees make great troughs/sluices.  As a boy I re-routed many a creek  with it.  Those were good days, re-engineering waterways and catching crawdads.

[Philngruvy]

Poplar bark makes beautiful shingles for siding under eaves, etc.
I am not sure how thick it needs to be but apparently you cut the bark around the log to the desired length, then split it the length of the log and peel it off.  Lay it out flat to dry.

[Raider Bill]

Poplar bark makes beautiful shingles for siding under eaves, etc.
I am not sure how thick it needs to be but apparently you cut the bark around the log to the desired length, then split it the length of the log and peel it off.  Lay it out flat to dry.

I saw a house in Tenn where the guy used poplar bark for his soffit and 1 outside wall. Looked great. Said it was 10 years old and that he never had bug issues with it

[WDH]

It has to be peeled in the early Spring when the trees break dormancy. 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

It has to be peeled in the early Spring when the trees break dormancy.

Very good point Danny.....the bark on these logs in my OP are toast.

[ST Ranch]

I can not believe that those logs are 1 year old.  Any poplar or cottonwood that I have growing with my spruce will go soft and rotten in a few months - core rot being the most common.  Tom

[nk14zp]

I can not believe that those logs are 1 year old.  Any poplar or cottonwood that I have growing with my spruce will go soft and rotten in a few months - core rot being the most common.  Tom

Same here.

[GeneWengert-WoodDoc]

The last several posting are thinking that the original discussion on poplar refers to aspen poplar.  The original posting was about yellow poplar (also called tulip poplar) which is not related at all to aspen poplar, black poplar, balm of Giliad, or cottonwood.  These latter species are in the POPULUS genus while yellow poplar is in the LIRIODENDRON genus.  Yellow poplar is mainly in the SE U.S.

[Ga Mtn Man]

GeneWengert-WoodDoc...a very POPLAR guy. :laugh:

[John_Haylow]

The last several posting are thinking that the original discussion on poplar refers to aspen poplar.  The original posting was about yellow poplar (also called tulip poplar) which is not related at all to aspen poplar, black poplar, balm of Giliad, or cottonwood.  These latter species are in the POPULUS genus while yellow poplar is in the LIRIODENDRON genus.  Yellow poplar is mainly in the SE U.S.

We get the Aspen Poplar around here. Is there much difference between the two?
John

[rmack]

The last several posting are thinking that the original discussion on poplar refers to aspen poplar.  The original posting was about yellow poplar (also called tulip poplar) which is not related at all to aspen poplar, black poplar, balm of Giliad, or cottonwood.  These latter species are in the POPULUS genus while yellow poplar is in the LIRIODENDRON genus.  Yellow poplar is mainly in the SE U.S.

I have seen the same colour/grain patterns in the Cottonwood on my property, but I have never seen that many boards lay flat or straight at the same time.

[beenthere]

Yes John, different woods and different characteristics.
But both have their particular drying differences that should be taken into account.

Like cherry and oak are different, so is aspen and yellow poplar.
Aspen is often named and discussed as "popple" .

[acrosteve]

It has to be peeled in the early Spring when the trees break dormancy.

Good to know.

I did not search for it but, bark aside, is there a optimum time to cut a tree down?  Say I have a tree that I know will be cut down, but i have any of the 12 months to do it in.



I have always though that when the tree is dormant would be better than when it was full of sap, but your post about the bark made me curious.

[WDH]

In the winter, when the tree is dormant, the cambium is not active and the bark is "tight".  In the Spring when the cambium springs into action, the bark is said to have "slipped", and it is easy to peel off in many species.  As time goes on and Summer arrives, the bark "tightens" up again. 

[Magicman]

I think that my cambium has slipped.   :-\