Processing after air drying

[Lynwoo]

I see a crossroad coming up and am trying  to anticipate the better step.

By early fall I anticipate my band sawn materials to be ready for the next step.  I should have around 5000 board feet ready to be processed.

I already own a 5hp delta shaper and knives, a 5hp grizzly table saw, and other assorted gear with dust collector in a rather cramped 30x40 enclosed shop.  I anticipate buying a 5hp 20inch planer in the near future but as is most heavy duty gear isn't available  at this time.  Also being a one man show this is a tall task  on a single sided planer and running one sides for tongue and one for groove.

With that being said rather than handling this material this many times what could one expect to pay +- per board foot to have the materials ran through an industrial molder planer.

I would size the width and deliver on a trailer and supply another trailer for them to load out on.  They would receive 4/4 random length air dried and a processing fee and in return I would receive planed and t&g lumber  ready to install.  All is hardwood mostly 6 through 12 foot legnths.

When the planers come in stock again I do expect to purchase one for smaller jobs and specific purposes but am not sure I can make it work for this amount of materials. This is lots of material  handling and in reality would require much covered space to house the materials in the dry planing one side then the other then setting up the shaper for tongue then for groove.  Also as I understand it  a properly set up one step planer molder should have a more accurate duplication than the multiple steps I would have to put the materials  through.  

What are the thoughts here?

[Southside]

My thought is you would be making a big mistake to do this.  Air dried hardwood in your neck of the woods is going to end up at 12%-15% MC.  Kiln dried will be 7%, so your wood is going to move / shrink after you install it if you don't finish it in a kiln first. 

FWIW you would be looking at $0.45 / LF to straight line and run your lumber through my moulder.  

[farmfromkansas]

Until I got my solar air dryer set up, had to put the air dried wood in my shop store room for a couple months with a dehumidifier to get it dry enough to use for shop projects.  Otherwise, would plane lumber  and glue up panels, and they would warp and bow, turn into crap.  Since I now can get my wood dry, my panels stay nice and flat.

[Lynwoo]

Until I got my solar air dryer set up, had to put the air dried wood in my shop store room for a couple months with a dehumidifier to get it dry enough to use for shop projects.  Otherwise, would plane lumber  and glue up panels, and they would warp and bow, turn into crap.  Since I now can get my wood dry, my panels stay nice and flat.

kiln drying and sterilizing are two steps I left out as I am still researching how I will approach them.
Mainly I was trying to get an idea on the cost to have the finishing done as opposed to me single siding them.
Thanks for the thoughts.