I thought this might be of interest to someone looking for rot resistant
wood.
I have a friend who purchased a sauerkraut factory - complete with
tanks! He has about 50,000 board feet of old growth cypress ~(1-3/4 -
2)" x (6-9)"wide x (11-16)' long. There are peg holes in the side and a
few nails. He tore out a couple of tanks to have a look at the wood -
it's beautiful! The growth rings in some of the boards are about 1/16"
apart. The tanks were built between the 1900's and the 1930's

There are also some newer tanks made from old growth douglas fir and red
wood. (saw some of the douglas fir and looks very good)

He originally wanted to sell the whole lot at once and have someone come
in and tear the tanks down, but he decided that since there are no time
pressures to remove the tanks - he'll let go of it in small lots (it
will be lot easier for him to remove one tank at a time).

I don't know what he's asking for the wood - but if anyone's interested,
I'll provide a contact.

Gregg

And in what part of the world might this fabulous wood be residing?

Pirate_Dave
~~
In article , Gregg wrote:
I thought this might be of interest to someone looking for rot resistant
wood.
I have a friend who purchased a sauerkraut factory - complete with
tanks! He has about 50,000 board feet of old growth cypress ~(1-3/4 -
2)" x (6-9)"wide x (11-16)' long. There are peg holes in the side and a
few nails. He tore out a couple of tanks to have a look at the wood -
it's beautiful! The growth rings in some of the boards are about 1/16"
apart. The tanks were built between the 1900's and the 1930's

There are also some newer tanks made from old growth douglas fir and red
wood. (saw some of the douglas fir and looks very good)

He originally wanted to sell the whole lot at once and have someone come
in and tear the tanks down, but he decided that since there are no time
pressures to remove the tanks - he'll let go of it in small lots (it
will be lot easier for him to remove one tank at a time).

I don't know what he's asking for the wood - but if anyone's interested,
I'll provide a contact.

Gregg

Dave Cannell wrote in
:

And in what part of the world might this fabulous wood be
residing?

Pirate_Dave
~~
In article , Gregg wrote:
I thought this might be of interest to someone looking for
rot
resistant wood.
snipped the same old....


A year and 6 days ago you posted very similar
info except this year you learned how to spell
cypress. What gives with that?

http://tinyurl.com/5fqhl

Jeff Marso wrote:

Dave Cannell wrote in
:


And in what part of the world might this fabulous wood be

residing?

Pirate_Dave
~~
In article , Gregg wrote:

I thought this might be of interest to someone looking for

rot

resistant wood.

snipped the same old....


A year and 6 days ago you posted very similar
info except this year you learned how to spell
cypress. What gives with that?

http://tinyurl.com/5fqhl


Some people are slow learners - I didn't want to post again until I
learned how to spell.
- it's the same wood - there was no rush to get rid of it -besides,
nobody has had the time to tear down the tanks (it's not an easy job).
It would be a lot faster and easier to go in with a back hoe and a
bulldozer, but since he wasn't in urgent need of the space... He wanted
to try to sell off most of the tanks.

Gregg

Gregg wrote in news:Cw90d.3582$hI3.1551
@news01.roc.ny:



In article , Gregg wrote:

I thought this might be of interest to someone looking for

rot

resistant wood.

snipped the same old....


A year and 6 days ago you posted very similar

mild rant snipped



Some people are slow learners - I didn't want to post again until I
learned how to spell.
- it's the same wood - there was no rush to get rid of it -besides,
nobody has had the time to tear down the tanks (it's not an easy job).
It would be a lot faster and easier to go in with a back hoe and a
bulldozer, but since he wasn't in urgent need of the space... He wanted
to try to sell off most of the tanks.

Gregg


From what you wrote last year it sounds like sweet wood and my purpose
was not really to flame you. Hasn't anything happened with this wood in
the last year? Perhaps you could have just prefaced this with something
like: "hey remember this stuff I was talking about last year? Well it's
still available." etc... Perhaps post a pic somewhere, a testimonial
from a satisfied buyer, something. If the first announcement goes nowhere
why go at it again a year later with exactly the same pitch? Also I
should have put a smiley after the spelling crack.

Jeff "dreaming of a Tolman"

Jeff Marso wrote:
Gregg wrote in news:Cw90d.3582$hI3.1551
@news01.roc.ny:



In article , Gregg wrote:


I thought this might be of interest to someone looking for

rot


resistant wood.

snipped the same old....


A year and 6 days ago you posted very similar


mild rant snipped


Some people are slow learners - I didn't want to post again until I
learned how to spell.
- it's the same wood - there was no rush to get rid of it -besides,
nobody has had the time to tear down the tanks (it's not an easy job).
It would be a lot faster and easier to go in with a back hoe and a
bulldozer, but since he wasn't in urgent need of the space... He wanted
to try to sell off most of the tanks.

Gregg



From what you wrote last year it sounds like sweet wood and my purpose
was not really to flame you. Hasn't anything happened with this wood in
the last year? Perhaps you could have just prefaced this with something
like: "hey remember this stuff I was talking about last year? Well it's
still available." etc... Perhaps post a pic somewhere, a testimonial
from a satisfied buyer, something. If the first announcement goes nowhere
why go at it again a year later with exactly the same pitch? Also I
should have put a smiley after the spelling crack.

Jeff "dreaming of a Tolman"

Your right! -Thanks for the tips - and yes I forgot the smiley face ;-)
I honestly thought nobody would remember the post from last year - I'm
really surprised, but that's just me and I have trouble remembering what
I had for last nights' dinner ;-)
I'll try to get some pics posted (that's a very good pointer!)
The owner initially tried to sell the entire lot at once, (for reasons I
won't go into), but the wood dealers would not offer enough to cover
dismantling of the tanks (it's a difficult and can be a dangerous job
without the right precautions). A couple tanks have been removed and
are in the process of becoming kitchen cabinets, a deck and (I hope) in
the near future a couple of stripper canoes.

Thanks for the pointers!
Gregg
PS
I didn't take your post as a flame - this is a really nice news group!
I typically go to Sci Chem - That group can thicken anybody's skin - to
the point of being tougher than elephant hide!!

Dave Cannell wrote:
And in what part of the world might this fabulous wood be residing?

Pirate_Dave
~~
The finger lakes region of NY between Rochester and Syracuse.
Gregg

"Gregg" wrote in message
...


Dave Cannell wrote:
And in what part of the world might this fabulous wood be residing?

Pirate_Dave
~~
The finger lakes region of NY between Rochester and Syracuse.

sauerkraut capital of the world. Once, in my college working-kid days, I
did water sampling outside of some of those plants :{))

L8R

Skip

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig
http://tinyurl.com/384p2

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
Gregg

Skip Gundlach wrote:

"Gregg" wrote in message
...


Dave Cannell wrote:

And in what part of the world might this fabulous wood be residing?

Pirate_Dave
~~
The finger lakes region of NY between Rochester and Syracuse.


sauerkraut capital of the world. Once, in my college working-kid days, I
did water sampling outside of some of those plants :{))

L8R

Skip

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig
http://tinyurl.com/384p2

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.
Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Gregg



- Yes and the factory is located in the town that has the "world
famous?" sauerkraut festival as featured on the food network ; ) (15
minutes of fame)
- it's a good thing you didn't have to do air sampling in the late fall
after the cabbage in fields start to rot.

Gregg