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S4Cruiser

S4Cruiser

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I'm building a treehouse for our 4 year old and looking for some rough cut lumber to use as board and batten siding. Anyone know of a place to check?

Cheaper the better and I'm not looking for fancy wood!
 
@AJR might know a spot
 
All of the sawmills I know through work typically sell in large volumes, like multiple truckloads. There is a guy near Mebane that sells small volumes to the public, but I can’t think of his name right now. Eventually I’ll remember it and I’ll let you know.
 
S4Cruiser said:
I'm building a treehouse for our 4 year old and looking for some rough cut lumber to use as board and batten siding. Anyone know of a place to check?

Cheaper the better and I'm not looking for fancy wood!
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My next door neighbor bought a sawmill recently and has been milling down pine he had taken down from his property. He said he doesn't have any plans for it, but he's got a ton of logs to work through.

He's gone for a couple of months on vacation but it could be a very cheap and local option for you.
 
jfz80 said:
@TallPineCruiser

Think this is anything you could help with out of graham?
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No unfortunately like @AJR mentioned above we deal with big box stores and do not sell to the public.
 
Appreciate all the leads. I ended up finding a guy in Goldston (near Sanford) on FB Marketplace. They’re going to cut to order my materials list. It’s a father / son outfit and have been super responsive so far. Prices are decent too!

(45) 3/4" x 8" x 8'
(50) 3/4" x 3" x 8'
(5) 1" x 8" x 12'

I’ll be sure to update this thread with how the transaction and lumber looks.

Here are a couple pics of my work so far…footings and 5” angle brackets. Craftsman alien head drill press powered through 56 holes in the 1/4 angle…an auto feed would’ve been nice!

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Most overbuild treehouse ever.
 
jfz80 said:
Was just gonna say. Sonatube footings for treehouse. JohnMabe was here signature move lol
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12"ers too. My whole 12x12 shed is built on 6x 8" tube footings and it doesn't even have a tree to lean on lol
 
S4Cruiser said:
My OCD would argue and keep me up if I built anything less than overbuilt.
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I'm with you on that. Make the ground floor of the tree house a bomb shelter, you've already got the footings for it!
 
S4Cruiser said:
My OCD would argue and keep me up if I built anything less than overbuilt.
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I've seen you at the Overbuilder's Anonymous meetings :)
When I had the footers inspected on our place in Hendersonville the inspector wanted to know what kind of tank I planned on parking in this place.
 
JohnVee said:
Gonna go solar or nuclear for power?
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Considered nuclear but I couldn’t get permits…gonna have to just tie it into my garage panel. Couple 15 amp runs should suffice.
 
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Simpson strong ties FTW!!! Looking good!
 
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