Great video! Thanks for the info. Another place you can look is Lowes & Home Depot. They have shorter pieces of wood called runners, spacers, or breakers. They are the boards they use in between their stacks of lumber. We stop by every couple of weeks to pick up and generally get a pallet of them for $1-15. Sometimes they just give them to us. My daughter and I are using them to make some household furniture like a two person desk, microwave stand, kitchen island, and now we are getting ready to do a 3/4 living room wall entertainment center. So many more projects ahead.
Oh interesting that is a super good tip! I do know they have sort of a scratch and dent section in the lumber area (but instead of scratches and dents it's usually bowed or otherwise broken) and there are some good bargains in there if you need shorter cuts where those bends and breaks don't matter to you! Great suggestion thank you!
You are NOT cheap, you are frugal! Of course my dad used to say that I knew how to pinch a penny till it screamed! Thanks, Dad! Great video, thank you! Off to watch how to put together the window greenhouse! Recently scored 90 old, single paned windows in great shape from an antique shop that decided not to carry old structural pieces any longer. Watched the price dwindle on their sign for 6 mos till it said 'free, you haul'! I saw fireworks, heard trumpets, and was back with a pickup in 10 minutes! They've all been stripped, painted, and resealed (if needed). Have made 10 cold frames, have 80 left, and was looking for a greenhouse video! So glad I found your channel! Your my kind of folks!
John your lucky to have such a close mill, nothing around where I am. I bought most of what I need for my upcoming custom ultimate chicken coop last spring thinking I was gonna build right away. Most of it is expensive pt though. Everything has gone up but wood more so. We’re under a stay at home order up here in Ontario now 😜 See ya on the next one, Chad.
Yes everything always is going up in prices but I haven't seen anything like the lumber price change. I am hoping with a new administration import taxes against canada will be removed and lumber prices can self correct. (not to talk politics, just hoping that lumber prices will come down, we have things to build!!)
The only saw mill near us shut down years ago, thankfully we have a friend who can get us some free lumber from new construction sites, it's insane what they throw away😅 thanks for another entertaining and informative video. Always look forward to y'all shenanigans😂
Oh my gosh yes construction site dumpsters are literal gold mines!!!! It can be tricky to get permission but when it works, IT WORKS! great suggestion !
Hahaha, the "free montage" 🤣 ...that's a nice arrangement you've got with that local sawyer. When we ran a sawmill business the jacket lumber/slabs were always a challenge to move...we tried selling bundles but a lot of times it just sat. Those second cuts can hold quite a few decent grade 1x2s, 1x3s, etc., 🤙 -Josh
Yeah that is a good suggestion to cut down the top cuts into more uniform bits as well. The free montage we like too :) nothing wrong with trying to do things on the free/cheap. :)
such a great idea! love that you guys try and reuse everything! yes wood along with everything else is getting more expensive! thanks for sharing ~Alyssa
hidden spring that is so interesting I have been thinking that the reason our lumber prices had skyrocketed was due to the current import taxes we have on Canada.. so interesting to hear its so expensive there as well! Wonder what that is all about? I thought you guys were producing the majority of it for us
Old Redding Farm we do produce most of it but I guess COVID is an excuse to raise prices... not just wood either but wood seems to have gone up 20%...crazy!!!
That covid is an excuse for EVERYTHING. if we hear due to covid.... One more time over something that doesn't have anything to do with covid I could throw up and scream
I'd be all over it if I had one Close too.What I like is everything you've done over there looks nice, orderly and clean..it really does! When I do that,it doesn't lol
Oh thank you so much! We do struggle with keeping things looking neat and orderly. That playscape that we picked up came with several swings which we set outside each of the existing chicken coops planning to hang them in the runs and that was about a month ago, and there they still sit! People coming to visit them might notice and think its a mess but... whatever! grab a drill and hang them for us if you don't like it! Hah! Glad it doesn't all show in video
Ooooo this is something that means a lot to me. We have to take care of our planet and free is good the prices are insane right now so I am making pallet raised beds we can’t get materials to finish building raised beds. I have got things free. I love your farm it’s gorgeous. Now I love it more it’s resourceful. Blessings friends. Wendy🐞🐝❤️
Great info! We get hard wood pallets from a flooring store. That's awesome wood to use. Love the free items you keep getting. Lumber prices are outrageous! Even dowel rods went up in price. Next it'll be popsicle sticks. Lol
What do you do with the pallets? I saw a bunch of pallets for free the other day near us but didn't grab them because I wasn't sure what to do with them.
Love using free wood for projects. It's a great feeling and it's a lot easier to convince the wife to start a new project when it doesn't require spending money haha
Sweet 😉 You get wood like i get free square metal tubing ~ To bad we can't get free gas / Seen gas prices lately ? 🤬 there no reason for it to go up like this ~ Plus i keep my vehicles turned off ! My lawn mowers gets driven the most 🤣 There making me HATE CARS AND TRUCKS ~ There enough thing but a money pit
There was SO much opportunity for those jokes in this video and I think I showed a great deal of restraint by not making 10x of them. Feel free to leave all of them in the comments !
Great video! Thanks for the info. Another place you can look is Lowes & Home Depot. They have shorter pieces of wood called runners, spacers, or breakers. They are the boards they use in between their stacks of lumber. We stop by every couple of weeks to pick up and generally get a pallet of them for $1-15. Sometimes they just give them to us. My daughter and I are using them to make some household furniture like a two person desk, microwave stand, kitchen island, and now we are getting ready to do a 3/4 living room wall entertainment center. So many more projects ahead.
Oh interesting that is a super good tip! I do know they have sort of a scratch and dent section in the lumber area (but instead of scratches and dents it's usually bowed or otherwise broken) and there are some good bargains in there if you need shorter cuts where those bends and breaks don't matter to you! Great suggestion thank you!
You are NOT cheap, you are frugal! Of course my dad used to say that I knew how to pinch a penny till it screamed! Thanks, Dad! Great video, thank you!
Off to watch how to put together the window greenhouse! Recently scored 90 old, single paned windows in great shape from an antique shop that decided not to carry old structural pieces any longer.
Watched the price dwindle on their sign for 6 mos till it said 'free, you haul'! I saw fireworks, heard trumpets, and was back with a pickup in 10 minutes!
They've all been stripped, painted, and resealed (if needed). Have made 10 cold frames, have 80 left, and was looking for a greenhouse video! So glad I found your channel! Your my kind of folks!
You raise a lot of good points about wood.
Sounds so dirty...
John your lucky to have such a close mill, nothing around where I am. I bought most of what I need for my upcoming custom ultimate chicken coop last spring thinking I was gonna build right away. Most of it is expensive pt though. Everything has gone up but wood more so. We’re under a stay at home order up here in Ontario now 😜 See ya on the next one, Chad.
Yes everything always is going up in prices but I haven't seen anything like the lumber price change. I am hoping with a new administration import taxes against canada will be removed and lumber prices can self correct. (not to talk politics, just hoping that lumber prices will come down, we have things to build!!)
The only saw mill near us shut down years ago, thankfully we have a friend who can get us some free lumber from new construction sites, it's insane what they throw away😅 thanks for another entertaining and informative video. Always look forward to y'all shenanigans😂
Oh my gosh yes construction site dumpsters are literal gold mines!!!! It can be tricky to get permission but when it works, IT WORKS! great suggestion !
Hahaha, the "free montage" 🤣 ...that's a nice arrangement you've got with that local sawyer. When we ran a sawmill business the jacket lumber/slabs were always a challenge to move...we tried selling bundles but a lot of times it just sat. Those second cuts can hold quite a few decent grade 1x2s, 1x3s, etc., 🤙 -Josh
Yeah that is a good suggestion to cut down the top cuts into more uniform bits as well. The free montage we like too :) nothing wrong with trying to do things on the free/cheap. :)
@@OldReddingFarm agreed 👍
That is a great resource you guys have with the saw mill being that close and offering free wood. I love being able to use free or cheap items.
Yeah we feel super lucky to have them as the resource.
such a great idea! love that you guys try and reuse everything! yes wood along with everything else is getting more expensive! thanks for sharing ~Alyssa
Alyssa, up here in Ontario, Canada a pressure treated 2x4x8 is $7.50... it’s insane!!!
hidden spring that is so interesting I have been thinking that the reason our lumber prices had skyrocketed was due to the current import taxes we have on Canada.. so interesting to hear its so expensive there as well! Wonder what that is all about? I thought you guys were producing the majority of it for us
Old Redding Farm we do produce most of it but I guess COVID is an excuse to raise prices... not just wood either but wood seems to have gone up 20%...crazy!!!
That covid is an excuse for EVERYTHING. if we hear due to covid.... One more time over something that doesn't have anything to do with covid I could throw up and scream
I'd be all over it if I had one Close too.What I like is everything you've done over there looks nice, orderly and clean..it really does! When I do that,it doesn't lol
Oh thank you so much! We do struggle with keeping things looking neat and orderly. That playscape that we picked up came with several swings which we set outside each of the existing chicken coops planning to hang them in the runs and that was about a month ago, and there they still sit! People coming to visit them might notice and think its a mess but... whatever! grab a drill and hang them for us if you don't like it! Hah! Glad it doesn't all show in video
@@OldReddingFarm lol heck yeah!!!
Ooooo this is something that means a lot to me. We have to take care of our planet and free is good the prices are insane right now so I am making pallet raised beds we can’t get materials to finish building raised beds. I have got things free. I love your farm it’s gorgeous. Now I love it more it’s resourceful. Blessings friends. Wendy🐞🐝❤️
Yes its a win win to take care of the planet and also save some money. Can't beat that.
You had me at FREE! 🤣🤣. Great video.
So glad!
thank you for being nice and simple. that was a very straight- forward video. Cheers
Glad you liked it !!
This is great information! I never even thought of asking for "scraps"
I have also heard that people who sometimes "rent" sawmills out might have access to these types of scraps? Worth considering as well!
Great way to reuse !! Great job 👍
Thank you! 😊
Great info! We get hard wood pallets from a flooring store. That's awesome wood to use. Love the free items you keep getting. Lumber prices are outrageous! Even dowel rods went up in price. Next it'll be popsicle sticks. Lol
What do you do with the pallets? I saw a bunch of pallets for free the other day near us but didn't grab them because I wasn't sure what to do with them.
Love using free wood for projects. It's a great feeling and it's a lot easier to convince the wife to start a new project when it doesn't require spending money haha
Lol yes got to pick and choose what to do with the actual money but when its all free its all for me!
Good video. 👍🏻
Thanks 👍
That’s awesome.. Unfortunately people here still charge for those types of boards because they figure it’s for crafts or something.
Ugh yah that stinks, but good for them that they're able to sell it!
Great job, lol ya bunch of muchers !!!!!
Moochers? muchers looks like munchers. Though we do also love munching ;)
@@OldReddingFarm haha tomatoe tomoto 🤷♀️ lol
Frugal , My tag. line "If tis free its for me"
Yesssss love that!
The sawmill near us won't call me back. I have a sneaking suspicion its because I have a CA area code
Oh no thats no bueno! is it close enough you could just pop in on them?
@@OldReddingFarm yeah im going to have to!
We have a saw mill right down the street from us.
They're a great resource if you can get connected to them!
Sweet 😉 You get wood like i get free square metal tubing ~ To bad we can't get free gas / Seen gas prices lately ? 🤬 there no reason for it to go up like this ~ Plus i keep my vehicles turned off ! My lawn mowers gets driven the most 🤣 There making me HATE CARS AND TRUCKS ~ There enough thing but a money pit
I know wasn't it just a few weeks ago oil barrels were trading at NEGATIVE values? How can they justify these price hikes?
@@OldReddingFarm Ikr? FIXING TO PUT A LAW SUITE ON THERE ASSES for price jacking > Some CEO needs some big buck in there pockets
How much wood could a John John chuck....
Lol limitless. Unlike a woodchuck john is a custom built for wood chucking
You guys are funny
Thank you
❤
Tree huggers....loll...
That’s what she said.. #notsorry
There was SO much opportunity for those jokes in this video and I think I showed a great deal of restraint by not making 10x of them. Feel free to leave all of them in the comments !
@@OldReddingFarm good for you using your self restraint. 🤓😂
Basically, befriend them
And be brave enough to ask !