help identify timber

[ronnier38930]

Hello everyone! I'm new to woodworking, sawmills, furtinure making.....pretty much everything is new to me but im learning fast.

I need help identifying some timber that I pulled from a piece of property we purchased a few months ago. The pictures show the smallest piece that I have pulled from this still standing abandoned structure deep in the woods on this property. There are a total of 60-70 of these beams that make up the walls of this little house/barn. some of these are up to 16ft...

Can someone help me identify what species this particulat beam is? I live in Mississippi so I would assume that many years ago it was cut and hewn right here on this property. I have sanded it a little bit to knock off the dirt and clean it up a little. I wanted to leave the hewn marks

Thanks in advance

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[parttime]

I'm no expert by no means, I would think that is yellow poplar. You got me curious. What's your plans for use?

 

[ronnier38930]

I'm no expert by no means, I would think that is yellow poplar. You got me curious. What's your plans for use?

not really sure. It seems to be so old it would be sad to see it go to waste. Im going to pull all those beams out and stack them up out of the weather for safe keep.

 

[Cody Colston]

Yellow Poplar would certainly fit the locale since it's not SYP.

 

[ronnier38930]

Yellow Poplar would certainly fit the locale since it's not SYP.

just out of curiosity, what could be done with these beams? Do they have any value to them? I have a small norwood sawmill ordered that I am going to cut up a few trees for my cabin I plan to build and some blanks that I can use with my CNC machine.

Like I said previously, I have about 60+ of these ranging from 7 feet to 15-16 feet

 

[Cody Colston]

The best value would be in selling them to builders who want to use them as exposed beams in new construction. If you saw them into lumber, it will be worth no more than regular Poplar lumber.

Storing them out of the weather is the right thing to do, along with advertising (Craigslist?). Patience is required if you want to maximize their value.

 

[ronnier38930]

The best value would be in selling them to builders who want to use them as exposed beams in new construction. If you saw them into lumber, it will be worth no more than regular Poplar lumber.

Storing them out of the weather is the right thing to do, along with advertising (Craigslist?). Patience is required if you want to maximize their value.

what do beams like this sell for? I have no idea their value. some of the bigger ones are 14'' wide and 8'' thick but most are like the one in the picture.

 

[stikine]

what do beams like this sell for? I have no idea their value. some of the bigger ones are 14'' wide and 8'' thick but most are like the one in the picture.

No idea of the value but just guessing you might be very surprised at what they are worth. Don't mess with the natural weathered patina cause often times that's what makes them so prized to builders.

 

[Slamm]

I have quite a few buddies that do barn wood reclaiming, I've done a good bit myself, and usually only the northern, rough cut, white oak is worth the real money. Old wood is only worth what someone you find will pay for it, by that I mean, old stuff like that can be worth a lot or less than nothing after the work you have into it.

Just for some guy to go out and find a few beams and think he going to get rich is not how it works. You have to amass a lot of board footage and market it to those that buy in volume.

Sam

 

[ronnier38930]

I have quite a few buddies that do barn wood reclaiming, I've done a good bit myself, and usually only the northern, rough cut, white oak is worth the real money. Old wood is only worth what someone you find will pay for it, by that I mean, old stuff like that can be worth a lot or less than nothing after the work you have into it.

Just for some guy to go out and find a few beams and think he going to get rich is not how it works. You have to amass a lot of board footage and market it to those that buy in volume.

Sam

Thanks for the reply. This old structure was on the property we purchased and it was going to be burned down and covered up so I figured I would harvest all this wood before a match was thrown into it. It's free so it can't hurt to get it. This is just a hobby anyway not to make a living.

 

[bigalalexander]

Mt guess would be red maple