I love how a bunch of not loggers show up to defend some punter that makes absurd claims. Most of the regulars on this forum are from northern california, and the rest of us are from western states, we get fire, Hel a bunch of em have made careers fighting forest fires. In fact I lived in a little crap hole called Shingleton for 3 months way back in 1992... about 30 mi north of Redding.
Shakes are not legal in new construction in many areas, that is not the point of me putting ole ted on ignore, its the claiming the gubamint will come and take away your house if you dare put a wooden roof on you domicile, its ignorant, narrow viewed, and largely wrong, it may be true in his area, its certainly not true for most of america.
Furthermore, the man has made many, many dubious claims on other threads, none of them supported by any real evidence, just some wind bags opinion... Hence IGNORE.
Rant over....
As for slabbing, or splitting for rails, or really any further work other then shipping them down the road, I don't have time, nor then inclination to A: find a market B: develop trade agreements C: work up a good product I'm willing to stand behind D: space to bother with any of it
My neighbor likes to make slabs, and build crazy furniture, his back yard is currently full of cedar, oak, walnut, maple, none of it is going anywhere anytime soon, because like me, he works 5-7 days a week.
Fire season in Calif is no joke, especially in a high density urban forested area. There were over 400 homes destroyed in a short time, and yes, cedar shakes are no longer allowed in new construction in most parts of California, the point of his post was not wrong. This is what I did with a cedar I cut a few years ago, held up very well.
