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Post by cooncoyote on Mar 29, 2006 22:01:04 GMT -6
where would a guy go about finding some? I want to make some coon stretchers for myself and don't know where to find the stuff at.
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Post by lynxcat on Mar 29, 2006 22:28:25 GMT -6
Where else....lumber yard. lynx
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Post by robertw on Mar 29, 2006 23:11:21 GMT -6
Contact Carlis Stephens at Sudden Valley Trapping Supply.
Carlis has a portable band saw mill and a kiln to dry lumber in so it is kiln dried. I'm sure you could arrange delivery at the FTA convention with him. IF YOU give him enough notice before hand.
Phone # 314-283-7186
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Post by Dun Dign on Mar 30, 2006 5:50:12 GMT -6
Basswood is not native in all states.
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Post by lynxcat on Mar 30, 2006 9:02:40 GMT -6
NO...not native...but still oftentime available...it's NOT native to IDAHO...but it IS available. lynx
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Post by mmwb (Andrew Parker) on Mar 30, 2006 9:08:01 GMT -6
Lynx, no one here carries it, but I'll be in Idaho Falls tomorrow. Do you know of anyone there that stocks it?
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Post by 17HMR on Mar 30, 2006 9:09:40 GMT -6
I asked for basswood at many lumber yards in my area and each and every one of them looked at me like I was short a few marbles.
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Post by cooncoyote on Mar 30, 2006 9:12:54 GMT -6
we should try to get ahold of HP i know he can get the stuff.
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Post by Hornhunter on Apr 1, 2006 5:38:42 GMT -6
I just did a Google search for basswood in Maine. Found several sites that have it for sale. Try a search for your state.
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Post by lynxcat on Apr 1, 2006 8:36:53 GMT -6
It's ALSO sold under the names..whitewood and American linden. lynx
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Post by robertw on Apr 1, 2006 8:50:11 GMT -6
Out side of trappers circles the common name around here is Linden wood (may be spelled Lynden??).
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Post by lynxcat on Apr 1, 2006 9:25:25 GMT -6
I got a mouse in my pocket...
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Post by james dakota741 on Apr 1, 2006 11:14:18 GMT -6
what other woods could be used as stretchers? i thought i had heard of people using cotton wood.. maybe if you cant find basswood ,there might be another wood in youre state that will work just as well ..anyhelp? jim
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Post by PAMINK on Apr 1, 2006 11:42:49 GMT -6
Poplar will work in a pinch
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Post by bobwendt on Apr 1, 2006 12:48:35 GMT -6
any wood will work, but others ,and poplar worst than most, get hard as a rock. you couldn`t put a pushpin in with a jackhammer. break down and use baswood ( linden/"bee tree") as the work making them is worth more than any savings on wood price. unless you just get a charge out of making your own stuff, you can buy the best made from h.p. for less than the cost of decent wood, and anything at all for your time.
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Post by lynxcat on Apr 1, 2006 14:08:36 GMT -6
SOOOOO...whatcha tryin to sa Bob...HP's worthless and cheep???
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Post by bobwendt on Apr 1, 2006 14:39:04 GMT -6
he makes and sells a product for about 1/4th what it is really worth, kind of like fur trappers producing $10 coons. some guys just like to do it.
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Post by HappyPlumber on Apr 1, 2006 14:57:53 GMT -6
I can tell you that you can get basswood from any lumber yard anywhere, but the catch is you have to buy a semi load to get it and it is $2.00 a board foot rough sawed kiln dried. Lots of luck. Been there done that. I pay $0.50 a board foot and I'm picky about what I buy. Everything I buy is green and I dry it myself. Basswood or Linden is only native to the Great Lakes states. At $2.00 a board foot, calculate out what the stretchers should cost you. Bob was right 25%. HP
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Post by bobwendt on Apr 1, 2006 16:00:12 GMT -6
anyone gets serious I`ll cut 6 foot or whatever length basswood logs and sell whole , and calculate out by doyle scale the bd. feet/log. you take to the band saw and have custon sawed to your specs.
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Post by mike692 on Apr 1, 2006 18:39:56 GMT -6
Poplar will work in a pinch Yeah Terry, poplar does work. It's easy to work with green, but Bob's right, when it dries, it sucks to get a pin in. Alot of the locals here don't know what you're talking about when you mention basswood. They all call it linden or lin. I get mine from a local sawmill.
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