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My dad used to say good things about tamarac, but I've never had a chance to work with any of it. White oak from a mill around here can be bought for as little as 1.50 per bd ft. but it's scarce. I picked up about 400 feet for cabinets this summer -- air dried for two years -- from a mill along Hwy 7. The price started off at $4.00 a foot. I drove out of there with it for $1.65 /foot, but the guy wants a chance to bid on my woodlot if I ever decide to sell anything out of it. The cherry I paid .35 per foot for -- in 1975. Walnut should make an excellent hayrack, Paul. The heartwood is more rot-resistant than white oak and it is a strong, stiff wood. It also grows back much more quickly than maple, cherry or oak. Anyway, the floor is in place on the firewood spreader, though a quarter of the bolts don't have nuts on them yet. The pto shaft simply slid on and went to work. Those things turn fast, don't they? The gearbox seems to work fine. I see a potential safety hazard in the shaft stub on the spreader left by the removal of the beaters. It really winds up at an awkward height and might catch an unwary helper.
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