Question About Cedar

Pics would be nice. What is the price per BF. Aromatic cedar is high these days unless you buy the closet lining kits. If it’s aromatic, you’ll know it.

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This is the only picture I got. He sent two, but can’t get it to upload for some reason.

I am not 100% on the /bf price. He basically said he has 15 2×6 9’ pieces and 25 1×6 9’ pieces. So, that is a total of 247 board feet? And he is asking $375. This of course assumes he gave me all accurate information (intentionally or unintentionally). So, that would only be $1.50/bf. Or, I guess it would be approximately $1.04/lf.

It seems like a pretty good deal, just not sure what kind of wood it is since he’s using a name I am unfamiliar with and it looks like another type of wood (well, to my unexperienced eye, that is).

Has an aromatic cedar look to it but if it is something like that its smell should give it away. I’d do some GOOGLING with the name he has given it. If it’s a common nickname you’ll get some hits.

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No such thing as Arkansas white cedar. From the pic, it is eastern red cedar, Juniperous virginiana. Price sounds good if the quality is there. I sell it for $2.00/BF when I can get it and saw it.

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I agree with Wood Mizer, it’s eastern red cedar. Aromatic cedar doesn’t have that much if any white streaks in it.

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That looks like eastern red cedar. Never heard of Arkansas white cedar. Northern white cedars’ range is quite a bit north of Arkansas and the wood is white.

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Eastern Red Cedar

This is aromatic Red Cedar, which is the same thing.

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Great, thank you guys so much. So, ERC and Aromatic are the same? That was what I thought, also, but sounds like someone above posted that they were two different woods? Pardon my ignorance, I am still learning =)

Western red cedar is what you see wood fences made from, it’s a pretty wood with some red streaks and it’s what I prefer to work when I work cedar. Honestly the aromatic stuff is great for liners, but it just looks cheap to me if you make stuff from it. That’s just me though.

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ERC and aromatic cedar are one and the same.

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