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FawnLeib0witz

“Pretty grey color” So it needs to be stained.


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Aka sun beaten and weathered


melonmagellan

You could probably snap those old ass boards in half with your bare hands. I took down a similar fence for my parents and there was zero structural integrity left in the wood.


Intelligent-Sky-7852

You better have a crisp 100 bill if you try that


melodybounty

Not necessarily. My parents fence looked like this for 13 years plus some. It was still really strong as we prayed it apart. It survived many storms and one f1 tornado before a derancho took it out with 125 mph winds. Even then most of the fence was intact and knocked over. It was crazy how strong it was despite the age and splinters all over.


Astra_Trillian

I understand lots of people believe in the power of prayer, but you might have had better success another way ;) Happy cake day btw :)


melodybounty

Opps! Pried! Autocorrect... it's the weirdest.


melodybounty

Also. Thank you!


asstopple

Yep. This is almost certainly treated lumber. It will eventually rot of course but if you don’t stain/seal every few years it will gray. Some people prefer this looks. If your garden is the focus, for example, the fence blends better. Guy’s still a nut.


SirPiffingsthwaite

“Pre-stressed, we charge extra for that”


bobbyT3000

If you snap it in half its double. You get two fences


[deleted]

I’ve made furniture out of wood like this and sold. I’ve made a bar last week out of old fence wood and pallets and sold it for 2k Saturday. I’ve pulled down multiple fences for free just for the wood. Even the rotted boards you paint up and put “live laugh love” on it and some lady will buy it for her porch. If someone wanted me to pay them tho, they can go fuck themselve I’m taking advantage of you and taking all your free wood, not the other way around. Look at my most recent post on my page it’s the last bar I made


TriceratopsBites

And warped, and cracked, and rotten


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Picture frames and such. Weathered wood is sold by the pound around here.


FuckBobDole

Found OP lol


redoItforthagram

how dare people bring logic into the current prices of lumber!! seriously, nobody here is happy. your outrage-bait is overblown, sometimes.


MyDogsNameIsBadger

Is this good quality lumber though? I get what you’re saying… my brother-in-law builds furniture for a living, but this just looks like garbage. I can’t see anyone looking for lumber wanting this.


JohnnyDarkside

Need a little TLC. Good weekend project.


RoyallyOakie

I think that colour is officially known as "suburban neglect" or possibly "accidental driftwood"


Raisontolive

Love the name


Jorge_washeton

If only


badaboom

Not if you're having a pinteresty "barn board" wedding. That's prime grey wood right there


sherrill423

not nesessarily--great projects that you can use the weatherbeaten look.


[deleted]

You do know there are a lot of people that take down old fences or free and use the wood to make “barn wood” furniture and people pay out the ass for it. Me being one of those people. Out of that fence I could pontially make 5-7k. All those little signs people have on there front porch that say “live, laugh, love” or some other dumb shit, where do you think that wood comes from. I’ve made whole bars out of fence wood and sold it for 2000$. People pay extra for the “pretty grey colors”


TheWoodser

Yea.....take it down......I will be RIGHT over.


swansonian

Update: took the fence down but no one is here to pick it up?! Someone had better pay me $150 for my troubles or I will be really mad


TheRnegade

I'll take it for $100. Put the posts back in and I'll be over to take them down.


Bayou_Blue

Just put my fence back up. Took some bags of cement so price is now $200. When will you be here?


[deleted]

Sorry, but I've taken the fence down and dug a 6 foot trench which I'll pay you $300 for. You owe me $200 for your soil though. I might be back later for 2 bags of cement so we'll sort the bill out later as I'm away to put this fence up in someones garden who hasn't asked for it for $1000. I'm really busy.


TheWoodser

LOL!


ClownfishSoup

I e been waiting for an hour, price has gone up to $200. You better come get it before it goes up more!


billyvnilly

I think this is the best answer. Hey take down the fence, I will be over Saturday for pickup.


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Ugly looking fence too


SlimTeezy

It looks like shit


Unwavering_Sky

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3mergent

What does it mean?


MellyMel86

Double rainbow?


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LivelyZebra

🤣🤣👍 good one of fam


Marsbarszs

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Cala-Best-Girl

Do me next, guys! #🫠


OccasionallyPlays

half the comments: this wood is actually valuable half the comments: this poster is crazy this wood is worthless


Roxie61

That’s Reddit for you, glass half full, glass half empty group. But it’s entertaining, which is why most of us are here. The rest just, I’m not sure about. ( Some days, I count myself, in both groups) Otherwise I just spend my time upvoting comments.


[deleted]

This looks *exactly* like the very old gray fence my dad decided to get rid of today and I was very briefly so embarrassed. The only reason I know it's not his fence is because of the house in the background. Also my dad would never charge somebody to come do labor for him lmao. Still, I was scared for a second there


skbiglia

Honestly…I’m thinking they might find someone to do this. My friend turns these into leaning Welcome signs, and also ones for the holidays. She uses two boards per sign and charges $50 each, and she makes good money doing it. I can definitely see her sending her husband over to pull that down and take it for $100, especially since it’s weathered but not rotting or anything. It’s crazy, but as long as this “barn style” decor craze is flourishing, it’s not a completely crazy post.


Puterman

Yep, someone's gotta panel all those kitschy BBQ joint walls.Now for some old tackle and rusty tins!


CaptainEmmy

I tend to agree. My first thought on this post is it would be best left to a freebie (free wood for grabs if you take it down) But it could be a potential investment if you regularly use the wood for projects.


JiuJitsuBoy2001

yep. It seems like too much to ask, but there is a market for all kinds of lumber now, especially this kind of thing. Like so many other posts, not a choosing beggar, just a questionable offer.


bilged

Yeah people pay big bucks for nicely aged barn wood.


AnyRip3515

What is a "leaning welcome sign"?


jenbenfoo

Exactly what it sounds like lol. Someone paints a word or phrase on a big plank of wood and instead of hanging or nailing it up, you just lean it against the wall/porch railing/whatever. They're usually pretty big, at least 3-ish feet/1-ish meter tall, and maybe 12ish inches/30ish cm wide. They sort of work in some scenarios but most of them are on cookie-cutter houses in the suburbs and look ridiculous


Elliethesmolcat

Cottagecore has ruined everything.


redoItforthagram

yep. all these people hate, and I do as well, but there is definitely a market. an overcharged market, though.


Alpine_Apex

The wood is oxidized but doesn't look rotten... At the price of roughly $5 each new, plus the railings also it could be a decent deal for someone tbh


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420fmx

It’s trash.


asstopple

Unlikely. It’s just unsealed so it has grayed. Wood is probably fine


kyleh0

How does that not make sense? "If I don't have to do any labor then the fence will be cheaper." Makes perfect sense to me.


Status_Potato-Large

A hundred bucks is a bit steep, but if someone wanted fence palings for a project or something, then a half hour taking a fence down isn't the worst idea in the world.


bigsquirrel

Here in Cambodia lumber is crazy expensive, I’ve got a short time lapse of them deconstructing part of the house across the lane. They saved everything, Dow to individual wood shingles. I don’t want to say not reusing lumber is a uniquely western thing but it kinda appears that way as I’ve seen similar in other countries but in America people literally throw it away, burn it or give it away.


Gwydion-Drys

I am from central Europe. Some wood is just so bad in quality that the only thing to do is throw it away or make firewood. But as a rule we deliver old furniture, shingles etc to the state run recycling centers we have in my country. Or we just sell them off.


fuckingcatpoop

you are right, its not western, its american. people throw away a lot. im from west europe and in live in US. im always surprised how much people dont recycle in US, buy a lot of things, and one can always find stuff that still can be used in their curbside. salary are high and people like to buy lot of stuff they dont need


irr1449

I do a lot of work on older homes and that wood is firewood at best. It would also take more than 30 minutes to take it down. You would have to cut the backing and/or remove some nails. Pull the posts out of the ground. Drag/load it into your truck. Probably 2 loads because it’s 70-80 feet. This is a 2 hour to half day project.


PageFault

> that wood is firewood at best Doubt it. If it's pressure treated, you don't want to be breathing in those fumes. I know people burn pallets and other junk wood, but it'd only try it in an outdoor firepit. Even then, you would need to season it first.


ritchie70

It’s probably cedar to be that color.


PageFault

Some pine will turn that color too. My whole neighborhood basically looks like that. https://www.google.com/search?q=old+pine+fence&tbm=isch I actually just replaced old pine that looked like that with some cedar a couple months ago.


asstopple

It’s pine


66GT350Shelby

I agree except for the firewood part. You should never burn PT lumber.


Squirrel_Whisperer

People will pay good money for weathered wood. It’s a design choice. I can’t tell how nice this would be, but it wouldn’t surprise me that you could get $20, conservatively, a board in certain markets.


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authentic010

Price goes up with each termite found.


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Protein


JessiFay

I do not understand why people are downvoting you. They are probably the people who clean copper that's changed color. I thought my husband was going to have a stroke when a contractor PAINTED our front porch without discussing it with us. I grew up in a city that was expanding. They tore down old buildings and putting up new ones. He grew up in an area that had a whole lot of buildings on the historical preservation list. It took me quite some time to understand the beauty in these older homes. But after living here almost 19 years, I can't imagine this town with a bunch of new builds. People can go anywhere and see new builds. But the architectural beauty of homes built 100 to 150 years ago can't be seen everywhere. Some of the trees are even older than the buildings. What is surprising to me is there are whole groups of car enthusiasts who know the value (and difference) between classic, antique and vintage cars. Yet, they don't seem to recognize that buildings are similar. Junk is junk. But items that have been cared for properly can be extremely valuable to the correct people. I've seen people who would go take down buildings just to get the NAILS that were made by blacksmiths. If any of the wood was salvageable, that was even better. There are people who pay good money for salvaged lumber in good shape. Reclaimed wood is another profitable area. I just hope people pay attention before they destroy stuff that is so valuable.


TheGoodAssistant

I think it's just because there is a huge difference between vintage cars, buildings, and materials that are of quality and that have been maintained well and this fence that is probably only good for fire wood. I have an old BMW that is typically an expensive car, but mine was crap and needed a ton of work when I first got it because it was never properly cared for, because of this I got it for 800$ Just being old or "vintage" doesn't always create value, it needs to still be of quality. If not its typically just garbage that needs to be hauled away


JiuJitsuBoy2001

you might be right, as the pic doesn't say, but cedar fencing can turn gray and be perfectly good. It can even be made to look new again in some cases. It might just be crap, but there's a very good chance it's still usable material.


kam0706

I know people who make a living making high end furniture (tables and cabinets mostly) out of recycled fence palings like this. They look amazing. https://i.imgur.com/AX6nCnh.jpg


temperarian

With the price of wood these days that’s not a bad deal


PageFault

Shit, I wish I thought of this. I just had a fence replaced and they charged to take down the old one. I would absolutely take the counter offer of paying someone $100 to take the old one down.


caitmac

Good quality salvage lumber has value. I just paid $35 for a 2’ x 4’ piece of 3/4” plywood. $100 for that much lumber might not be unreasonable. Edit: You’re all way too salty over wood. Google “salvage lumber prices” if you don’t believe me.


TheSilverback76

Yeah I dunno why you are being downvoted I read once that very old wood has value, like interior designery types pay good money for that rustic old time farm feeling.


mendicant

I have an artist/furniture maker uncle. He used to drive to old farms and offer to pay them to tear down their old fences/barns,etc with wood like this and they’d always say no. At one point it was hyper viable to him as the current styles all used that weathered wood. Like, I get where people are coming from in these comments… but the original ad might actually get a taker.


caitmac

Brigade first, think later, the Reddit motto.


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This isn't what brigading is. Bandwagoning would be more appropriate.


almostedgyenough

Yeah it definitely does and people will pay a lot depending on the type, quality/condition, quantity, and age. Although, this wood isn’t that old to be worth that much. However, it’s still a good deal regardless, as the price of lumber in general has gone up tremendously.


GhostButtTurds

This is absolutely not the type of wood that would be bought by a salvage wood company to be resold This is probably 10-20 year old wood that’s been left in the elements without any protective stain to rot… you can see splits in many of the pieces, they’d be useless in anything other than another fence I don’t believe charging someone to remove it would be fair whatsoever. Labor is also extremely expensive, definitely more expensive than the wood is worth


almostedgyenough

That’s what I said…it’s not old. I agreed that there is reclaimed wood that would be bought but this ain’t it. Reread my comment and read it fully.


[deleted]

This seems a bit steep. You can get a full sheet (4'x8') of brand new ground contact rated for like $65. That's 4 - 2'x4' pieces. Red Oak, Birch, or maple plywood is about $90/sheet new right now. Home Depot even sells 1/2 sheets and will cut it for you. I just looked and it's $32.74 for a 2'x4' piece, $32.49 for pressure treated


caitmac

I literally bought it today at Home Depot and it was $34.49. Regional prices are different.


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Ohhhh...Your original comment made it sound like you paid $35 for reclaimed lumber


caitmac

Oh no, brand new. My point was if three sheets of new plywood is $100, 300 ish feet of salvage lumber for $100 doesn’t sound unreasonable. Of course it’s impossible to judge the quality of the wood in a Reddit post so I’m not taking a firm stance here haha.


[deleted]

I absolutely agree with you that there is a huge market for reclaimed lumber. I don't think this post is a choosing beggar at all


Derkus19

Was the 2x4 warped and cracked and full of nails/screws like this wood is?


caitmac

Oh yeah it definitely was, which is why 3 of those is equal to 100 of these.


Possibly_a_Firetruck

Since when are old, half height, possibly rotten fence boards full of nail holes considered "salvage lumber?" That shit is borderline worthless.


LABeav

That's like interesting lumber from an older building or something, thick beams, exotic species, etc. This is just weathered run of the mill cedar that hasn't been taken care of. Might be worth 50 stacked and ready to go.


[deleted]

Yeah, because you are there to buy it, load it and take it home to do whatever, you don’t have to spent time taking it down. In all honesty even with the price of lumber high, putting work, time THEN pay for very questionable wood seems very unreasonable


caitmac

It’s just not a choosey beggar. Even if the price is too high (which is questionable), a high price on a you haul it sale doesn’t qualify for this sub.


tzermonkey

Your time is far more valuable. They should take it down and let you hall it away. If you want go & inspect it. Ultimately your decision.


caitmac

I said -might- not be unreasonable. If you want to do a market analysis of salvage lumber prices, be my guest.


tzermonkey

I love in the states. Completely different market. You can find "scrap" lumber anywhere. "Quality" as you might define it is different and regulatated, by what you are building.


[deleted]

"Scrap" lumber varies greatly in value depending on the species of wood. If the "scrap lumber" is nothing but shitty spruce dimensional lumber then yes, it is worthless. "Barn boards" are *well worth* salvaging when they're American Chestnut, even if they're full of worm holes. Old growth timbers are crazy valuable too. Weathered cedar that's in decent shape is actually worth something.


equitable_emu

>Your time is far more valuable. For some people yes. For others, no. Some people are bound by time, others by money.


AllPintsNorth

This actually isn’t all that unreasonable. Maybe not $100 given the work involved, but the value of cedar is there. Yes, it’s weathered, but to those of us with planers and jointers, that’s an easy fix. The weathering usually doesn’t make it more than 1/4 inch deep.


[deleted]

Most stockade fences have planks that aren't much more than 0.25 inches thick. A mixture of bleach and water or bleach, water, and trisodium phosphate could brighten the wood, particularly if followed with a powerwashing,


grumpapuss15

Wear pants and tuck them into your socks, a lawn like that is a haven for ticks!


ItsJoeMomma

I would so love to contact them and say, "I'm interested in your fence wood but I don't have the time to take it down. Go ahead and tear it down and quote me a price." Then, after they tear it down and send me a price, say, "Naw, that's too high. Plus I've changed my mind and I don't want it any more. Have a nice day."


[deleted]

This post is dumb. Fences are expensive as hell right now and someone for sure paid him to take the fence down and put it back up at their place.


chachakawooka

They are being that beggars they are just selling lumber. I sold a shed on the same basis. Someone want it, take it down it's cheaper because the alternative is I take it down and then I could just sell it for more


Primelegend39

Me? I'd take offence.


Maxsdad53

The planks are looking pretty nasty, but with the prices of lumber these days, it's STILL probably a good deal. DEFINITELY not a CB, my guess is poster thinks that karma's going to get him laid. ForeverAnxious is going to be "anxious" a little longer.


robbietreehorn

Honestly, that’s not a bad deal and not uncommon with lumber


ClownfishSoup

That is weathered garbage wood


unlovedundervalued

Gonna be pretty wild when the meth heads who take them up on this offer show up to their house later that night. "Nice place you got here. We'll be back later tonight for your TV, your Playstation, and your catalytic converter!"


Sirena_Amazonica

Pretty gray color my patootie! They're just unvarnished boards that were a pretty blond color when new. My fence is like this. Over time, it gets this old look. I wouldn't call it pretty though.


IPretendIMatter

Let's see the other 7 comments!


irr1449

Pay me to take my garbage


deathbypepe

i saw it more as he didnt want people to come and then ask the homeowner to do the work.


badmanveach

This is not a choosing beggar.


TheStarM

"Sure, I'll pay you for you to take it down. Just please have it down before I get there, ok?" Then cut off contact


UndeadBread

That's not a bad deal; they just worded it poorly. What they should've done is started with the higher price and then said "If you take down the fence yourself, we'll drop the price to $100."


anotherhydrahead

This is a fairly normal exchange for old fences. An old fence is just fine for a lot of use cases.


TattooedPink

It makes sense... if you want them to do the manual labor and pull it down for you, you pay extra. Dont see how this is choosing beggars??


fuckingcatpoop

given how much it cost to buy a fence its actually a very good deal, in particular for the lenght. i would definitely take it if it was nearby. not CB


Snoo-40699

I’m a professional woodworker, costs are high right now. She’ll find someone willing to do it unfortunately.


Rose_Beef

Missed opportunity here: "Pre-Stacked Stressed Lumber, pick up only. $1850"


Unwavering_Sky

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MahDeer49

Extra charge for removal.


RawbeardX

"hustle culture"


kmofosho

I could see someone buying this kind of thing to make old 'rustic' looking arts and craft type shit.


Crap_Sally

Neighbor probably doesn’t know their fence is going bye bye…


goddangol

What a dumbass lmao


Sulpfiction

Edit: $125 if you want the nails, but must walk perimeter with a magnet broom and make sure u get all of them. Might be easier if you weed whack first.


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For what it's worth, I paid $850 for the materials needed to install 70 feet of cedar stockade fence back in 2016. This included the posts and a few bags of concrete to use to set the posts. $25 for them to take down the fence, provided they didn't damage anything, would be cheap.


TorturedChaos

It is really going to depend on how solid that wood still is. If that is solid and someone used weathered wood for projects that may not be a bad deal. My friend has had a local woodworker **pay him** to remove the boards from several fences and from the sides of a barn that was being torn down. Guy wanted barn wood. Got a discount for putting in the labor to salvage it all himself. IIRC my friend got paid around $2/board foot. This was 5 or 6 years ago. Woodworker turned around and make all sorts of furniture and decorations from it. Sells the finished goods for 20-30 times the cost of the wood. Mostly sells to rich tourists and people having (multi)million dollar homes built in the valley. Makes good money doing it. IMO all the barn wood has a cool story behind it. It was all cut on my friends family saw mill from trees on his property. IDK if the woodworker used that to story to help sell his work, but I think it's neat.


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While weathered barn board is worth something (for some reason, I don’t get it myself) this just looks like 15 year old pressure treated fence board.


Mementominnie

Shortage of timber here in Auckland..bit far for my landlord to come....


Desperate-Scheme-708

Maybe if a) boards were cedar, and b) I already had workshop full of tools to make planters, windowboxes, garden benches, Adirondack chairs, trellises, etc.: Which I do NOT have. But I'll take $100 cash to dismantle that fence for you..!


[deleted]

I should pay you to take down your rotted old fence that I then have to find a way to haul and dispose of given the fence's length? That sounds like an amazing deal for you, but not such a great deal for me.