Originally Posted by 10fords

Thanks for the info. Seems poor forest management began long ago. When I was an apprentice carpenter 30+ years ago the redwood we used would stain your hands purple after handling it all day and the lumber we would reject would be considered prime these days. I never used to recycle any lumber but now I keep and reuse any old stuff I can find as the quality is vastly superior. I have a fairly large stash that should last me through any projects I have planned. Even though I'm not a carpenter anymore I still dumpster dive and scrounge old lumber on jobsites. I am amazed that people will pay to have better than you can buy now lumber taken to the dump!