THE LUMBER PURCHASING WORKBENCH
Know what the number includes.
Put lumber offers on a common basis. Compare your quoted units, dimensions, freight and usable coverage without mistaking an estimate for a current offer.
Keep billed quantity, usable output and delivery scope separate.
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Compare your quotes
Enter your own quotations. Blank rates are intentional: this site does not publish live lumber prices.
Offer A
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Offer B
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SF uses the supplier billing width; usable coverage uses the effective covered face. BF uses the supplied billing dimensions, which may differ from finished dimensions. Tax is an illustrative material-only assumption; enter separately quoted additional tax in other charges. No trade tally rounding or price validity is inferred.
Hardwood pricing units: board feet, linear feet and square feet
A low unit price means little until the units describe the same purchase.
↗Units / 02Nominal, actual and billing dimensions
Three dimension records can all be relevant to one board.
↗Compare / 03What a comparable lumber quote should include
Make the scope visible before asking which offer is cheaper.
↗Compare / 04Calculating delivered hardwood cost
Include the charges that change what arrives and how it is received.
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Include the billing basis, usable dimensions, requested lengths and delivery location so a current quote can be compared with your existing offers.
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