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Steel “I” beams

 

depends what region

 

I seem to recall SC maybe @95 taco ?
Might be some big ass pine timbers if that’s the case
What do they look like if u shave a corner off the beam? Color? Hardness? Smell?

 

Longleaf pine in older houses in Austin .

 

New flooring in the half bath laundry room. Vinyl tile, with gray grout. Fiancé did 99% of the work I mainly just cut the tile pieces for her as needed.

 

South Ms, they looked dark and very similar to the standard pressure treated 4x6’s that Lowe’s sells but they were a little bit rougher than what Lowe’s sells. I didn’t poke/prod them but I think Pine is a good guess.

 

Moving out of a job is always such a pain in the ass

You forget how many tools you took to a job over a year until you gotta haul them all back outta there lol

This is load 1 of 6 I took out today



I have more gear to get outta there tomorrow too

 

Where’s the milwaukee shit?

 

I think I have some tools from pretty much every brand except Milwaukee haha

 

Pine is softer, yellowish obviously a pine smell. Chocolate color walnut, reddish with streaks more dense red oak. Light Tan color and a vanilla smell white oak. Red fir also could be used but dont think it would be down that area

 

Make sure it's dry before you put a lot of work into it, white oak moves a LOT.

 

Most likely some type of Southern Yellow Pine
22skidoo mentioned long leaf pine, a species of SYP

stuff is super dense strong and heavy, especially for a “soft” wood lol

we use it for beams and joists

 

I love my trailer..

 

yeah , I should probably have one

 

Looks awesome! Yeah the Lawn Care Nut on YouTube is incredible. Ryan Knorr, Connor Ward and Lawncology are all good ones too for anyone looking for knowledge on it.

I've been thinking about getting a trimmer like that, that I could switch out the attachments on. I was worried the quality might not be as good as a stand-alone of each but I'm glad to hear you're liking it so far.

 

A common building wood, Douglas fir weighs 2.5 lbs per board foot. A board foot is 12" x 12" x 1". (correction provide by @RocTaco)

floor footage 35' x 16' = 560 sf (square feet)
roof footage 35' x 16' = 560 sf (didn't calculate the extra weight caused by the roof pitch but is taken care of in the fudge factor)
walls (35' + 35' + 16' + 16') x 8' tall = 816 sf

Total sf 560 + 560 + 816 = 1936 sf

Assuming on average the walls, floor and roof are 1" thick

1936 x 2.5 lbs X 2 (fudge factor for interior walls, roof and other weight) = 9680 lbs or 5 -ish tons.

You're going to need a bigger truck

(edited for correctness)

 

Uhhh not sure where you got 11-15 lbs per board ft. If that were the case a 8' 2x4 (5.3333 bd ft) would weigh almost 60lbs at the light side.

We generally use 2.5lbs per board ft for doug fir, I honestly can't think of any wood that's over 10lbs.

 

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wood-density-d_40.html

According to that web site Douglas fir weighs 33 pounds per cubic foot. A cubic foot is 3 board feet or 11 lbs/board foot.

But, you have a point


Maybe the website is providing the weight of green timber.

By my numbers an 8' 2x4 would be 1.5" wide x 3.5" high x 96" long = 504 cubic inches / 144 cubic inches/BF foot x 11 lbs/BF = 38.5 lbs And we know that ain't right.

Using your 2.5 lbs, the 2x4 above weighs 8.75 lbs which seems reasonable.

If 2.5 lbs is used in the example above the house weighs 9680 lbs. A quick google shows 35' 5th wheels weighing in the 10K lbs range so it might be closer to correct. The OP is still going to need a bigger truck, but maybe not a small semi.

 

Wouldn’t a cubic foot of wood be 12 board feet?

 

Yes it "wood" be