A board foot is a unit of volume, equal to 144 cubic inches. A board that is 12 inches wide, 12 inches long, and 1 inch thick is 1 board foot. So is a board that is 6 inches wide, 24 inches long and 1 inch thick, or 6 inches wide, 12 inches long and 2 inches thick.
Pre-milled construction lumber like 2x4s are milled to uniform sizes and sold as a price/each, hardwood lumber for fine woodworking is sold rough sawn by volume.
I’m a woodworker, I haul lumber around, I use a pickup truck to do that. An electric pickup truck that would fit my needs is within the possibilities of engineering but not currently manufactured.
I was just joking, but thanks for the useful info anyway.
electric pickup truck … not currently manufactured
I have a feeling that still wouldn’t fix your problem of being unable to hoist it in your house.
But would it just be better anyway, to have a workshop that can be shared, rather than everyone with a big vehicle having to keep one in their house?
My main reason for maintaining my cycle myself is because, all shops I see providing cycle maintenance just don’t meet my quality requirements no matter what they charge. Meaning that, I as an amateur, am able to make the components work better for longer than those claimed professionals.
Is it really that bad in your area for truck servicing?
Are all independent repair shops that bad?
It is occurring to me that I’m on my own. Everyone else is some combination of incompetent or malicious. There are no jobs worth applying for because none pay a worthwhile wage, there’s not a doctor that won’t injure you or a mechanic that won’t break as much as they fix. What I can’t make for myself from scratch is inevitably going to go wrong.
I need to move to a Unabomber cabin up in the woods, grow one of those hideous beards and chop firewood.
You need a vehicle which can be hoisted by something that fits in your building.
Show me the vehicle that can be hoisted by that lift, that can also carry 200 board feet of lumber 70 miles in less than 2 hours.
I didn’t know boards had feet, but oh well
A board foot is a unit of volume, equal to 144 cubic inches. A board that is 12 inches wide, 12 inches long, and 1 inch thick is 1 board foot. So is a board that is 6 inches wide, 24 inches long and 1 inch thick, or 6 inches wide, 12 inches long and 2 inches thick.
Pre-milled construction lumber like 2x4s are milled to uniform sizes and sold as a price/each, hardwood lumber for fine woodworking is sold rough sawn by volume.
I’m a woodworker, I haul lumber around, I use a pickup truck to do that. An electric pickup truck that would fit my needs is within the possibilities of engineering but not currently manufactured.
I was just joking, but thanks for the useful info anyway.
I have a feeling that still wouldn’t fix your problem of being unable to hoist it in your house.
But would it just be better anyway, to have a workshop that can be shared, rather than everyone with a big vehicle having to keep one in their house?
My main reason for maintaining my cycle myself is because, all shops I see providing cycle maintenance just don’t meet my quality requirements no matter what they charge. Meaning that, I as an amateur, am able to make the components work better for longer than those claimed professionals.
Is it really that bad in your area for truck servicing?
Are all independent repair shops that bad?
It is occurring to me that I’m on my own. Everyone else is some combination of incompetent or malicious. There are no jobs worth applying for because none pay a worthwhile wage, there’s not a doctor that won’t injure you or a mechanic that won’t break as much as they fix. What I can’t make for myself from scratch is inevitably going to go wrong.
I need to move to a Unabomber cabin up in the woods, grow one of those hideous beards and chop firewood.