Flat rate is a USPS thing, a serious bargain, details on USPS.com or at your post office . They have small, medium and large flat-rate boxes, so it would depend on if you could fit the burl in one of those. Each size comes in a couple different set of dimensions. Bubble wrap is your friend.
Yes..................Thanks, Al, but I think you might have meant the mssg for Gretch, yes?
It is a day trip from my cabin and would be a neat adventure.Gretch, I know that when I go to the U.P. there is always notices about bringing wood up there, (now) but don't know if it is the same for wood heading south. I think it is environmental reasons, ash bore maybe? However, if that is not a problem and you are getting enough that it might be a "couple hundred to ship," I know a friend of yours with a truck that will work for wood.
There were one or two silly people who suggested that spreading pests that were killing trees might be a bad idea. But, after all, this was a firewood forum so the only good tree is a dead tree.
. Al, have any of your pine trees died and do you have any relatives in Virginia? .... Just wondering.
Here is some more information about transporting wood. Generally these links refer to fire wood, but it's the same thing as turning wood. The intended use doesn't alter the problem of spreading pests and diseases:
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- International Society of Arboriculture
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Brochure
- The Nature Conservancy
- And finally, Do Not Move Firewood
It seems like the bottom line on all of these links is that all trees are hosts to various critters and some of these like the gypsy moth are really bad and not fussy about what species of tree it decides to infest and kill. In my searching, I discovered that there are actually firewood forums ... people that want to talk about firewood ... I'm not making this up. And, who knows, they might think that woodturners are weird. Anyway, I discovered that there are folks on those firewood forums that think that all these restrictions to fight the spread of pests that are killing trees is just a conspiracy against them. On one thread that I read, a fellow in Florida had pine trees on his property that were killed by pine bark beetles. He cut the trees up for firewood and was planning to transport it to a relative in Virginia and was wondering if there was any problem with transporting the wood across state lines. Most of the responses were recommendations along the lines of "put a tarp over the wood and travel at night".
Al, have any of your pine trees died and do you have any relatives in Virginia? .... Just wondering.
