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The next tender regular sale of special timbers logs and sawn timber will commence on Monday 12 April 2010 and conclude at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 27 April 2010.  Descriptions and images of each piece will be available on this website and material before the tender commences.  Material in the tender will be located at the ISTT depot, Cemetery Road, Geeveston.  

Any material purchased from our regular tender sales can be milled to your requirements; we welcome opportunities to quote for these services and delivery to interstate locations can also be arranged.   

We have good stocks of sawn Celery-top Pine square posts / beams in the following sizes 75 mm, 100 mm, 125 mm, 150 mm and 200 mm in lengths from 1.2 metres to 3.3 metres.   These are are ideal for use in verandah, decks, heavy furniture, internal columns or beams.   Celery-top Pine will age to an attractive honey coloured timber if oiled and is naturally durable - no chemicals!

You can order or inspect these squares at ISTT Geeveston and we are happy to mill new material to suit your project. 

Seasoned wide slabs sawn from high quality black-heart Sassafras, Blackwood, Myrtle and Celery-top Pine logs (and from Myrtle and Eucalypt burls) are available in widths from 350 mm - 900 mm, in lengths from 2.5 m  to 3.5 m.  Slabs can be supplied as rough-sawn pieces 30 mm or 55 - 60 mm thick or dressed to 25 mm or 45 mm thickness.  We can supply slabs with natural edges or sawn pieces free of heart and sapwood suitable for table tops, shelves, bars, mantel pieces or furniture.    Prices based on a piece 2.5 m x 500 mm wide x 55 mm thick, either rough sawn or dressed are - plain timber $250 / $350 or figured timber from burled logs or black-heart sassafras $350 / $430.   Wholesale prices are available for rack purchases and we have matched slab sets sawn from logs and burls, either air seasoned or air & kiln seasoned.  Seasoned slabs sawn from Eucalypt and myrtle burls are also available as rough-sawn or dressed pieces, either 40 mm or 55 mm thick - prices either rough sawn or dressed for a burl disc 500 mm diameter x 40 mm thick are $45 r/s $55 dr and for 500 mm x 55 mm thick are $60 r/s $75 dressed. 

Green unprocessed burls are recovered from Myrtle and Eucalyptus trees during harvesting operations on state forests, to provide raw material for processors and makers of high quality pieces.  All Myrtle burls sell at $2.20 per kg, while Eucalypt burls less than 100 kg in weight sell for $1.50 per kg and burls 100 kg or more sell for $1.00 per kg, these prices include GST.  Contact ISTT Geeveston or Smithton to inquire about their availability.

Huon Pine craftwood, limbwood, stumps and pieces for boat knees can be purchased from ISTT Strahan, by appointment with the Manager, email leigh.clark@forestrytas.com.au   Huon Pine craftwood and limbwood is also available from ISTT Geeveston during their normal business hours.   Prices for each type of Huon Pine material are based on weight, size and quality.  

Building poles are selected and prepared from straight, solid and undamaged celery-top pine logs.  They are durable, attractive and cost-effective 'chemical-free' alternatives to other wood or steel pole products for building stumps or pole frame construction.  Celery-top pine poles are available from ISTT Geeveston and should be ordered in advance to allow suitable pieces to be selected from stock or sourced from harvesting operations, then trimmed and cut to length.   Building poles are sold in six diameter classes from 150 mm to 450 mm and prices per lineal range from $12.50 / m to $45.50 per metre but the most common sizes are $17.50, $22.00 or $34.00 per metre, loaded for safe transport.   Poles can also be halved on our bandsaw mill to simplify construction work.

Select and standard grade King Billy pine timber and slabs, 1.2 m or 1.3 m in length, green or semi-seasoned, widths range from 75 - 520 mm but most are 200 - 300 mm wide, thicknesses are 25, 40, 50, 75, 80 & 90 mm, about 60 % are 50 mm thick.  

Select grade pieces - a few quarter sawn pieces but many are quarter - back sawn and some backsawn.   Most material is squared timber.  Price is $6,000 / m3 incl. gst

Standard grade pieces - mixed material, some roundbacks and unedged pieces.   Price is $4,400 / m3 incl. gst

Timber for sale, air or kiln dried racks, rough sawn material - see descriptions and images of each rack.  

Burl discs - sawn from burls and seasoned, now ready to use