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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G went to lowe's & HD and no luck. Lowes had cedar fencing that looked terrible. HD had some nice douglas fir which grows near redwood. I was tempted to pick up a large pole but I knew as soon as I did I'd be informed on the forum that it's not the right type of wood. I'm beginning to believe I have to go to Oregon to buy cedar or redwood. They did have oak but it was red oak, not the good white oak. And man is it expensive. I did purchase a 2x10x10 massive piece of pressure treated wood to use as the base for a crossover I'll be building soon (if I can ever find cedar or redwood for the ties, that is). At least I can draw out where the track is going. I'm going to loosly screw the track onto that 2x10x10 so that it has room to float a bit. Just curious if the wood would last longer for the subroadbed if I placed sand or gravel under the wood for drainage to reduce mold. Anyone comment on this? Thanks. [/quote] Drainage under wood is always a very good Idea, go with the gravel, sand tends to hold moisture. If I recall redwood at home depot and lowes was aquired by other forum users in the garden section for some type of plant stake , maybe tonmato or somthing like that. White can be more easily aquired if you look for hardwood flooring, chance's of LOwes or HD having solid white Oak flooring are slim to none. Check the phone book for a wood flooring supplier in your area. Cedar can also be found in HD near their millwork(stair parts and flat stock area. Douglas fir is more stable than yellow pine which PTL is made from, and is used in a lot of front door units, you would probably have to do yearly maintence on the DF though. Redwood is special order only here in Columbus, Ohio other one lumber yard and even their selection is somtimes pitifull.
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