Where do you buy large driftwood
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Surfer dude! What a business opportunity for you!
You live somewhere that gives you access to that wonderful Manzanita wood. You're also surrounded by a high percentage of city people who apparently buy everything...even rocks and driftwood.
Collect it, clean it off (maybe invest in a pressure washer), list it on here with pics of individual pieces, and start raking in the dough! The population density in your area is high enough that you probably won't need to worry about shipping, just do local business.
I can see it now: you, sitting at a little lemonade-stand-type table in your parents' front yard, a hand-lettered sign advertising "Driftwud For Sale", your golden locks flowing in the soft California breeze, that weird little dog sitting at your side...
All joking aside, you have access to free advertising here, geared to your target market. If you have somewhere to store some nice pieces and then list them here, you could make some part-time cash.
I was like “damn, he is right”…but then you had to mention the lemonade stand!Surfer dude! What a business opportunity for you!
You live somewhere that gives you access to that wonderful Manzanita wood. You're also surrounded by a high percentage of city people who apparently buy everything...even rocks and driftwood.
Collect it, clean it off (maybe invest in a pressure washer), list it on here with pics of individual pieces, and start raking in the dough! The population density in your area is high enough that you probably won't need to worry about shipping, just do local business.
I can see it now: you, sitting at a little lemonade-stand-type table in your parents' front yard, a hand-lettered sign advertising "Driftwud For Sale", your golden locks flowing in the soft California breeze, that weird little dog sitting at your side...
All joking aside, you have access to free advertising here, geared to your target market. If you have somewhere to store some nice pieces and then list them here, you could make some part-time cash.
All jokes aside, I have 2 really nice pieces of XL driftwood. One is thin, and the other is very thick. I wont be back to the house till tomorrow, so if you want pics, you’ll have to wait. They aren’t cured, so would float, but if you do need curing, all you need to do is put it in a bathtub until it sinks.
I didn't actually have to...I just wanted to!
But forget the joking part; you could absolutely do this, with little or no overhead costs, and could spend as much or as little time on it as you wish. Not many business opportunities allow that. It might even be fun.
The problem would be that I couldn’t actually ‘farm’ manzanita in a way because the larger ones (Big Berry Manzanita) are rare, and it’s tough to find one close to civilization! Also the fact that Manzanita doesn’t get that big, so large manzanita is rare. I will definitely take some next time I’m up in idywild. It’s illegal to harvest live manzanita, and certain species of manzanita, so harvesting could be a pain. Not to mention how I’m supposed to cure it! I would need to soak it in water, and I don’t have anything large that could hold water over a 30” square and 18” tall metal tin.I didn't actually have to...I just wanted to!
But forget the joking part; you could absolutely do this, with little or no overhead costs, and could spend as much or as little time on it as you wish. Not many business opportunities allow that. It might even be fun.
Didn't realize it was illegal to cut new stuff, but in any case I wasn't suggesting that. I meant merely that you pick up already dead pieces, perhaps cut/trim them to keep the best-looking parts and make them more attractive. Should have known that it wouldn't be that easy...
Why would you need to cure it? Dead dried wood is cured and ready to go; most driftwood I collect is bone dry and requires weeks, months or in a few isolated instances with large pieces...actual years to completely waterlog and sink. Couldn't you just sell it dry and leave it up to the eventual purchaser to worry about weighing it down and waterlogging it?
