My wife and I are heading north to Chicago in the morning with a trailer load of Spalted Maple, Spalted Sycamore, Wide plank Red Oak, Ash, Cherry, Maple, and Eastern Red Cedar.
We have 4 stops to make and plan on bringing home a Delta 6x48 Belt Sander that is a year old and used very little. Trading some 12/4 maple for it, or $75. I will decide when I get there.
http://www.deltaportercable.com/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=11466That Same stop I am picking up a 1969 Craftsman Radial Arm Saw for $100.




Then I have two wood sale stops that cover the cost of the tools I picked up in the morning as well as getting my Steel City Cabinet saw in exchange for lumber and some cash, which also came from lumber sales.
http://www.steelcitytoolworks.com/products_tools.cfm?section=2&category=12&tool=35675Once that is loaded and secured on the trailer its off to the last stop of the day to pick up a Milwaukee circular saw. $90, which again, is paid for from the lumber sales previously. Its brand new and still in the box!
http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-6390-21-Tilt-Lok-4-Inch-Circular/dp/B0000222UX/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1232900824&sr=8-1
If all goes as planned the trip is only going to cost me about 1 tank of fuel, and with diesel hitting $1.99 a gal, my fill up only cost me $39.95 so I think I am coming out smelling like a rose!

Next Satuday its off to a small town north of me to trade 75 board feet of soft maple for a Steel City Benchtop Mortiser!
