I'm in Lexington, I'm sure I could dig something up.
Hmmmm, petrified wood! Now, that would be durable. But difficult to work, no?
I had no idea where Lexington, NC was.
So I Bing'd it and came up with a generic route (one town to another) Via US-64 that clocks in at three hours for the round trip and twenty-seven bucks for fuel.
Presently, I am looking at buying two 3/4 Oak treads from LOWES and gluing them together with a quarter inch of plywood (the same thickness as the click-in flooring + Pad) on the bottom. That way, all the visible wood exposed to traffic will be the hard oak and only Mother and I will know about the cheap plywood underpinning.
We were just down to Newton and Hickory yesterday and could have stopped in at the Klingspor en route to Sams and went for a Gyro at Arby's instead (tasty, not worth the three bucks and nothing a proud Greek would serve!).
So far the 'Real Wood' outlets seem to be looking at selling sticks of eight feet or more - though I've only looked at web sites - and few are 'nearby' or along my preferred route South.
I had a 12/4 slab of Walnut and sold it along with all the 5/4 and 4/4 stuff I had drying in the basement for years, so, I guess I can justify paying the market price for what I need today - if I could only stop kicking myself.
Maybe a sojourn to East could serve more than a single purpose. Hmmm, Taylorsville, Hiddenite, Stony Point, Statesville, then a long lonely ride to Mocksville and another, even longer one into Lexington.
There's a good Habitat ReStore in Taylorsville and a new one somewhere in Statesville, is there one in Lexington?
If you find something, PM me, please.
Thanks for the offer