: I've never had a redwood SOF stringer split. Perhaps your talking about
: narrow woodstrips ? I've had a few break / split while building 6 redwood
: strippers.

: There's lots of variety in redwood boards, from nearly blonde (Sea Bee) to
: dark red heartwood, each with different splitting properties I suppose.

: Most residential decks here are redwood ( decking, railing, slats), with
: cedar posts. I guess that's why redwood's easy to find. Took a pic of the
: decks this AM before my ride.

: http://www.yostwerks.com/Deck800A.jpg - Redwood Deck with Cedar posts

: http://www.yostwerks.com/Deck800B.jpg -Redwood deck / Cedar posts and cover

: It's been unseasonably warm this week with temps here (9,000 ft) around 60
: degrees. Needlesss to say, I've been riding every day before the cold and
: snow return this weekend.

: http://www.yostwerks.com/ApriliaBuffaloCreekC.jpg - Yesterday

: The moral of the story is....If you want redwood and January motorcycle
: rides, move to Colorado

: Tom

Perhaps "split" is the wrong word, it does tend to splinter, specially if there is any grain runout. I've not found a decent source of redwood around here in years, so what they are selling now days may well be much different than what I used to get.

If I move anywhere it'll be to an area with more water, not less

Bill H.