ALERT Lumber

Nopie

Nopie

Contributing Member
There’s a lumber mill in a town I drive through to get to work. They have a TON of lumber ready to be shipped sitting in their yard. More sitting there than I’ve seen in over a year.

So long as there are trucks to transport it, there’s lumber available where I live (upper N. California).
 
Lurker

Lurker

14
Bout fricking time. Yards are full of way overpriced stuff.

So bad at Lowes they went to digital signage on the 2x4's.
 
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poppy

Veteran Member
Neighbor down the road retired and got bored so he took a job at Lowes in the lumber dept. He told me today they are now fully stocked with lumber, including treated lumber and have about $2 million dollars worth of lumber stacked outside. I asked about treated 4x4 posts and he said 10 footers are about $15 but plywood is still very high.
 
medic38572

medic38572

TB Fanatic
Nopie said:
There’s a lumber mill in a town I drive through to get to work. They have a TON of lumber ready to be shipped sitting in their yard. More sitting there than I’ve seen in over a year.

So long as there are trucks to transport it, there’s lumber available where I live (upper N. California).
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I live next to one they bring logs in every single day. They are cutting 16 hrs a day and sometimes 24 hrs. I watch as the trains come by not loaded with lumber but several several cars on every train. I watch as semis come in from Canada loaded every single day. This is one road and my point of view. Most of the mills have enough timber to cut upto 3 years according to some that work there.There is no shortage.
 
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Jacki

Senior Member
I can tell you that there are three hundred to five hundred truck loads a day going to the mills in the Eugene/Springfield area. I was told that a couple were one log loads, and some three log loads. Those are some big trees!

It appears that a lot of the problems are caused by CV, and the rules in place to "protect" us, the lack of truck drivers, and the "stimulus" funds that discourage working. There are a lot of mills on the river now, but it takes time and a lot of mistakes to get proficient at reading the wood. I don't know how many will stick with the learning curve.

Jacki
 
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