Lumber prices and alternatives

[Fabrik8]

They're still building $400k houses, 10 feet apart from each other around here by the hundreds of acres.

 

[ghost]

They're still building $400k houses, 10 feet apart from each other around here by the hundreds of acres.

Makes me wonder what "cost" was in them that they can still do them at double the "cost!"

 

[shawn]

They're still building $400k houses, 10 feet apart from each other around here by the hundreds of acres.

That wood was probably bought and paid for 6-12 months ago.

 

[jeepinmatt]

So how could a guy with a decent quality hobby sawmill capitalize on the current situation?

 

[Ron]

Meanwhile in SC

 

[Wes]

Meanwhile in SC


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I grew up with the Tuckers. They’re good people. Went to church and school with them. Stepmother retired from there. They’ve been killing it for as long as I can remember. Their great grandkids kids won’t need to work. You in Pageland?

 

[Loganwayne]

That wood was probably bought and paid for 6-12 months ago.

there is no probably about it. we just finished up a project that was in phases and the second phase is going to be 30% more now. owner is trying to figure out what he wants to do.

 

[Ron]

I grew up with the Tuckers. They’re good people. Went to church and school with them. Stepmother retired from there. They’ve been killing it for as long as I can remember. Their great grandkids kids won’t need to work. You in Pageland?

thats in rock hill

 

[Wes]

thats in rock hill

They’ve got several yards. Pageland is the HQ.

 

[Jody Treadway]

Meanwhile at Harrah's Casino expansion...16 floors of goodness.
We shipped an insane amount of FRT plywood for the drywall sub. 6 semi loads of 2x4x16 SYP for the concrete sub. Now we're supplying the roof sub.

 

[Jody Treadway]

Meanwhile on its way to Shelby. My wife (also company president) taking a fill-in order for the new Ingles.

 

[shawn]

Meanwhile in SC

How much of that already belongs to somebody else?

 

[Jody Treadway]

How much of that already belongs to somebody else?

CM Tucker is the Lowes PT supplier. Used to be mine as well. I guarantee at least 80% of that has the Lowes Severe Weather tag as opposed to the typical MCA tag regular yards have on their material.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Meanwhile in SC


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Too bad they can't find anyone to haul it.

 

[Jody Treadway]

Too bad they can't find anyone to haul it.

Imagine that...

 

[ghost]

To add to this I saw on the news where they said gas stations might start running out because the tanker companies can't find drivers.

 

[cranbiz]

I still have my Class A CDL. Maybe I should give up this cushy WFH desk job and go drive a truck.



In second thought, someone hand me 2 aspirin and a Honey so that thought will go away.

 

[simpleman01]

It appears NC timber owners aren't getting a share of the price increases, except for maybe hardwood pulp...

Despite Record High Lumber Prices, Pine Sawtimber Prices in North Carolina Dropped in the First Quarter, 2021

 

[obullfish]

So how could a guy with a decent quality hobby sawmill capitalize on the current situation?

Start by cutting me some walnut for $1.00 a board foot

 

[ghost]

Start by cutting me some walnut for $1.00 a board foot

My friend with the mill has some black walnut he's got for sell. And Pecan and white oak....

 

[obullfish]

My friend with the mill has some black walnut he's got for sell. And Pecan and white oak....

Tell him I’ll take all the walnut he can cut for $1.00 a board foot.

 

[YJJPWrangler]

@obullfish if you want walnut, go check out applachian walnut company in lincolnton. They have about the best price for walnut around charlotte. Starts out at $5 a bf and goes up based on figure. I also stopped by B.E. Kluttz Lumber today in Concord. They had a very nice selection of reasonably priced slabs/lumber and carried a lot of exotics as well

edit: also thanks for the follow on IG

 

[shawn]

It appears NC timber owners aren't getting a share of the price increases, except for maybe hardwood pulp...

Despite Record High Lumber Prices, Pine Sawtimber Prices in North Carolina Dropped in the First Quarter, 2021

Why would they? You're buying the result of a process stream, not a tree.

 

[ncsuwoj]

Quality has definitely dropped off.

a couple guys i went to school with that were bidding on state road work jobs have said they are stopping all bidding. Gov. work that involves lumber or unstable products i think will be coming to a standstill soon.

Yeah it's super tough for them. We just put an order in for a couple of tractor trailer loads for a job to rebuild a old trestle bridge turned to a trail bridge. It was touch and go there for everybody between the bid opening and contract issuing. Thankfully they didn't take 30 days to get the contract out!

 

[simpleman01]

Why would they? You're buying the result of a process stream, not a tree.

I guess I figured there were incremental increases throughout the entire process, including raw material. Somebody somewhere along the line is making mint!!