Wood shortage? Um, no ...

There is no shortage, lumber yards are filled to the brim like never before. I’ve got a vacation ski house in Maine, every lumber yard up there is over flowing with raw logs and finished products. I’ve never seen their yards as full as they are now

Yes, we need to do some stuff around the property, but are holding off until the prices return to normal?? Whatever that may be.

They never let a manufactured crisis go to waste.

I wanted pine trees for in my woodheater which i dont have,what now....

Olaf

I've heard from a local lumberyard the problem is not available supply.

The problem is truckers staying home collecting double unemployment giving them far more take home cash than if they worked, first. Then secondly, cash they do get doesn't have to get siphoned off into their rig for fuel, DEF and lube.

Most small time truckers are making way more take home $$$ staying home.

Really?

Pine is not a good firewood.

Right? Too poppy and sparky.

I always got wood to spare. Especially for a pretty girl.

lol

That, and you get a lot of creosote burning pine which can lead to chimney fires.

Ikr?
Same here
Mine got plenty before breakfast

Me think there is shortage of truckers

there are disruptions in the supply chain, and I'm sure downright manipulation. I'm holding off on projects personally.

Same happening in Northern MN.

Bought < ONE > a 4 by 8 sheet of 5/8 ' CDX plywood and 4 2 by 4 .


$ 112.00 = INSANE = Near Wilmington NC from Lowe's .

It's hyperinflation.


Duh

It is the treated wood/ plants that are behind. I know, I operate one. 60-70 hour work weeks and cannot get caught up.

Inflationary Times are Open Season for scumbags to Prize-Gouge.

Its called a manufactured crisis.

I've been in the commercial woodworking business for over 14 years now. from what my suppliers are saying, the majority of the red/white oak is being shipped to china without being processed into lumber. china is processing it and selling it back to us. So, China is the bottleneck in the "shortage".

Hyperinflation is coming very very quickly so no one wants to sell their products today when they will be worth a fortune tomorrow. Everyone is stock piling everything under the guise of cyberattack or bridge failures or cargo ships stuck in canals or Covid Essential shopping only or ....

The currencies are going to collapse and they are all waiting for the new digital currency backed by gold to appear. Dark winter coming folks.

Logistics

We got enough rocks to destroy China, but delivery on target prior to the chins nuking us is unlikely.

We got wood, butt the commies milk the shortage game like pros.

Logistical disruption and corruption ....orwellian style.

Thanks for the pin

These contrived shortages are getting old really quickly.

China controls the lumber industry.

I have worked in the NW timber industry for 30+ years, my family has been involved in it since the turn of the last century. Talk to loggers everyday and each one tells me that the log prices haven't changed and they aren't getting any more money for logging even though the lumber price is at all time highs; in other words, a huge disconnect in log versus lumber prices. All the mills in the NW are stuffed to the gills with logs, especially after the fires of last fall in OR and WA, and there is plenty of lumber, too.

My theory on all this is, lumber is a commodity; 2x4's are traded on the commodities exchange just like wheat, oil, pork bellies and everything else we produce. The fed has created trillions and that is starting to seep into prices of commodities as inflation- big time. You see it in gold and silver, too.

Don't expect the mills to ramp up production either in order to lower the price of lumber; they are loving this right now -that you can be sure of. The timber industry works on a 7 year economic cycle that you can set your watch to and believe me, there have been some lean years that need to be made up.

It’s collusion on a global scale