jegushee1
ArboristSite Operative
We gettin 300 a thousand for spruce n fir sawlogs up here in maine. Just curious as to prices elsewhere??
Holy Crap!!! lumber in my yard is .80/BF retail and less than that for contractor pricing.For rough sawn we sell it for around $2/bd foot. Firewood is $275/cord. That is for spruce, don't have pine around here.
I had a laugh at the "up here in Maine"... cause it's down there in Maine for me, but I still say "I was raised up there in Maine".
I've never been able to figure this out. You guys say $550-$680 for DF logs and I'm paying $450-$500 for milled 2x10 DF at the docks in Seattle.Try not to wince...
Last I checked and its been a little while, Doug Fir was dropping at $550-680, and Engelman Spruce was holding at 525... Different markets and different wood but there ya go
Holy Crap!!! lumber in my yard is .80/BF retail and less than that for contractor pricing.
I've never been able to figure this out. You guys say $550-$680 for DF logs and I'm paying $450-$500 for milled 2x10 DF at the docks in Seattle.
Holy Crap!!! lumber in my yard is .80/BF retail and less than that for contractor pricing.
I've never been able to figure this out. You guys say $550-$680 for DF logs and I'm paying $450-$500 for milled 2x10 DF at the docks in Seattle.
Got it. Thanks for the education.the mills pay us for only the square down the middle from the small end, an 8" dia log gets scaled at like 7" or so, all the stuff on the round bits and the fat end get turned into boards as well, so right around 30-40% of "free" wood for the mill, also they turn around and sell the chips and dust, literally nothing is wasted.
The loggers have always been left holding the short end...
Also most of the bigger mills Like Sierra Pacific, Hampton, Wyerhaueser, and many more either outright own their own timber land, or buy DNR/FS timber sales at rock bottom prices. Then they just pay the dumb loggers a set rate per 1k mbf. In the end they come out on top.
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