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I just purchased 7 pieces of white oak 1 1/2 "x 10 5/8" x 16' long to replace the deck on my trailer. It cost me all of $171.00 at the sawmill. The cost to buy treated lumber for the trailer was going to be about double that. The interesting thing is that the
Amish sawmill had acres of logs siting to be milled. They furnish most of the lumber custom cut for local pallet manufacturers.
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of Dean VP <deanvp@att.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group' <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br>
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<div class="PlainText">This is totally inconsistent with what is going on. I just drove by a major<br>
sawmill along Interstate 5 North of Everett, WA. There were hundreds of<br>
stacks of fresh cut lumber on the huge lot. I've never seen their inventory<br>
this high in the 40 plus years I have lived in the Seattle area. Sum Ting<br>
Wong here. Does not compute.<br>
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Dean VP<br>
Snohomish, WA 98290<br>
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and gospel of<br>
envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."<br>
..Winston Churchill...<br>
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From: AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Henry Miller<br>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:02 AM<br>
To: at@lists.antique-tractor.com<br>
Subject: Re: [AT] Crazy pricing on construction job<br>
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Prices are insane. Sawmills shut down just like a lot of other things a year<br>
ago. Then everyone working from home decided that since they couldn't go out<br>
they may as well do that remodel job they had been putting off. Combined<br>
with other people who decided their parent's basement was too small if they<br>
had to do more than sleep there so they bought a house... demand has<br>
skyrocketed and the sawmills which were already behind can't keep up. <br>
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I'm not sure if or when prices will come down. God doesn't give me<br>
investment advice. <br>
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--<br>
Henry Miller<br>
hank@millerfarm.com<br>
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On Mon, May 10, 2021, at 22:58, Dean VP wrote:<br>
> I received a few quotes on building a replacement deck on our house <br>
> last summer but had to abandon the project due to scheduling issues. <br>
> So I immediately restarted the process this year after we got back <br>
> from AZ. I am completely flabbergasted by the prices I am getting this <br>
> year. The quotes I have received so far are up by 80% to 125%. <br>
> Unbelievable. I have been told that lumber prices have quadrupled in <br>
> the last year. Is that really true? I haven't gone to a lumber yard <br>
> lately. I've been told that 5 quarter Cedar is slightly higher than a <br>
> composite floor and I live where Cedar trees grow wild. . I am just flat<br>
stunned. How much of this is just fluff right now<br>
> and will eventually go away or is this inflation that is here to stay?<br>
Or<br>
> do I try and ride it out and wait another year. I didn't plan or <br>
> expect the have to pay this much for a new deck on the house. The house<br>
and the<br>
> neighborhood will withstand this much investment but....WOW!!! I<br>
honestly<br>
> feel like I'm a sucker right now. What the heck is the cause of all this?<br>
> <br>
> Dean VP<br>
> Snohomish, WA 98290<br>
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and <br>
> gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."<br>
> ..Winston Churchill...<br>
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