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Anonymous Coward User ID: 82504804 United States 06/10/2022 10:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You may get lucky and get some lumber for less than you've been paying, but high lumber prices are here to stay. Every step of the process, from felling to delivery involves gasoline or diesel. Big box stores have been selling fir for right around $1.50 a board foot and that rarely reflects any changes in the commodities market. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 82911518 United States 06/10/2022 10:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lowes in my area sells 2x4 x10 @$10 / taxed/, placed online order .Come to pick up and was presented basically mill scraps , more hole knots than teenager face , bowy plain junk . When they shut down country they let chosen ones make killing on sales , set any price they want |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 83551150 United States 06/10/2022 10:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's too hot to want to work in the sun anymore. Maybe I should just buy stuff when the price craters and wait for fall. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 82504804 United States 06/10/2022 10:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lowes in my area sells 2x4 x10 @$10 / taxed/, placed online order .Come to pick up and was presented basically mill scraps , more hole knots than teenager face , bowy plain junk . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82911518 When they shut down country they let chosen ones make killing on sales , set any price they want If you buy lumber regularly, consider getting to know a local sawmill operator. We can't stay in business selling junk like box stores. My prices are cheaper and I don't charge sales or lumber taxes. If you need graded lumber, you can hire a grader or even stamp it yourself (different rules apply in different jurisdictions, but generally most counties have a list of graders they accept). We also don't usually source our logs from these commercial farming operations but rather from naturally grown logs that got removed as part of utility trimming, for example. My fir has much tighter grain than anything you can buy at home depot. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 82667312 Singapore 06/10/2022 10:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Demand is dropping off a cliff around here (western PA). Homes that were finished a month ago are still sitting with nobody to buy them, not even BlackCock. Just wait until mortgage rates hit 8%. With the "offical" inflation rate hitting 8.6% that means the real inflation rate is pushing 24-26% that means 8% on a 30 year is guaranteed even with 830 credit score and zero debt!!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82609303 demand here just fucking completely stopped in 2 weeks like the lights fucking went out property prices dropped 25% its the interest rate shock you cannot sell a property anymore to anyone who will loan out 500k with interest rates spiking |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79921326 06/10/2022 10:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Demand is dropping off a cliff around here (western PA). Homes that were finished a month ago are still sitting with nobody to buy them, not even BlackCock. Just wait until mortgage rates hit 8%. With the "offical" inflation rate hitting 8.6% that means the real inflation rate is pushing 24-26% that means 8% on a 30 year is guaranteed even with 830 credit score and zero debt!!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82609303 demand here just fucking completely stopped in 2 weeks like the lights fucking went out property prices dropped 25% its the interest rate shock you cannot sell a property anymore to anyone who will loan out 500k with interest rates spiking Which state are you in?? |
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User ID: 79193643 United States 06/10/2022 10:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lowes in my area sells 2x4 x10 @$10 / taxed/, placed online order .Come to pick up and was presented basically mill scraps , more hole knots than teenager face , bowy plain junk . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82911518 When they shut down country they let chosen ones make killing on sales , set any price they want If you buy lumber regularly, consider getting to know a local sawmill operator. We can't stay in business selling junk like box stores. My prices are cheaper and I don't charge sales or lumber taxes. If you need graded lumber, you can hire a grader or even stamp it yourself (different rules apply in different jurisdictions, but generally most counties have a list of graders they accept). We also don't usually source our logs from these commercial farming operations but rather from naturally grown logs that got removed as part of utility trimming, for example. My fir has much tighter grain than anything you can buy at home depot. ^^^^^^This, this, this^^^^^^ I always seek out the local sawmills. Some are purely commercial and won’t do private sales, some are very flexible and have everything you could think of. I got some ash and cherry for less than what people were paying for 2x4’s at Home Depot. The market is crazy! Also, if you travel you can get good prices on regional species. Driving through Texas I picked up some slabs (no kidding) of mesquite, in SC some pecan, Oregon some walnut… Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast. If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools. — Plato “AI is kind of a fancy thing, first of all it’s two letters. It means artificial intelligence.” Kamala Harris VPOTUS |
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User ID: 83419943 United States 06/10/2022 11:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | #metoo 1. “You can’t fire a cannon, from a canoe!” 2. “Strength is gained in the range it is trained.” 3. “If it doesn’t swim, run, or fly, or isn’t green and grow in the ground, don’t eat it.” 4. “Know that you have complete control over what you put in your mouth. No one ever ate anything by accident.” |
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User ID: 77416429 United States 06/10/2022 11:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lumber dealers have experienced a seesaw of emotions over the past couple of years. Quoting: StellaBlue During the pandemic, supply chain issues and a rise in home projects caused lumber prices to skyrocket. But a shifting macroeconomic environment has left many dealers stumped, per WSJ, with lumber futures dropping 52% since early March. [link to www.theapopkavoice.com (secure)] Less than 50% People are struggling just to buy essentials...no time for luxury items like lumber.... Ask Alice when she's 10ft tall This is a battle for the future of civilization. If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead. Elon Musk |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 80353538 United States 06/10/2022 11:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Demand is dropping off a cliff around here (western PA). Homes that were finished a month ago are still sitting with nobody to buy them, not even BlackCock. Just wait until mortgage rates hit 8%. With the "offical" inflation rate hitting 8.6% that means the real inflation rate is pushing 24-26% that means 8% on a 30 year is guaranteed even with 830 credit score and zero debt!!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82609303 Fk all these builders who destroyed the countryside with their sht boxes. Good. I hope those sht boxes rot and I hope those builders starve. We know they won't tho. They built all this crap with credit. Time to kill these people. |
Awake 11:11
User ID: 77928748 United States 06/10/2022 11:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Maybe but maybe not. I pass by a very high end homes subdivision on my way to work every day and there are 4 new constructions going on right now in various stages of completion. The slump is for poor people. Rich people don't really care how much lumber costs. Rabbit Hole: A complexly bizarre or difficult state or situation conceived of as a hole into which one falls or descends. Dear FBI - Everything I write here is my opinion only, I have zero knowledge that is not readily available all over the internets. Save your resources. |
M R E
User ID: 71630411 United States 06/10/2022 11:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | not yet, nowhere near the bottom yet, if you have the cash just hold it and wait for the big ass fire sale that is coming but it's still probably a year or more away! would rather have it & not need it then need it & not have it |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 27288957 United States 06/10/2022 11:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lowes in my area sells 2x4 x10 @$10 / taxed/, placed online order .Come to pick up and was presented basically mill scraps , more hole knots than teenager face , bowy plain junk . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82911518 When they shut down country they let chosen ones make killing on sales , set any price they want That's what I've been doing too.. I got lucky and salvaged 4 4x12x10 garage door headers, they all got milled into 2x4s for backing and blocking. |
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User ID: 75809482 United States 06/10/2022 11:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | meh up 500% down 50% still up 250% from 2019 For yanks that can't follow %. Item was $100 in 2019 Peaked at $500 in 2021 Now it's at $250 All #s are approximate. Last Edited by JustSomeGuy_42 on 06/10/2022 11:44 AM Warning: JustSomeGuy_42 is a publicly confessed unvaxxed neophiliac . If the number 666 is considered evil. then technically, 25.8069758 is the root of all evil. |
StellaBlue
(OP) User ID: 83355095 United States 06/10/2022 11:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I wood like to express my thanks for the pine! I need my deck repaired from storm damage last winter... finding lumber is not a problem, but finding LABOR is. I've tried contacting half a dozen contractors, including the Amish... nobody is even returning calls. (Yes the Amish are listed on Google believe it or not) Our insurance, who is supposed to be doing this, has basically thrown up their hands and told us good luck, find your own contractor! It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. -Psalm 118:8 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. -Isaiah 54:17 If I disappear from this forum, aliens didn't take me- Jesus did! Give your heart to him today! |
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