TROLLCAT
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buddy of mine just broke back window of his gmc with a piece of fire wood
me thinks the price of his fire wood just went up
me thinks the price of his fire wood just went up
Higher and Higher wood prices
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Making money hand over fist on lumber but losing on pulp.https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-314223-6-.htm#314223
Hopefully lumber prices will stabilize soon and return to somewhat normal.
Hopefully lumber prices will stabilize soon and return to somewhat normal.
Bury Me With My Toys
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Still Canfor can't make 2 cents, and keeps closing more mills. Just this summer closed Isle Pierre mill, just west of PG. Canfor needs to cut out the management team, and hire people who know how to run a company, instead of closing all their mills. They should be rolling in stacks of cash, if somebody there had a clue.
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Caper11
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How and the heck is pulp loosing money when the demand is through the roof on it?
tex78
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Ya I had a few boards go back to the lumber yard, fawking junk chit
skegpro
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$94 bucks for a sheet of 3/4" ply.
Sweet.
Sweet.
ABMax24
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Brutal, the local Rona is $56 for 3/4" spruce plywood.
skegpro
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Ok I might have to shop around a bit. Thx.
gunner3006
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It’s true tho. I think some of these spots are selling there stickers as lumber.
Pulp mills in Indonesia and South America not selling as much to China, so they're flooding the North American market driving prices down.
snopro
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Funny the government hasn't done something to moderate prices
LUCKY 7
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thats cause the government is a bunch of useless idiots
catalac
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The less “government” touches the better, lumber futures are dropping so hopefully by next summer we are back to more normal prices. Would hazard not unlike pump gas, what goes up overnight takes weeks or months to drop.
Canfor cfp.to recorded a record 3rd quarter.... go figure.
That would be an NDP. thing , I’m all for capitalism but this is gouging.
snopro
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You have to think of all the poor peeps that are in the early stages of a house build and had a quote and then lumber triples. I wonder how many builders just walked away after quoting?
Pedaling pete
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The cure for high prices is high prices.
If people stop buying because the price is too high, the prices will come down.
Price controls imposed by the government are never a good thing.
Just my 2cents though. I'm not the lumber yard expert or anything...
If people stop buying because the price is too high, the prices will come down.
Price controls imposed by the government are never a good thing.
Just my 2cents though. I'm not the lumber yard expert or anything...
The sarcasm was thick, nobody thinks that’s beautiful. Lol.
In the scale of a full house build, the extra lumber cost is minimal. Hasn't stopped any of the small builders I do work for. It would only be a problem for people if they are supplying lumber and had a price before it all went up. In Edmonton at least, most big builders started a ton of new houses this summer/fall.
snopro
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Triple the price isn't going to make a difference?
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