Y'all Been Checkin' Lumber Prices?

[Ford850]

I goozled a Mason jar of hummingbird food thinking it was kool-ade. Man than was sweet!

"Red Bull gives you wings". Now I know what Red Bull is made of and why they use that slogan!

 

[lman]

 

[fried1765]

Nice load of wood there.

On my dad's place, I remember grinding the chain, cutting the chipper off something like two links then skip one, repeat. Being careful not to rock up on the saw and getting off the guide. Stack the lumber on sticks, made a tent out of clear plastic and oriented the open ends to the breeze. Old blue homelite that would vibrate so much it would almost make you vision blurry, kind of hard on the hands after a while, but it would tear up the wood pretty fast.

My dad had that old blue Homelite XL10, and it ran for 50 years.
I sold it on E-Bay, advertised as "not running", for $75 to a woman who said her husband was delighted, and could fix it.
Kinda heavy at 12 pounds, but a fantastic saw over the years.

 

[Frankenkubota]

I must be on a mailing list from the building material co I bought my trusses and framing package from.

I received this yesterday.

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Team,



Many of our customers are inquiring about the dramatic drop in the lumber market last week. To put it into prospective, any lumber purchased last week would not be here until mid to late July. We are selling materials today purchased in May.



New cost in the market are not reflected instantaneously.

***************

seems to me the increases are "reflected immediately"

 

[mrmikey]

All the home centers around here, Kent, HD, Rona, Home Hardware, have an unbelievable amount of lumber in their yards. So much so most of them are using their parking lots for overflow. I was at Kent yesterday and they had lifts upon lifts of lumber most of it stacked 2-3 lifts high, same at HD..............Mike

 

[lman]

All the home centers around here, Kent, HD, Rona, Home Hardware, have an unbelievable amount of lumber in their yards. So much so most of them are using their parking lots for overflow. I was at Kent yesterday and they had lifts upon lifts of lumber most of it stacked 2-3 lifts high, same at HD..............Mike

Where's around here?

 

[Snobdds]

Same here. There is a bunk of 2x4 people have picked through at 1$10/piece, then you look up and see 3 more bunks of 2x4 waiting to be taken down.

There is not a supply shortage.

 

[mrmikey]

Where's around here?

LOL, sorry, Halifax/Dartmouth area, Nova Scotia, I never thought to take a pic..........Mike

 

[Midniteoyl]

seems to me the increases are "reflected immediately"

Same with oil and gas.. Oil goes up, gas goes up the very next day. Oil goes down, "It takes 3 months for that oil to be refined, we'll reduce prices then."

 

[Midniteoyl]

All the home centers around here, Kent, HD, Rona, Home Hardware, have an unbelievable amount of lumber in their yards. So much so most of them are using their parking lots for overflow. I was at Kent yesterday and they had lifts upon lifts of lumber most of it stacked 2-3 lifts high, same at HD..............Mike

Same here. Lowe's had 4 full rows in the parking lot filled with pressure treated while prices were still going up.

 

[fried1765]

All the home centers around here, Kent, HD, Rona, Home Hardware, have an unbelievable amount of lumber in their yards. So much so most of them are using their parking lots for overflow. I was at Kent yesterday and they had lifts upon lifts of lumber most of it stacked 2-3 lifts high, same at HD..............Mike

Kent, Rona, and Home Hardware are all in Canada lumber/hardware retail businesses.
Perhaps the reason they have so much lumber in stock, is because Canadian mills are not shipping to the USA due to Covid regulations.

 

[mrmikey]

.................because Canadian mills are not shipping to the USA due to Covid regulations

It's a possibility for sure. Saying that tho....if there's a glut of lumber in Canada, why are we paying so much? a PT 4 x 4 x 8' last year or so was 8-$9, now at HD it's $21.25. Mind you that's Canuck bucks, US$ that's 17.
My thoughts...as long as people will or have to pay the ridiculous prices, it'll stay there..........Mike

 

[cqaigy2]

Kent, Rona, and Home Hardware are all in Canada lumber/hardware retail businesses.
Perhaps the reason they have so much lumber in stock, is because Canadian mills are not shipping to the USA due to Covid regulations.

Could you post a link on the Canada mill not shipping due to Covid? I looked but couldn't, but my google-fu is not the best. I'd be interested to see why Covid would be a concern to shipping to US. Thanks!

 

[fried1765]

Could you post a link on the Canada mill not shipping due to Covid? I looked but couldn't, but my google-fu is not the best. I'd be interested to see why Covid would be a concern to shipping to US. Thanks!

That is my theory only.....I have no direct knowledge of the situation, but US-Canada trade is apparently not anywhere near pre Covid levels.

 

[cqaigy2]

That is my theory only.....I have no direct knowledge of the situation, but US-Canada trade is obviously not anywhere near pre Covid levels.

Oh, sorry i misunderstood your prior post.

 

[deezler]

Ok then we are all in agreement, LUMBER BUYING BOYCOTT starts NOW! Let's see if everyone can hold out for a full month.

 

[MoKelly]

Ok then we are all in agreement, LUMBER BUYING BOYCOTT starts NOW! Let's see if everyone can hold out for a full month.

I’m betting on the under.

MoKelly

 

[s219]

I've been holding out since October!

 

[Diggin It]

I'm not sure I've bought a board at 'full price' from a store since starting this thread. I bought 3 1 x 4 x 10s, but they were warped and split so I got them for 75% off. Maybe a couple others at most.

 

[can do]

Summya'll been saying you can't even find PT boards. Big Box stores show they have it, but $16 for a 4 x 4 x 8 post? I bought 4 x 4 x 16s in January for $17.79 that are currently listed for $31.98

4' x 9' OSB that I paid $11 for in May is now showing at $20.25


Somebody's rakin' it in somewhere along the line. Aren't there price gouging laws?

Hey Diggin It! As of 6/17/21 according to The Den of Tools site on You Tube prices are down 42% which is miss leading ! That puts them at last years high, But that is the low so far for the year which ain't saying much.