When will wood prices go back down?

[Sailfish_wc]

And stimulus

Stimulus is a big factor as well.
Additionally, I’ve seen no shortage. Any wood I want...it’s available.
Local big boxes have STACKS of OSB.
I don’t know how people are even able to afford renovations, remodels and new homes. I just don’t.

 

[Shangobango]

I just walked a timber with a logger last week to mark trees. He was taking all the ash, select red and white oak, and only the best walnut. No hard maple or hickory. The prices the guys with standing timber to sell are getting is not reflecting the price at menards.

Very true.

My pops is still holding on to a small logging operation. The prices he is getting haven't moved very much over the past year.

 

[Dougfirtree]

I just walked a timber with a logger last week to mark trees. He was taking all the ash, select red and white oak, and only the best walnut. No hard maple or hickory. The prices the guys with standing timber to sell are getting is not reflecting the price at menards.

That's logging in a nutshell...

 

[Gellar]

That's logging in a nutshell...

I’m just glad we have a 1/2 decent logger that doesn’t cut timber to cut. But he respects the landowner and their wishes. Most loggers are not like that.

 

[TwistedSage]

Scrap copper is up to 2.95lb. This box I've had sitting around for 12 years may finally pay of.

 

[SAJ-99]

And here we go....July and Sept down 25% in 8 sessions. Good news for builders and contractors. Still a long way to go to get back to "normal", but Sept is at 1000 and Nov is 900.

 

[JLS]

I bought some 2x6 studs last week. Holy cow, $13 apiece. OSB was $62 per sheet.

 

[Sawtooth]

I bought some 2x6 studs last week. Holy cow, $13 apiece. OSB was $62 per sheet.

Building an addition to the house for Finn to store all his Trial Ribbons? Maybe an indoor pool to work on water retrieves?

 

[JLS]

Building an addition to the house for Finn to store all his Trial Ribbons?

Finishing out the bathroom in the studio apartment under the garage. My oldest is going to live there for a couple of years while she does her masters degree.

 

[Ben Lamb]

I feel like a fool for not buying the lumber I need for a shelving project 4 months ago.

 

[JLS]

I feel like a fool for not buying the lumber I need for a shelving project 4 months ago.

Same. I was going to build a storage shed in the yard, but I think that might wait until next year

 

[Ben Lamb]

Same. I was going to build a storage shed in the yard, but I think that might wait until next year

If you cruise fb marketplace, you can get osb for $50 a sheet. But it's still attached to a structure and you have to remove it.

 

[SAJ-99]

If you cruise fb marketplace, you can get osb for $50 a sheet. But it's still attached to a structure and you have to remove it.

Given how Facebook is on security, it probably isn't even the seller's structure or sheet.

 

[noharleyyet]

Given how Facebook is on security, it probably isn't even the seller's structure or sheet.

Selective security...it's chit

 

[Ben Lamb]

Selective security...it's chit

Given how Facebook is on security, it probably isn't even the seller's structure or sheet.

 

[Kaitum]

This past December when I was looking at the house we moved into in January, I noticed a big stack of 8"x8"x16' long treated timbers beside the house along with a pile of 2x4s and 1x6's. Like the previous owner had a big outdoor project planned but never followed through. Knowing what those timbers would cost if you were to buy them now, I debated whether to ask for them in the home purchase agreement or just stay silent and hope the owner would leave them. I stayed silent. Sure enough, there they laid the day I moved in. I joked with my wife we should sell them and pay off the remainder of the mortgage.