Author Topic: What has driven lumber prices up so high? (Read 678 times)

Ripsnort · « **Reply #30 on:** July 19, 2004, 01:09:23 PM »

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Originally posted by DoctorYO
BC exterior (for the Ripsnort impaired thats B face C back exterior glue*.. not Canada..{*its all exterior glue nowadays..}) SYP @ approx 740-750 per 1000 east coast...
DoctorYO

And Thrawn impaired too

TheDudeDVant · « **Reply #31 on:** July 19, 2004, 02:03:19 PM »

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Originally posted by Thrawn
Didn't the US government send a crapload of lumber to Iraq as well?

I believe this to be true.. Also steel and concrete prices have risen dramatically too. This is my understanding after talking to our concrete and steel suppliers that the war in Iraqi was mostly to blame as so many of our country's building materials are being shipped.. Steel for our rebar more than concrete have been the victum of price increases..

X2Lee · « **Reply #32 on:** July 19, 2004, 02:51:21 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Blame Canada

when the shipping embargo(whatever it was called) was at its peak canadian 92 5/8s studs were upwards of 4 bucks a stick, they drilled a hole in them for the electricians and got by the tarrifs by calling it"enginered studs"

Torque · « **Reply #33 on:** July 19, 2004, 08:22:52 PM »

So much for Freetrade with communist

, look who wants the illegal tariffs removed as well...

http://www.nahb.org/news_details.aspx?sectionID=148&newsID=900

X2Lee · « **Reply #34 on:** July 19, 2004, 09:15:21 PM »

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Originally posted by Torque
So much for Freetrade with communist , look who wants the illegal tariffs removed as well...

http://www.nahb.org/news_details.aspx?sectionID=148&newsID=900

They should be removed completly or just a modest tax.
Trickle down hurts the industry. You can almost beat wood costs with metal framing now.

Vulcan · « **Reply #35 on:** July 19, 2004, 09:26:02 PM »

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Originally posted by TheDudeDVant
I believe this to be true.. Also steel and concrete prices have risen dramatically too. This is my understanding after talking to our concrete and steel suppliers that the war in Iraqi was mostly to blame as so many of our country's building materials are being shipped.. Steel for our rebar more than concrete have been the victum of price increases..

Incorrect, the US imposed tarrifs and trade restrictions on imports of steel as well. NZ has been hit by a wave of such tarrifs (lumber, steel, meat and dairy exports), many of which are illegal under WTO trade terms and have gone before the WTO several times.

So basically you are propping up your inefficient steel industry by paying more for lower grade locally produced stell... how does it feel to be a SOCIALIST country

(when you guys gonna change your name to the USSA?)

Gunslinger · « **Reply #36 on:** July 19, 2004, 09:34:15 PM »

GEESH.....you'd think they'd have PLENTY of trees to chop down here in California.

For me at least common sense would dictate that the state could get lumber companys to thing out the trees for free and they could still make a profit on the lumber....

this would also make these stupid fluff'n fires alot less....combustable

BUT NOOOOOO these same seira club environmental wackos would rather see them and houses around them burn than cut them down.