re: Lumber prices are through the roof!!!

You are exactly right. There’s no shortage of lumber. The mills set the price. That’s the problem. It’s not based on what it costs to cut per ton. It’s whatever the mills want to set the market at. It’s a screwed up way of doing business but that’s how it’s done. I don’t run a mill. I buy lumber for our production. Until the mills realize people aren’t going to pay what they’re charging for 1000 board feet, they’re gonna keep the prices up. Green lumber dried in a kiln is the same lumber it’s just not graded like your S4S lumber. Works exactly the same. In my business we have the benefit of being able to plane it to what we need to produce. We just had to figure out what we needed it cut to in order to plane it to our production. The difference is that if you need it to meet exact spec for building purposes. Which is something we’ve had to deal with on our building projects. If I was needing small amounts of lumber for home projects I would buy it in the rough and buy a home planer and do the boards myself. You would still come out cheaper than buying in bulk. It’s not a hard process if you know anything about lumber. I don’t see prices dropping to normal levels for at least 6 months. I could be wrong but I watch the market every week. 2x4’s last week we’re 1000$ for 1000 board feet. That’s absolutely insane for southern pine. Pine shortage is not the problem. It’s the mills PERIOD