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re: Lumber prices !!!!!
Posted on 9/27/20 at 2:31 pm to texag7
Posted on 9/27/20 at 2:31 pm to texag7
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Have y’all looked into a pellet plant for the sawdust? They are starting to show up across SETX
We sell our residuals to a pellet mill. They're only about 12 miles down the road. We're not big enough to justify having one of our own.
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Posted on 9/27/20 at 2:32 pm to No Colors
Do they burn the pellets overseas in large power plants or is it bagged individually for sell to homeowners for heating?
I’ve always wanted to build a small mill to process Chinese tallow wood into pellets. An invasive tree so getting wood would easy and I think it burns hot due to the oils present in the wood
I’ve always wanted to build a small mill to process Chinese tallow wood into pellets. An invasive tree so getting wood would easy and I think it burns hot due to the oils present in the wood
This post was edited on 9/27/20 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 9/27/20 at 2:48 pm to texag7
These get shipped to Baton Rouge and exported to England.
The bagged pellets idea would probably work. The electricity is a fairly big deal. It's 100 HP equals One ton per hour. So if you want to do one tractor trailer load of 25 tons per 8.5 hour shift, you would need a 300 hp pellet mill.
300 HP would be about 250 KWh. So if you paid 10c per KWh for your electricity, then you're looking at a bill of about $25 an hour when youve got that sucker turned on.
The bagged pellets idea would probably work. The electricity is a fairly big deal. It's 100 HP equals One ton per hour. So if you want to do one tractor trailer load of 25 tons per 8.5 hour shift, you would need a 300 hp pellet mill.
300 HP would be about 250 KWh. So if you paid 10c per KWh for your electricity, then you're looking at a bill of about $25 an hour when youve got that sucker turned on.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 3:40 pm to No Colors
Now take the welfare out and it would flourish. 2.5% roi doesn’t seem like ballin to me.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 3:53 pm to KemoSabe65
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Now take the welfare out and it would flourish. 2.5% roi doesn’t seem like ballin to me.
What welfare? What ROI are you talking about?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 5:03 pm to No Colors
Pretty sure he’s talking about subsidies in row crops when he says welfare... Not sure what the 2.5% ROI is.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 5:27 pm to prostyleoffensetime
return on investment...
Posted on 9/27/20 at 6:40 pm to farad
Talking about the 2.5%. I know what roi is
Posted on 9/27/20 at 7:05 pm to bayouvette
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Try 900 dollars for 70ft of fence!
That's cheap. I got 3 quotes last week at $24/ ft.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 8:04 pm to Nicky Parrish
So for the experts here, when would be a good time for a person who has been through the planning/architectural/ mechanical mess, and has selected a builder, to go ahead and start building? I can wait to get a better lumber price.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 9:00 pm to troyt37
I’m wondering the same thing
Posted on 9/27/20 at 9:09 pm to CheEngineer
How can I gauge lumber market prices?
Does it trade like oil or gold?
Does it trade like oil or gold?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 9:14 pm to lsu xman
quote:I build houses this is accurate.
Saw something on CNBC about cost to build a home is up $17K.
I build one plan in February and the lumber cost was 14k
I had a couple ask for that same house last week and my lumber quote is at 25k
Posted on 9/27/20 at 10:27 pm to SlidellCajun
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How can I gauge lumber market prices?
Does it trade like oil or gold?
Yes. It trades on the CBOT like any other commodity
Posted on 9/27/20 at 10:48 pm to No Colors
How much, if any Effect, will the Recent hurricanes have On the lumber market?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 10:58 pm to No Colors
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The timber business and the lumber business are disconnected from a supply demand standpoint. There's way more standing timber out there now than there are mill to process it. So timber prices are low.
I’m guessing this is why no one is willing to buy pine trees like they used to 30 years ago?
Posted on 9/28/20 at 5:33 am to cssamerican
With the damage done by hurricanes in Lake Charles and Gulf Coast Alabama the supply and demand will make lumber prices even higher.
Posted on 9/28/20 at 7:55 am to No Colors
So how can I track the price?
Posted on 9/28/20 at 8:33 am to SlidellCajun
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So how can I track the price?
You can Google CME Lumber Futures
Or Google NASDAQ Lumber Spot Price
Posted on 9/28/20 at 8:35 am to meeple
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Lumber prices !!!!! by meeple
Curious as to what has caused prices to spike?
Spoke to a friend who owns a fence company. He said a lot of treated lumber comes from South America and a lot of those mills are COVID shutdown.
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