Price of lumber 2021

[GlampDaddy]

I would imagine it's just going to go higher with Elon coming to town and others to likely follow.

Tesla has 8 million square feet under construction now. Apple has 3 million, with Samsung still on the drawing board. The housing boom looks to be a vacuum, sucking up all available lumber, PVC, sheetrock, etc. We're looking for a nice rural location with an RV garage!!!

 

[Kevin D Pem]

We had a house locally that had a bidding war started when they put it on the market. The buyer paid $100k more than the asking price! This is exactly the kind of stuff that happens during a housing bubble right before the bottom falls out. It happened in 2007. It took the stock market down with it.

It also took down the RV market, look at the history of RV business ownership.

 

[murphysranch]

T1-11 siding went from $29 to $49 at Lowes.

Sanded 4x8 plywood is now $86 a sheet here; $95 over on the Oregon Coast.

 

[dJohn]

2 x 4 x 8, 9 dollars. WTF

 

[Neal]

I'm in Oregon, I'm buying a chainsaw!

 

[GlampDaddy]

I'm in Oregon, I'm buying a chainsaw!

But you already have two!

 

[Neal]

But you already have two!

Huh??

I'm going to throw a few $50K logs on the roof and haul them home!

 

[GlampDaddy]

Amazon says you already have two of everything!

 

[Neal]

2nd chain saw ordered!

 

[bpaikman]

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Huh??

I'm going to throw a few $50K logs on the roof and haul them home!

Don't break the panels

 

[Kevin D Pem]

OH that's right the panels are cheaper than the wood.

 

[GeoKat]

Before shtf and I sold the farm I had bought a chain mill for custom lumber. I couldn't part with it so it's still in the box in the garage of my rv alongside my chainsaw.

But then I'm weird like that. I dragged out my weed eater Thursday morning and took care of my small patch of grass/weeds around my lot.

 

[Joe Hogan]

Interesting story about the lumber industry

Lumber mania is sweeping North America

North America’s current lumber mania is a classic case of supply and demand: people want to renovate their homes and build new ones, and the industry is struggling to keep up. So now, lumber is expensive and hard to come by.

www.vox.com

 

[Scooterfan]

Thanks...that WAS a good article on our current lumber crisis. Now I know why Jim (Small RV park) has his own milling setup ?

 

[sanda]

Leaving the restaurant the other day I asked for a toothpick and the waitress told me that will be $2.00

 

["EZ"]

Looking at the chart, lumber futures moved sharply lower this week. Could this be the end of the bubble?