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Post by bulltrader on Apr 7, 2020 18:46:26 GMT -6
Paper Mill here closed for 60-90 days. That shuts down 4 chip yards and maybe 50 logging companies. Normally they would just cut logs but 1 sawmill closed today, second one don't want any logs, and 2 more will just take logs from their current producers. Several hundred jobs will be idle.
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Post by angusrancher on Apr 8, 2020 1:06:04 GMT -6
Quarantine, or something else? The run on TP wasn't helpful?
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Post by bulltrader on Apr 8, 2020 5:12:31 GMT -6
The paper mill produces a high quality business type paper that they say isn't bring used since the virus hit. The sawmill has been struggling for a while. Can't sell the lumber.
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Post by dave on Apr 8, 2020 7:39:46 GMT -6
I remember well back in '81 and '82. The timber market was in the toilet. They would let us work for a couple weeks and then send us home for a couple. And it seemed like every time they let us work a storm would blow in. You can't fall big timber in a strong wind. So between the economy and the weather it was a few mighty lean years.
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Post by highgrit on Apr 9, 2020 7:12:18 GMT -6
At least with timber you can hold it if you don't like the price, and not have to feed it. I've had 3 bids on timber and $12.50 for pine, $6.50 for hard wood pulp and mid $20 for saw timber seems to be where the market is. The chip guy was talking less than $2 a ton. I'm letting it grow for the time being. I'm getting very depressed because of all the China flu BS, I'm needing to go on a road trip but not sure how smart that would be.
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Post by bulltrader on Apr 9, 2020 7:52:06 GMT -6
Bring your camper and go to the mountain. Turkey season comes in Saturday. No phone, no internet, the world could end and you wouldn't know it.
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Post by highgrit on Apr 9, 2020 10:51:00 GMT -6
Bring your camper and go to the mountain. Turkey season comes in Saturday. No phone, no internet, the world could end and you wouldn't know it. I wonder how far you could hear a turkey gobble from the look out at the top of the mountain. The loggers and coal miners sure created a beautiful spot. |
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Post by bulltrader on Apr 9, 2020 13:28:38 GMT -6
Farther than you could shoot one. I'm going up there tomorrow to see if the bear have came out yet
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