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Special Report: The Future of Wood
Prospects and perils for the product that LBMs sell most . . .
Author: Craig Webb
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 09/10/2008 ) |
Future of Wood: Murderers' Row
These critters remind us that humans aren't the only species that will affect the future of wood. . . .
Author: Craig Webb
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 09/10/2008 ) |
Returns: Taking Stock
ProSales' website has kept a close eye on the still-unfolding story of the 51% sale of Stock Building Supply to a private equity group and Stock's subsequent entrance into Chapter 11 bankruptcy law protection. . . .
Author: Craig Webb
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 06/10/2009 ) |
Editor's Note - Future of Wood: Long Shadows
In many ways, the future of wood will be shaped substantively not by what we do, but what our forefathers did decades ago. . . .
Author: Craig Webb
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 09/10/2008 ) |
Future of Wood: Smoke Signals
Constantly spiraling energy prices could make it more valuable to burn, distill, or palletize wood than to cut it into 2x4s. And even when wood does become lumber, how much will it cost to transport the stuff? . . .
Author: Craig Webb
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 09/10/2008 ) |
Future of Wood: Wood Trivia
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Author: Craig Webb
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 09/10/2008 ) |
Future of Wood: Engineering the Future
Like the Six Million Dollar Man, lumber companies are taking trees apart and rebuilding them to be bigger and stronger than nature made them. Solid-sawn lumber will suffer. . . .
Author: Craig Webb
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 09/10/2008 ) |
Future of Wood: Big Fellers
North America's loggers once cut down trees that were so enormous–such as this one, probably located in California–eight men could stand in the notch. Today, the remaining old-growth giants are virtually off limits, and timber companies set up their sawmills for logs that are just six to 20 inches wide. They also employ far smaller crews today, replacing dozens of ax men with a few folks wielding such mechanical helpers as feller/bunchers and delimbers. At the mill, lasers scan the logs so that computers can figure out how best to use, as one company puts it, "every part of the tree but its shadow." . . .
Author: Craig Webb
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 09/10/2008 ) |
Future of Wood: Time Line
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Author: ProSales Staff
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 09/10/2008 ) |
Future of Wood: Grade Inflation
Dealers contend grading standards have deteriorated. Vendors say the dealers have become pickier. . . .
Author: Craig Webb
PROSALES Magazine ( Created Date: 09/10/2008 ) |
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