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All of our Plywood is going to IRAQ

paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
edited August 2003 in General Discussion
There was an article in the paper today. Seems the price of plywood and strandboard has nearly doubled, thanks to the Feds buying large amounts to ship to Iraq. Most of the local lumber yards are only selling plywood to there large volume contractors. Seems the little guys are **** out of luck! Glad I don't need any!!!

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  • kingjoeykingjoey Member Posts: 8,636
    edited November -1
    Between the gas companies and everyone else, seems like people are really out to line their pockets lately.[xx(]

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  • Smokeeater 38Smokeeater 38 Member Posts: 2,735
    edited November -1
    I'll check tomorrow when I stop by the Home Depot.





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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    WELL THAT JUST TICKS ME OFF!!! ALL THAT WORK FOR NOTHING! CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW! [;)][:o)][:o)][:D]

    http://whataguy.mybravenet.com/plywood/

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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    I have noticed lumber going up for a little while now. It has almost doubled in the last 3 months.
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We had a hard time getting plywood in Pa. after that hurricane hit Homestead, FL.

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  • GPWEAPONGPWEAPON Member Posts: 549 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    plywood and osb board I'm building a house ordered a delivery 1st of July @ $10.00 per sheet, they had only 13 sheets, said they could get more @ $18.00 RAN to the phone called the Depot got them for $14. needed ten sheets to finish back to the Depot last week $20.00 [:(!]
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    Tell me about it![:(!] I'm a contractor in the DC metro area and OSB has gone from $6-7 a sheet to $17.29 a sheet in the last 30 days!...almost tripled...which could hurt my business. I do understand the significance of our rebuild efforts in Iraq though. This may in fact, hurt my business economically, but what we do in the Mid-East right now far outweighs my personal problems. The reason for this whole mess is that the Federal gov't just procured 2 lots of plywood. One lot is the equivalent of 100 train loads. One car on one train is the equivalent of 5 tractor trailer loads...that should give you some idea of the quantity and significance of this situation, in relation to the building industry.

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  • Stormtrooper 13Stormtrooper 13 Member Posts: 236 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What part of PA you from ruger ? I live in clarion county .

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  • stanmanstanman Member Posts: 3,052
    edited November -1
    YEA,, Up here in The Great Northwest we get really PO'd when all those canadian building products get sold to some other part of the world!

    But what the Iraqis don't know is that they're only getting like ... 2/3 of a sheet of REAL plywood.
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  • ElMuertoMonkeyElMuertoMonkey Member Posts: 12,898
    edited November -1
    You all have a very short-term view of things! In ten years' time, Iraqi oil will flood our markets with cheap gas and peace in the Middle East, a direct result of Bush's war, will create a vast new market for American goods in the form of a Middle East free trade zone! How dare you complain about the here and now!

    And yes, I am being facetious. On a previous post, some folks were complaining that those who are against the war are myopic and unpatriotic. Well, if being concerned about how a record budget deficit will affect me ten years down the line is myopic and if thinking that we should be helping Americans first is unpatriotic, then I guess I need glasses and a civics course.
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    When my former employer built an addition on thier building 4 yrs ago, the contractor in charge was throwing partial sheets of plywood into the dumpster. He felt it wasn't worth the cost of having a guy sort through them. I found his laborers and had a talk with them. I arrainged to park my truck so it was closer than the dumpster. Every night I came out to a truckload. All of it's 5/8" and the pieces range from 2'x2' to 4'x5'. Theres a pile of it in the loft of my barn about two feet high. I won't be buying plywood for a long time unless I need a full sheet.

    I guess I'm just a scrounger. You should see the pile of maple boards I picked from a dumpster when a nearby school district remodeled thier library. Got two loads of them with my little S-10 size truck. Thought for sure I'd break a spring but didn't.

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  • 4wheeler4wheeler Member Posts: 3,441
    edited November -1
    We make OSB panels where I work. Yes, prices have went up but not as much as Lowes and Home Depot are charging.

    Prices change every week and is based on supply and demand.





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  • alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the update on this! I will be needing some plywood in about a month. Now i will have to increase my budget X2.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by alledan
    Thanks for the update on this! I will be needing some plywood in about a month. Now i will have to increase my budget X2.





    It's highly probable that it will drop back down by then. Lumber prices fluxuate all of the time...it all comes down to supply and demand. Rain and forrest fires have a huge impact on lumber prices too. Good luck with your project.

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  • gundawggundawg Member Posts: 32 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not a good year for building. I was going to build myself a garage,
    but the way the lumber prices shot up, it would have just
    about cost me as much as a contractor gave me a bid for a few
    months ago. Might as well let them do it. Time to send some of
    that Iraq oil over here... another long, cold, expensive winter
    is right around the corner....
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