Re: Sawmill industry notes
Author: Chris Walker
Date: 08-01-2024 - 13:54
buzz Wrote:
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> Surprised that we import lumber from New Zealand.
> It must cost $10K per container on a ship.
>
> An American working class living on $18 - $20/hour
> is longer viable. Even in Eastern Oregon or rural
> Montana. So we let New Zealanders do the work.
> That is nuts.
>
> I guess the mills in SE Washington on the Camas
> Prairie will never come back?
It's called Trade; you like to sell us your Deere's and Cat's and EMD's and GE's and stuff.......only fair you buy some of our timber, kiwifruit, apples and etc......, eh!
Chris
in New Zealand