Last week, we were told the pine market was gone, or pretty much is for awhile anyway. One place in TN that I hauled logs to were taking 40 loads a week from the co I hauled for, and now we are on only able to haul 2 loads per week.
Another mill in Menlo GA when I delivered Friday Morning told me to be sure and not come back until 12-12-08, as they had enough wood to last them until the first of the year, but would take only 1 load per week after 12-12.
A mill in Hanceville AL went from being a sure thing to deliver at, to being shut completely down.
When this all started happening the price of lumber has fell to a very low amount as the producers of it donlt have a market for it and can't sit on it for a month or two anymore.
The places that deal in hardwood are now getting twice as much hardwood as before due to everyone cutting hardwood now and it is just a matter of time (week to week) until it will have the same effect of not being able to take anymore wood.
All of this is due to the Housing Market going belly up, and the way the economy has been.
I weathered the storm of something similar to this a couple of months ago, but that was just a passing sprinkle as to what this is!
What advice and or suggestions would you give to a O/O who can hear the waterfall ahead and the sound is getting louder, but can't tell how far away it is before he goes over the falls?
I have a 2003 KW W900L Day Cab, No Sleeper, and a log trailer, no other trailer.