This book is loaded with information about the art of buying and selling lumber and structural panels. It’s designed for traders at all levels of the distribution chain — mill salespersons, wholesalers, distributors, retail buyers, and support personnel.
This new edition has been expanded to include details on how to trade plywood and OSB. Other sections of the book pertaining to treated lumber, futures, and transportation have been fully updated to reflect recent changes affecting the industry. It’s written by an industry insider who knows the business, and how it really works.
Revised and completely updated. Expanded to include panels.
Buying & Selling Softwood Lumber & Panels is the new, fully updated, and GREATLY EXPANDED edition of Dave Leckey’s popular book. It covers selling and buying of all major North American softwood species from both the seller’s and buyer’s perspectives. It’s must reading for all of your sales or purchasing employees.
What's new in this edition?
Everything in the book has been reviewed and updated!
New section on "The 20 Key Questions of Panel Trading," every trader must ask and answer before a panel deal is concluded, with details about the structural panel market, both plywood and OSB. Includes distinctions between grades, how panels are unitized, various aspects of a grade mark, and everything else a trader needs to know in the course of buying and selling panel products.
A section detailing the step-by-step manufacturing process for both plywood and OSB has been added to "The Manufacturing Process" appendix.
A discussion of lumber and panel products imported to the U.S. from offshore suppliers — what those products are, where they're from, and a historical perspective on how this overseas trade developed.
Completely revamped section on the U.S./Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement, reflecting the new pact which took effect last October.
Updated treated lumber section, reflecting new EPA rules for treatments.
Updated lumber futures section, which includes recent major revisions to the lumber futures contract.
Recent years' changes in truck and rail transportation of wood products also have been included.
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