Re:Where Does All the Cardboard Come From?
by shagie on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @03:32PM
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> 2) Harvesting small woodlots does not offer necessary economies of scale needed by harvesting operations, i.e., they're not going to invest the time to harvest < 20 acre plots.
There are small sawmills that don't operate quite in the same economies of scale that the larger ones do. They've still got challenges and your first two points are still very applicable.
There are small sawmills that don't operate quite in the same economies of scale that the larger ones do. They've still got challenges and your first two points are still very applicable.
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/06/10/small-sawmill-sees-gr...
https://www.marketplace.org/2022/11/07/tough-housing-market-...
The second one is the more applicable one for this case (note: the transcript is abridged - listen to the full version).
One of the things that they specialize in for small lots (home owner) is storm damage.