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EAGLE LUMBER COMPANY Continued A finished load of 8/4 White Oak is ready to be loaded. business to my uncle Abe Weaver,” Peachey recalled. “Often, when I had a question or was in a difficult position, he would have words of wisdom for me and was just a great mentor. Many times, I would call him, and he would encourage me in a certain direction, and hardly ever if I followed through with his advice did it fail. I just learned a lot from him and his first cousin, John Weaver. I patterned off of them a lot in how to treat your employees. ‘Take good care of your men.’ If you expect them to be there at 6:00 a.m. every morning, then be there yourself to pump the enthusiasm. Practice the golden rule and treat them well, and they will do you well. I have found that to be very true. So, I guess my hat is off to my Uncle Abe Weaver and his cousin John Weaver of Bedford, Pennsylvania, two great men that have done very well in the industry and are very well respected.” “With our mission statement: ‘do what you say,’ we really pay attention to detail,” Peachey continued. “If someone wants some lumber cut that is 4/4, we make sure that it is a full inch and an eighth. If they want 5/4, then that’s what we cut, and if they want certain grade sorts, we really pay attention to detail and have found it pays off very well. When Josh goes into sales, they pretty well know that they are going to get what they order, and it’s a name that we have established here that we are proud of: we deliver a product that the customer wants and deliver it on time.” n For more information about Eagle Lumber Company, call Josh at (270) 405-6424. Always Shows Up To Work Quick, easy installation Simple, Dependable, Affordable Cut ties, grade, timbers, mats, you name it 45 years of engineering design MADE IN USA MOSCOW TN All parts in stock - ready to ship Hurdle Automatic Sawmill Low maintenance Fast payback 5-man operation 8hrs - 20,000 to 25,000+ bd/ft www.hurdlemachineworks.com www.facebook.com/HurdleMachineWorks www.youtube.com/HurdleMachineWorks CALL US NOW! 901.877.6251 44 APRIL 2021 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE
NORTHEAST Continued from page 35 A Maryland lumberman said his sales are “great – on a scale of 1 to 10, an 8.” These sales are “better,” he observed, than six months earlier. He provides all Appalachian Hardwoods in all grades. Best sellers are Maple, Poplar and Oak. Domestically, he sells mainly to distribution yards. In exports, he sells to distribution yards and end users. His customers’ businesses are doing well, he noted. Concerning transportation, “We’re having vessel space issues and difficulty getting trucks,” he observed. n SOUTHEAST Continued from page 7 freights and bookings are becoming more problematic. A leader of a firm in Arkansas said the market is “strong,” and business is better than it was last year. Production consists of Red and White Oak flooring in standard grades. These products are sold to wholesale distributors. “The flooring is in high demand and short supply,” this lumber executive stated. “We’re in as dramatic of a supply and demand differential as we’ve had in 30 years.” He said the labor force is “the main negative factor. Transportation is not an overtly tough issue.” In Virginia, a woman who provides lumber stated, “The market’s fantastic but we can’t get enough production through here to take advantage of it.” How is the market compared to this time last year? “Better, better, better,” she replied. “But with the labor issue we have, we can’t get everything sawed up and graded. And then we’ve got wet weather, so we can’t get logs in. It’s the perfect storm; that’s what you would call it. That’s why prices are going up because nobody has logs; nobody has help.” She sells mostly Oak to customers in other countries. “Getting bookings is becoming an issue in exporting the lumber,” she stated. “It’s taking about a month to get a booking.” n Stay in touch and informed nationalhardwoodmag.com “Everything You’ll Ever Need From The Forest “ MERIDIEN HARDWOODS OF PA., INC. Brandon Ferman Office: 814-563-4614 Cell: 814-688-6691 Email: brandonferman@hotmail.com Michael Songer Office: 814-486-1711 Cell: 814-594-0827 Email: mjs@zitomedia.net Dan Ferman Office: 814-563-4614 Jeff Childs Office: 740-392-7727 Cell: 740-398-3474 Email: jeffchilds7@yahoo.com BUILD YOUR OWN LOAD n 18 Acre Concentration Yard n 2 Trim Lines (50 Sorts) n Straight Line Ripping and S2S Facilities n We Offer Export Preparations, Container Loading, Mixed Species & Thicknesses n Custom Walnut Steaming Available n 800,000’ Dry Storage Dry Kiln Capacity 250,000' n All KD lumber pick-a-pack tallied (800) 780-3187 FAX: (800) 292-5773 Website: www.meridienpa.com • Email: meridien@penn.com Yard Address: Old Pittsfield Rd., Pittsfield, PA 16340 45,000 ft. steamer loaded with 4/4 Face & Better Walnut 4/4 Face & Better Hard Maple 4/4 Face & Better Walnut ready for shipment APRIL 2021 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 45
