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of Kiln Dried Southern Yellow Pine
I We have a facility with a 120 million board foot annual capacity.
r We feature the highest quality manufactured Southern Pine available in the market.
t We are members of the AWPB and feature the Cloverleaf "No Question" Mark, proof of quality on all our CCA treated products.
* We offer a thoroughly kiln dried, highest quality agricultural fence post or landscape timber, marketed under the trade name Durapostru.
* We offer a minimum of three retention levels of treatment .25, .40 and .60.
* Kiln drying after treatment is available.
* We have a timber surfacer capable of surfacing timbers up to 16" x24" and lengths up to 30'.
* We maintain a working inventory in excess of 12 million board feet of which a minimum of 3 million is treated.
* We offer truck and rail shipments.
* We offer straight as well as specified length shipments.
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Publbbu David Cutlcr
Edfior Juanita Lovret
Aglrlent Edltor Anita M. Mumm
Contrlbudn3 Edlton
Dwight Curran o Gage McKinney
Afl Dlrcctor Martha Emery
Strfi An|rt Carole Shinn
Clrculrtlon Dorothea Creegan
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Editorial
DAVID CUTI,ER publisher
Tum tin cans into gold
l=On DECADES the products of the mobile l-and manufactured home industry have suffered an image problem. They've been called tin cans and worse. Surveys showed that most people who couldn't afford a site-built home preferred to rent, rather than live in a mobile home.
But all that is slowly changing. The industry has worked with the federal government to improve quality and safety standards, inducing banks to provide more attractive financing plans for purchasers. Better mobile home parks now feature landscaping, community pools and tennis courts. The stereotype of the aluminum ghetto is beginning to fade. Relaxed zoning laws in some states now allow mobile homes to be placed on any lot in a community.
Some mobile home sellers have displayed the units outside super markets and department stores to show the public the progress in product and placement possibilities that has occurred.
We think lumber dealers and home centers should consider displaying model units at their stores. As the mobile home industry has grown so have the opportunities for the alert retailer to position himself as his area's supplier to those who live in mobile homes.
While the home improvement aspect of this market is obviously limited in scope, it is not without possibilities. Mobile home owners and renters often add skirts, patios, decks and steps to their units. Inside the home, a wide variety of housewares and decorative items are needed. For those intending later to buy a conventional home, take-along home improvement items such as bookshelves, cabinets and the like are naturals.
A well planned and vigorously pursued campaign to serve the mobile home market could well pay handsome dividends to the store that recognizes these opportunities and goes after them.
THOROUGHLY KILN DHIED PONDEROSA PINE LUMBER, MOULDING AND MILLWORK. NAVAPAK HANDI-CUT REMANUFACTURED PRODUCTS, CUT STOCK AND HOME CENTER BOAHDS. DIRECT SALES OFFICE: JOE SHIPMAN, MITCH BOONE [5O5)777-22e1
Lumber Transportation Brief ing
Lumbermen and those engaged in the manufacture and movement of wood products as well as executives and representatives of motor carriers and railroads will be zrmong those attending the 64th annual meeting of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association, March 6-7 at the Ramada Hotel, Memphis, Tn.
The annual membership meeting will begin at 9 a.m., March 7, with reports on the association's business affairs, achievements and plans for the future given by president Gerald Slavney, president of Thompson-Katz Lumber Co., Memphis, Tn.; Paul McQuiston, executive vice president, and chairmen of standing committees.
Richard D. Sanborn, president
and
lUhen Vou
uont thc highest quolity ovoiloble in CCR TVpe C Pressure
Troot ec) lumbcr, coll c.e.o., Seaboard System Railroad, Jacksonville, Fl., will speak preceding the traditional joint luncheon with the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis.
A capsule educational program involving well known persons in the transportation field is scheduled. Options and innovations available
Highest today, the future of integrated transportation including intermodular, the role of transportation brokers, relaxed ICC leasing rules, third party consolidators and reload and distribution centers will be among topics covered.
NFPA Urges Trade Reforms
Reduction or elimination of distortions in U.S. -Canadian wood products trade was urged recently by the National Forest Products Association. Offering support for any negotiations that may be arranged between the two governments, NFPA President David E. Stahl sent a letter to U.S. Tiade Representative William Brock requesting the issue be given top priority.
