TVBS Sells Remaining Operations

Tualatin Valley Builders Supply has sold the last of its operating lumberyards and truss plants.

In early June, TVBS, which filed for Chapter I I bankruptcy protection in April (see June, p. 16), sold its lumberyards and truss plants in Bend and Klamath Falls, Or., to Lumbermen's Building Centers, Redmond, Wa.

Days later, the chain sold its Project Center, contractor yard and truss plant in Lake Oswego, Or., to Pacific Lumber. Scotia. Ca.

According to Lumbermen's presi-

Salvaged Timber Aids Mills

Eagle Stud Mill, Hall, Mt., plans to sell a third of its recently acquired salvaged timber to R-Y Timber, Townsend, Mt.

Last month the U.S. Forest Service awarded Eagle Stud Mill a contract to buy 17,876 hundred cu. ft. of timber burned during fires that raged through Montana's Helena National Forest in the summer of 2000.

The contract was part of a federal program to make certain timber sales available only to small sawmills.

dent David Dittmer, "This acquisition adds to our ability to offer roof trusses and other components to our professional builder customers in both markets."

A division of Lanoga Corp., Lumbermen's now operates 50 locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Arizona.

A month earlier, Lanoga's United Building Centers division acquired a 200,000-sq. ft. lumber and component plant in Green Bay, Wi.

total of 8 I,000 acres of public and private land, including 11,000 acres in the Helena National Forest.

Salvaged logs are a real boon to mills because of their cheaper price tag. Burned timber sells for approximately $65 per 1,000 bd. fr., whereas green timber commands $200 to $300 per I,000 bd. ft.

Do lt Best Goes Wireless

This month Do it Best Corp. will begin rolling out handheld devices that allow its retail members to process orders, deliveries, item maintenance, physical count and price changes from anywhere within their store.

As part of that program, the recipient of the sale is then allowed to sell 307o of the timber to a larger sawmill.

It is expected that the timber sold to R-Y Timber will provide the mill with one month of operation at full capacity.

Eagle Stud Mill officials said that the salvaged timber will keep them busy for the next two years. "At least now, we can plot for the future a little bit." said Eagle's Jay lftieg.

The salvaged logs were from the Maudlow/Toston fire that burned a

The new in-store CS2000 Mobile Manager system features a handheld device with barcode scanner that can communicate with the in-store central server, both when attached to its network and remotely via wireless.

Do it Best's Jeff Wilson said the software will also allow memberretailers to create purchase orders while away at the co-op's buying markets, then upload the orders when they return to their stores, either by wireless or when attached to the in-store network.