[HarryD]

Originally posted by JTO
I hear you Harry. I have networked within the panelboard industry and have a standing offer with a pretty large company. Just don't want to move if I don't have to. I will continue to work on having something else in place before the other shoe falls. Also, I want to put my energy into obtaining independance and use the fear of job loss as motivation.

Rick, sounds like a good idea. Trouble is, the typical old plant in the West is so poorly controlled and the raw material (wood) so variable in quality and species that what works one month may be suspect the next. I don't know, maybe the wave of the future is what they do in Europe, a resin kitchen on site that takes basic raw "resin" and modifies it to the mill.

Anyway, wood products continue to contract in the US. It is not a good industry to count on anyway. China, Chile, NZ, etc can put a superior quality panel into Portland for less than a local plant can produce an inferior panel. That's a different story.

Thanks for your support and conversation guys. It really has made things feel less nasty.

Troy

Troy,

Good plan.

I hear you about moving. This is just too nice of a place to leave.