Old World Crafumanship In Today's Designs HandHewn Distressed Timbers

Geo. M. Huff Lumber Company is now offering Hand Hewn Distressed Timbers in a variety of sizes, shapes and lengths.

All our distressed beams are WCLIB grade stamped and will meet structural and architectural applications. All are hand tooled and can be ordered with custom stains and Old World finishes.

We can supply timbers to any specification, whether it is Dense, Free of Heart Center, #l/Btr, Select Structural, Green or RFV Kiln Dried.

When a plan calls for exposed posts and timbers, count on us to provide you with a product that will last a lifetime.

Combine our selection of Douglas fir timbers along with our skilled milling staff and you've got one of the best resources in Southern California.

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The new location also provides a covered space to protect both lumber and workers from the elements. There's room for a new load-building machine designed by Bud to tote orders to a truck for delivery. The machine, constructed at Big Creek's truck shop in Davenport, can carry up to 5 tons and uses less fuel than a forklift. A third version of the machine is under construction, part of the company's efforts to comply with California's new clean air regulation.

Green Power For Stoltze?

F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co.. Columbia Falls, Mt., may receive federal economic stimulus money to build a cogeneration plant.

"lt definitely would be considered a green project-we are making electricity from a renewable resourceand there is a possibility that there would be some funding available through the recently passed stimulus program," said plant manager Joe O'Rourke. The company's current boiler uses 100-year-old equipment that needs to be replaced.

O'Rourke said that the proposed 20-megawatt plant could burn byproducts created at the sawmill and woody biomass. It could also provide at least eight new jobs, plus an alternative revenue stream for the milling company.

"In effect," he noted, "it's a complementary business to what we're doing now, but it's also a different business-one that won't move in tandem with the lumber market."

Once funding is secured, the plan could be operational in l8 to 24 months. "This could help us and this valley through tough times," O'Rourke said.

"One thing about the down economy is, you have to really limit your inventory a little more. We have to keep everything a little less than we usually carry."

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