California Urban Lumber
Listing #236 Listed on: 04/09/2009
WOODWEB Content Editor, Brett Hagstrom, Interviewed Bill Ridings in August 2009.
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JFC Construction, Inc. created the California Urban Lumber division two years ago with the idea that they would mill enough lumber for internal company needs including siding, fencing and form lumber. They are now milling approximately one hundred thousand board feet annually which is considerably more than the company can use on current projects.
Bill Ridings was hired to procure logs, oversee the milling operation and develop a sales department. Most of the lumber comes from “street trees”, which are trees that have outlived their usefulness in urban areas and need to be removed for various reasons including disease, insect damage, and natural mortality. Log sources include tree services, city arborists, park districts and local residents. Many of the logs are delivered by the tree service companies, but California Urban Lumber has the ability to pick up felled logs.
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Twin engine Alaskan Mill
52 inch planer/sander
26 inch portable bandsaw
Redwood put through the planer/sander
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Company Name: California Urban Lumber
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Contact Name: Bill Ridings
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Location: martinez, CA
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Year Founded: 2008
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Sq. Footage: 6,000
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Employees: 2
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Gross Sales:
N/A
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Website:
www.calurbanlumber.com/custom-milling
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Product Specialties:
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Hardwood Lumber
Milled Lumber / Lumber for construction
Other Wood Products
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Service Specialties:
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Sawmill Equipment:
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Sawmills: Stationary - Cooks 52 HP, 25 inch
Edgers - Cooks 25 HP, 25 inch
Planers - 40 HP, 25 inch, dual side
Bandsaw Sharpening Equipment - Oliver 36 inch
Resaws - 24 inch
Sawmills: Stationary - Alaskan Mill, twin Huskvarna 3120's, sixty-six inch throat
Other - Logosol shaper
Other - SCMI shaper
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Viewer Comments:
Posted By:
dan [04/29/2009]
What widths can you cut with your Alaskan Mil and where did you pick it up?
Posted By:
Tim McBride [09/30/2009]
Very cool!!!!
Posted By:
Jacques Bertrand [07/11/2010]
I have an acacia tree which needs to go, it is large! Is there anyone interested in the wood?
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