u/Mammoth_Possibility2

He is so focused on his ballroom because he wants the brand new bunker underneath. Why, you ask? Because he's going to start a nuclear war. Have a great morning.

A friend and I have a very small operation, just us two and a small mill. He is very good at getting every bit of lumber out of a log, as well as getting the best looking boards out of a given piece of timber. We have stacks of white and red oak, yellow and white pine, walnut, and several other species on deck. The issue is finding buyers for the product. Advertising on marketplace is borderline infuriating. We have both wasted countless hours dealing with flakey unserious people who almost inevitably end up not buying anything. It is definitely not a quality issue as he is a very talented wood worker with decades of experience. In other words he knows good lumber from crappy stuff. Are there resources available for connecting producers with buyers? Some classified ad type websites or something similar? We use a lot of what we mill for various projects, but if we could sell just 25-50% of what we produce it would be a huge help in keeping us going on some of the work we do. How do you guys who are running mills move your lumber? We never had ideas of getting wealthy doing this, but to earn enough to finance our modest projects. In case it wasn't clear, neither of us are good at self promotion. We arent wired that way. Probably makes us lousy business men too but it is what it is.