Mud Bay Lumber Company, LLC

04/26/2020

From Sylvia:

Had to brush off the dust from MBLCs page for the annual Happy Birthday Tribute to one of my very favorites.

Happy Birthday Scott Rossman!

11/10/2019

Congrats to Ben and Jojo!

Raising Day reminds us why we are in this crazy business. It all comes back to core values of Community, Hard Work, and Integrity.

And it's fun!

10/05/2019

Sylvia caught a bad case of Moose Brain this September, resulting in a pig pile of dishes in the sink and a very quiet Mud Bay Lumber Company page. Luckily, Chad picked up the slack and Mud Bay Lumber Company Headquarters has been anything but quiet.

Check out the photos and captions for a glimpse of all the activity.

10/04/2019

Chad and Sage testing out the "Wiggly Power" of a spruce 1x2!

We are constantly amazed by Alaska's State Tree, Sitka Spruce. We take advantage of spruce's bounciness and strength in all sorts of ways, both playful and practical.

09/06/2019

Have you met Judy San yet? Prepare to get your socks knocked off.

Judy found Haines on a cruise ship and the rest is history. She made a topographic model of her site plan and future house. She has a line set up where she patiently hooks rounds of wet willow and pulleys them out of the way, one at a time. She is carrying all her boards down a trail to her building site. And she is taking it on solo! (Well, not completely solo, she has her beautiful white pal pictured in photo no. 1).

08/30/2019

Blades warp when they get hot. They then get sent USPS to Oregon to be rehammered. We sure are grateful for our hard-working post office crew! They put up with our heavy packages and get us our blades so we can get you your boards.

08/23/2019

A Royal Flush of book matched 2x4s, headed to Harry and Genny Rietze 😁

A Royal Flush of book-matched 2x4s, headed to Harry and Genny Rietze

08/21/2019

Another heavy load of local beams, headed for a timber frame house addition.

08/11/2019

Now's the time to place an order for birch. Chad and LucyAnne have been sorting birch logs in the hot sun, getting everything ready to head to the band saw.

We sell birch straight off the mill for $2.50/bd ft, but the price jumps to $4/bd ft once we sticker and store it.

These trees were winter logged when the sap was down. They will need to be stickered and dried appropriately before being ready for most interior uses.

08/10/2019

Funny story:

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The office was the only structure in our life protected with siding. It looked great. It kept our kids dry and our books in order. It gave us a smile when we came to work in the morning. It represented progress.

Well, a series of miscommunications led to those beautiful siding boards getting painted with 80-90wt gear oil instead of shingle oil.

Yes, you read that right. Gear oil.

After an appropriate stream of curses, tears, bickering, and laughs, we toughened up and made the decision to take it off. It took most of the day.

Then, Chad milled more siding. Sylvia picked up a brand new window. The new boards are nailed in place, drying, ready for a new coat of shingle oil. By early next week, we'll be farther along than we were in the first place.

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Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards. We go up, down, and round and round before we see forward progress. But little by little, we’re seeing a sawmill go up, down, round and round before our eyes. And every month, somehow we get a little farther along then the month before.

08/09/2019

Heads up, Mud Bay Lumber Co will be traveling to Prince of Wales next week. If you think you might need boards, give us a call so we can set you up in advance.

We will have limited reception, but can take orders by phone message or text at 907-314-2038, or email at [email protected].

We'll be leaving Wednesday afternoon (August 14) and back Monday (August 19).

08/06/2019

Any guesses on what this is?

We love the stories trees tell. Moments frozen in time, discovered decades later.