is that lumber can be loaded with less waste space than 

 logs, plus the fact that the waste in the form of slabs, 

 edgings, and decayed material, have been removed.. 

 Lumber is often dried prior to shipment, thus reducing 

 the weight still further and improving the weight-to-volume 

 ratio. The nearer the mill can be set to the timber, the 

 lower will be the unit cost of transportation., 



When lumber leaves the processing plant it is 

 normally shipped by truck, or rail, or both. The 

 manufacturer usually sells his product at the mill to 

 wholesalers or industrial consumers. However, the 

 manufacturer has considerable interest in the cost of 

 the shipment because the purchaser in one way or another 

 deducts this cost. The cost of transporation between 

 the processing plant and consumer can easily account for 

 2$% or more of the price of the delivered material. 

 Advantage naturally goes then to the mills and to those 

 regions where the freight charge to market is least. 

 Organised pressure from shippers and communities and public 

 regulation tends to improve freight rates. Rail rates 

 are based on a number of considerations besides w c Lght, 

 bulk, value, and distance. Forest products freight rates 

 generally are based primarily on weight. 



Again the benefits of remanufacture cannot be 



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