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Blackstone, VA Concentration Yard
This dry kiln facility is located approximately 110 miles from the Port of Norfolk, Va. and has a rail siding into the yard. The proximity to the Appalachian Forest Region sawmills and a gateway to international shipping make this facility unique. There are many sawmills within easy trucking distance of the facility. Supply is reliable and plentiful. The location is well suited to be able to serve customers throughout the United States by either truck or rail. With the closeness to the Port of Norfolk, the international marketplace is readily accessible.
The facility consists of 33.55 acres, of which approximately 15 acres are in use. It is served by public sewer and water. A portion of the buildings have a sprinkler system installed.
We have one incoming grading station and one stacker to handle the green lumber coming into the facility. The capacity of the grading station and stacker is approximately 8,000,000’ per year on a single shift basis. We have an excellent air drying yard which has the capacity of about 1,600,000’.
There are nine concrete and block kilns that vary in size from 30,000’ capacity to 75,000’ capacity on a 4/4 count. The total capacity is 625,000 board feet on a 4/4 count. When loading thicker stock into the kilns, we can reach a capacity of 775,000’. All kilns use computerized Irvington-Moore controls. The annual kiln output will vary depending on specie and thickness mix. The steam source for the kilns is a 600 h.p. wood waste boiler. In addition, the boiler provides heat to the manufacturing plant.
There are three grading lines used for green or kiln dried lumber. Each of these lines is capable of handling lumber that is KD on sticks. Two of the grading lines have a planer in line. The planer may be bypassed when not in use. This allows the flexibility of using one, two or three lines for rough lumber or two of the three lines to produce surfaced lumber. This greatly enhances the reaction time to customers needs.
We have almost 70,000 square feet of storage space for kiln dried lumber. Approximately 2,000,000’ can be stored in this space.
In addition to the kiln drying operation, there is a manufacturing plant that is approximately 61,000 square feet in size. This plant is set up to complement the kiln operation and produce value added services. The equipment in the plant is capable of producing a slick finished surfacing job. The plant equipment also is set up to gang rip or straight line rip one edge or two edges. In addition, there is an Ultimizer computerized chop saw system used to defect strips for the production of moulder blanks or flooring blanks.
Please refer to the Asset List of Buildings and Machinery for additional specifications of the major pieces of machinery and the building sizes. Please refer to the site map for the layout of the property.
Asset List of Buildings and Machinery
Land – 33.55 acres. There is a fence around the portion of the property being used.
Utilities – Public water and sewer
Kilns – 9 kilns of varying capacities from 30,000’ to 75,000’ capacity. Total capacity is 625,000 board feet. Computerized Irvington-Moore controls. All kilns are concrete block and brick construction.
Boiler System - 600 horsepower wood waste boiler with two silos and automatic feed systems.
Incoming grading line #1 – Building is 35’ x 180’
Incoming grading line #2 – Building is 35’ x 50’ plus 30’ x 135’. Three strand incoming chain to an unscrambler with lugged chains. Ligna grading station with board flipper and board dealer. Newman KNO 26 drop saw trimmer with waste conveyor. 150’ four strand green chain.
Stacker – Building is 30’ x 90’. Three strand 30’ long incoming deck with unscrambler to a 22’ four strand transfer deck to a 30’ five strand lay up table with an even ender to a 5 arm 6’ blade type stacker with a package hoist. Outfeed rolls are 25’ long.
Storage Building – 68,900 sq ft. with 20’ eave height and 2 floor-level doors 30’ wide by 24’ high.
KD grading station #1 – Hemco breakdown system with 30’ of three strand infeed deck to a 6’ 3-arm tilt hoist with a stick removal belt to a 15’ grading deck then to a 50’ sorting deck.
KD grading station #2 – 18’ three strand infeed deck with a 6’ 4-arm tilt hoist with a stick removal belt and automatic stick stacker. There is an inline Oliver Strait-O-Plane #170-E to a 180’ long four strand sorting chain.
KD grading station #3 – 25’ four strand infeed deck with a 6’ 4-arm tilt hoist with a stick removal belt and automatic stick stacker. There is an inline Newman S282 planer to a 60’ long five strand sorting chain.
Dimension Building – 61,250 sq. ft. brick and concrete block. A new roof was installed in 2003. This building is fully sprinklered. It has large floor level doors as well as several dock level doors.
Gang Saw Line – Mereen-Johnson model #419 DCS with infeed chains, outfeed chains and 100’ of 5 strand sorting chain.
Optimizing Line – 1994 Ultimizer computerized optimizing chop saw with automatic sorting table and waste conveyor.
Finished Surfacer – Whitney #97, 40” two headed planer with infeed and outfeed chains
Other equipment – There are a number of smaller pieces of machinery in the Dimension building. In addition, there are numerous fans, blowers, and dust piping through out the facility to convey the dust and hogged scrap to the silos for use as fuel.
Rolling Stock –
1997 New Holland rubber tire skid loader, model #Lx665,sn 70399
Hyster fork lift, model #S100E, sn C004D08090F
Hyster fork lift, model #H280XL2, sn E007D02555T
Hyster fork lift, model #280XL, sn E007D03261U
Hyster fork lift, model #H280, sn E007D01616P
Hyster fork lift, model #H225H, sn C7D2410G
Nissan fork lift, model #PDQOY, sn 920411
Toyota fork lift, sn 404FGC2514783
Clark log lift, model #55C, sn 489A258CB |
