Wednesday, July 17th at 5:00 p.m.
We will meet at the main office at 74 Glen Orne Drive. Dress appropriately including covered toe shoes or boots. We will be inside, outside, and on uneven ground.
The company was started in 1974 and is now owned by Clifford Allard. Allard buys standing timber and logs from four states. They then saw, dry, and ship lumber around the world through brokers and wholesalers. Allard also manufactures railroad ties, pallet cants, bridge mats and grade stakes.
Byproducts from the mill including bark are marketed to a secondary processor. Sawdust is burned to heat the wood kilns plus cogener-ation of electricity through a turbine and steam engine. Wood chip biomass is sold to schools, private and municipal facilities for heat.
The sawmill is on Old Ferry Road with concentration log yards in Chestertown, N.Y., North Haverhill, N.H., and Pawlet, Vt. They have licensed foresters on staff that can handle all phases of landowner needs, from planning advice to harvesting strategies. Allard lumber employs 45 people in all aspects of day-to-day business operations including manufacturing, administration and marketing.
In 2016 Allard received the prestigious Sawmill of the Year Award for the northeastern United States from the Northeastern Loggers Association.
Directions: From exit 3 off I-91 go around the rotary to the third turnoff and go North on Route 5. Continue for about a quarter of a mile. At the stoplight, take a RIGHT onto Old Ferry Road. Past Gordon’s Auto Repair, take a RIGHT onto Glen Orne Dr. We will meet at the main office on the LEFT, 74 Glen Orne Dr.
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