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Pioneer Family News Letter

The timing couldn't be better to reconsider your building projects...

New Fusion (Log Post and Beam) systems...

New Pioneer Distributors...

Right time to get started on your dream home

We are seeing it every day on the news! Now is the best time ever to start building your new dream Log Home. With the building industry slow, and so many builders and subcontractors with little work for their crews, it's the perfect opportunity to have them bid on your new Log Home project.

Supply outlets and websites are offering spectacular savings on interior materials such as flooring, cabinets, hardware and appliances. Lumberyards are offering framing materials at discounted rates. All over the country our clients are building projects for as much as 20 to 30% less than a couple of years ago. Combine all of that with the strong US dollar and the timing couldn't be better!

Stock market improvement might not be the key word for those who could afford to build in 2009. With our current economy many lumber mills and suppliers have been forced to shut down their operations. When the demand increases, product costs will increase also. It is forecast that once the mills re-open it will take several years to produce enough lumber to supply the demand. In the meantime, experienced loggers and mill workers may well have found other occupations and their labor force may be slim. The same applies to the construction trades too. With no means of income, workers may be forced to find other occupations, as the economy improves, you'll find there are fewer and fewer builders' available so you'll not only have to wait, but pay higher prices for their services also. You couldn't find a better time to build, than now!

With the strong US dollar, Pioneer is in a very good position to give our clients considerably higher savings on Full Log Packages, Fusion (Log Post and Beam) and Timber Frame packages as well as other supplies. Being involved in the timber industry Pioneer Log Homes has the resources to survive in this kind of economy because of our extremely large inventory of the finest house logs available in the industry. We have the rights to many stands of timber in a variety of species including the highly sought after Western Red Cedar. By controlling our harvesting we always have a supply of dried house logs. Pioneer Logging takes care of all our supply needs, keeping our log yards filled with the finest quality Western Red Cedar, Standing Dead Lodgepole Pine, Spruce and Douglas Fir.

Diversity and Flexibility in our products and with our clients have enabled Pioneer Log Homes to stay on top throughout the years even when times got tough. A leader in the handcrafted Log Home industry for over 35 years, Pioneer Log Homes is still going strong always helping our clients all over the world to realize their custom Log Home dreams and become a part of the "Pioneer Family".

Fusion Homes

Pioneers Outstanding Log Post and Beam

Over the years our master craftsmen have developed the Fusion style home to perfection. These outstanding, unique homes have been built using this revolutionary style that is truly a fusion between the traditional Full Log, Post and Beam & Timber Frame structures that have been around for hundreds of years. With Fusion style it allows you more flexibility in design and decorating with limitless options for wall finish, log sizes and character features. Our Pioneer Fusion homes consume almost half of our total production and have been some of our largest projects. These beautiful homes have been built in places like Colorado, Oregon, North Carolina, and British Columbia just to name a few. "Starting out as a traditional log home builder I was somewhat skeptical in the beginning" said Bryan Reid, owner and founder of Pioneer Log Homes. "I am now convinced that they are every bit as beautiful and appealing as anything we have ever built." Visit our photo gallery and look through the images, we are always updating with new pictures.

We would like to take this opportunity to proudly welcome some new faces to the Pioneer family.

We are extremely excited to announce that television personality Dan Haggerty, who starred in the hit TV series "Grizzly Adams", has joined the Pioneer Family. We will keep you posted on this new relationship.

Welcome to the Pioneer Family Louis Horschel, wife Cheryl, & family Karl Horschel, wife Kim, and family. Louis and Cheryl showed their home in Springville New York (close to Buffalo) and had a display at the N.Y. SCI Chapter. Congratulations and thank you. Watch for updated photos of the Horschel's home on our web site.

We would also like to welcome: Trevor & Lori Klock from Saskatoon who displayed their new show home at the Saskatoon Log and Cottage show this year.

Thanks to all of you who worked the home shows this year, we've seen some great results and appreciate your time, commitment and hard work. We value any feedback and/or suggestions.

You might have noticed our advertisements in several magazines over the past months, some of which include:

• The April/May Special Vacation Homes Edition of the Robb Report
• The April issue of the Santa Ynez, Wine Country Magazine which includes an article on Pioneer Ranch
• The two page spread in the Western Art & Architecture Spring & Summer edition.

Thank you!

Over the 36 years Pioneer has been in business we have had the privilege of forming some pretty amazing relationships with our customers. With your vision along with our design team and master craftsmen we have together, created some of the most beautiful homes on earth.

Win a Gazebo

If you have a picture of your finished Pioneer Home you wouldn't mind sharing with the Pioneer Family and friends e-mail it to us at pioneerlog@telus.net with "Win a Gazebo" in the subject line. For every picture received you will get an entry into the draw for your chance to win a Western Red Cedar, custom made Gazebo.

We thank you and good luck!!!

Have a safe and enjoyable summer.

With our kindest regards,

Your Pioneer Family