If I recall correctly the contractor was able to get 20,000 shipped before he was shut down. I heard about by way of a lumberyard job I worked during High School. I had gone back in as a customer years later and exchanged stories with the owner of the yard. It was like 6years later when I got my California B-1 General Contracting license and was adding a room to a San Diego Yacht club members house we did the lumber move. Funny how jobbers learn tricks in trades.