unable to mill white oak logs for a couple months.

[rwachtell]

I have three white oak logs that I want to mill but will not be able to mill them for a couple months.  Is there a good way to store them or cover them to keep insects from getting to them? I do plan to keep them off the ground.

Thanks

[Wudman]

Drop them in a pond if you have that as an option.  Otherwise, end seal them with a wax based product (Anchorseal seal is one).  You should be ok for a couple of months.

Wudman

[teakwood]

Ask this question again in the sawmills and milling section.  

[WV Sawmiller]

  White oak is very resistant to rot. I'd seal the ends, stack them on a couple of brow logs to keep them off the ground and saw them when time permitted.

[WDH]

Ambrosia beetles like white oak.  If you don't want the little black beetle holes, best spray the logs with DOT (disodium octaborate tetrahydrate).  If I let white oak logs lay down here for a couple of months during the warmer month, they are sure to get ambrosia beetles.  Does not hurt anything except for the little holes they leave behind. 

[moodnacreek]

The colder/wetter the better. Not in the sun and on the ground is cooler than off the ground.