yellow pine.

[daniel372]

I have a stack of yellow pine that has been stacked for about 4 months. They have to white grubs in them at the moment but i am still milling them. Should i spray anything on my air dryed stack? i have the stack under a owning.  Also with the logs being stacked this long will it effect the way it cuts? few my logs just wont cut right i dont know if it is my mill or the log.

[WDH]

The white grubs cannot survive in the wood once it begins to get dry.  Spraying won't help as they are already in the wood.  Putting a fan on the stack to speed drying will help to cease their activity.

[bkaimwood]

Nothing reasonable stops the white grubs...but they don't affect the wY the logs saw, just increase losses...like wdh said, they have a short life span in sawn, drying lumber...although I've had some active 6 months after some 12 and 16/4 lumber was sawn, so thickness of lumber will effect this greatly, due to the amount of time moisture supports them in the wood...everytime I see one, I spray it with brake-clean... They love it...I hate them...I can hear them chewing...I get extreme satisfaction every time I saw one in half...I hate them...I can hear them chewing....chewing...

[WDH]

although I've had some active 6 months after some 12 and 16/4 lumber was sawn, so thickness of lumber will effect this greatly, due to the amount of time moisture supports them in the wood...

Excellent point.  Really thick lumber takes a long time to dry, giving those chewing, chewing, chewing white grubs more time for chewing, chewing, chewing..........