Watering down logs

[bigbuckhughes]

Drove past a small saw mill, either in southern minnesota or southern wisconsin last week and saw a yard sprinkler on a stack of logs.  Would they be washing off sand or mud that was on the logs??  This is the only thing I can come up with, but then, I ain't no logger.  Just curious.

[ely]

keep them wet and it keeps the stain and fungus to a minimum... less degrade in the logs before they are used...they even do that at the papermill here.

[bigbuckhughes]

Thank you Ely.  Ya learn something new every day.

[Southside]

Well, the real answer was posted too quickly, I was going to say that it makes them grow more while in the yard.  ;D

[Ron Wenrich]

Also keeps powder post beetles to a minimum in ash logs.  They're the only ones I've seen sprayed in our area.  It was at a handle plant where they had only ash. 

[chester_tree _farmah]

They used to store white pine in holding ponds years ago to prevent blue staining. They can't anymore in Maine.