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Scots pine vs Red pine...how do I tell?

Started by Ever Green, April 22, 2007, 04:54:38 PM

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Quote from: SwampDonkey on October 18, 2007, 08:41:50 PM
...The trouble with red pine is traditionally it needs to be big to be worth much. We have a limited market for the pulp and no commercial mill saws it that I know of. They use it mainly for utility poles...

Around here the log home builders like it, but as you said, it needs to be big. Like 24-30" at the butt and nice and straight. We get to buy some oversize stuff once in a while from some log builders and cutters we know locally.
The name's Ian. Been a sawyer for 6 years professionally, Dad bought his first mill in '84, I was 2 years old :). Factory trained service tech. as well... Happy to help any way I can...

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