logs from an old log cabin

[hokie97]

I recently acquired a number of oak beams from an old(around 1880) cabin.  In the deal I also had to take some pine logs from the cabin as well.  When I cut the ends to remove the worst rot, I found the centers to be a beautiful red color with little to no rot.  From what I have read these are the rot resistant hearts.  Can anyone tell me if they would be worth having milled up?  The centers are anywhere from 4-9" and I have about 12 logs 6-14'
I have been thinking about buying a mill, but it may not be in the cards anytime soon, and I do not want to waste the wood by using my chainsaw mill.

[beenthere]

I recently acquired a number of oak beams from an old(around 1880) cabin.  In the deal I also had to take some pine logs from the cabin as well.  When I cut the ends to remove the worst rot, I found the centers to be a beautiful red color with little to no rot.  From what I have read these are the rot resistant hearts.  Can anyone tell me if they would be worth having milled up?  The centers are anywhere from 4-9" and I have about 12 logs 6-14'
I have been thinking about buying a mill, but it may not be in the cards anytime soon, and I do not want to waste the wood by using my chainsaw mill.

What "pine" is it? 
Where are you located?
pics?

[hokie97]

well I am not sure on the type of pine. Possibly some one can tell from the pics?
I am located in Marshall VA. I am not sure I did it all right, but I put 3 pictures up in the gallery.

[beenthere]

Good pics. Now, why not paste them from your gallery into your posts? 

Click on the line under this blue window that says "Upload or insert Photo". Then go to "My Gallery" and click on your pic you want, and it will come up. Then scroll down to where the line says something about "clicking to post". You will get a small window that asks if that is what you want to do, and click yes. Then go back to your post, and the pic will be there (hit Preview to see how it looks).

[hokie97]

been there,
Well let me see if I can get this right!

 

[underdog]

All i think i know about this is???
Them logs have been in out of the weather along time.
Dumping them in a field will do more harm to them than you can imagine.
They need to be put up and treated with care if they are to have a second use.

[Riles]

Generically, it's called heart pine. Old growth pine with lots of resin. The best of it came from longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, and it was so rot and termite resistant that it was exported worldwide. Assuming the log cabin also came from around Marshall, it's probably not longleaf. Loblolly (P. taeda) or shortleaf (P. echinata) would be the best guess for your location. It's pretty much impossible to tell from the pictures.

A lot of heart pine ends up as flooring. Woodworkers might jump on some as well for furniture projects. So yes, it's worth milling if you have a use for it. Otherwise, I'd put it up on Craigslist or contact one of the guys who buy old barns.

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Welcome to the forum Hokie97 .

With those logs and timbers the best thing would be to get them milled up as soon as possible and store them somewhere dry with good air movement or if your storing them over the winter get a couple of bearers and store them in a single pile  atleast 12" of the ground with a tarp/cover untill You can get them milled up . A good cheap cover to use if you can get hold of some are old  screen printed plastic Billboards good size and cheap and you dont mind cutting them to the size of Your stacks Ive got a  few in the shed myself .You might even be able to snagg a few for free  ;D
If You keep them out of the weather and get them milled up asap You will Get some Buudaafull timber outta them  ;)

Reguards Chris McMahon

[submarinesailor]

Hey Hokie97,

During the week I'm just down the road in Manassas, down need the splash down water park.  On the week ends I stay at our place down in Madison county, need Graves Mountain Lodge.  hat's where the LT 15 is.

Where in Marshall are you.  Been thru there many, many times.

Bruce

[hokie97]

Thanks for the info so far from everyone.  Most of the beams were just unloaded from the truck and I am denailing them now.  After that the plan is to stack the oak in a barn here for future use and have the pine milled up and stacked as soon as practical.  Not going to leave this out any longer than it already has been.  The old cabin was standing until two years ago, then was dismanteled and covered with a cheep tarp.  This was how I 'found' them, as the owner wanted them gone.

Submarinesailor, I am about 5 miles South of Marshall, but would love to check out your LT-15.  I have been thinking about buying one, but not sure how soon that will happen.  do you saw for yourself, or hire out as well?