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You will find sprinklers on decked logs (stackes of logs) at mills as well
cut lumber. Fire is an old-old ememy at lumber mills and lumber yards.
Trees at the mills that are not scheduled for fairly quick cutting are
often kept wet so that they will not begin to warp before sawing. It is
hard enought to get tapering logs cut evenly with the grain without
fighting even slight warpage. BVack in the days when logs were put into
mill ponds, to make it easy to load on the conveyor, this was not so
important. Also all lumber, cut rough or other wise WILL warp unless it
dries evenly. Even preservative treated lumber will warp if one side is
wet and the other dry for any length of time. The cheap stuff is just kept
wet while the good (expensive) stuff is stacked so that air circulates
between the boards. Notice that the lumber in lumber yards is often in
covered sheds but the sheds will be partially or mostly open. The idea is
to keep the rain off and keep air circulating around the lumber. Mold,
mildew and fire can be the result of tightly packed lumber. The stuff kept
out in the open is either stuff that has been ordered by a purchaser which
will not spend any appreciable time out in the open (getting gray or
warped), or a temporary overstock which will be rotated under cover as soon
as possible.
Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
605 West Main Street
Russellville, Arkansas 72801
(479) 968-2354 Ext. 233
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It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
Josh Brinker
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Ron, et al.
It seems that I am wrong and I have learned something new today. Good deal,
that means today wasn't a loss. Thank you for the education Ron and others.
I was going on the information that I was given by some that I considered
to be good and accurate sources. I do have to argue the point about the
storage of the lumber in the yards though. My source may be a bit silly to
some of you, but I am an avid This Old House veiwer, and I saw an episode
where they went to a lumber mill and the owner of the mill gave Boba tour
and stated that the reason they keep them elevated was so they could keep
them moist on all sides. I specifically remember seeing sprinkler going in
the background on the wood stacks. Could this be just for a certain type of
lumber, like maybe only pressure treated wood? Now I really want to know
what type of wood that was because I know what I saw and what was said on
that episode.
Josh Brinker
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From: Ron May
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Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: Measurements
Gwyn, Have you also noticed that the beer looks better after you have
emptied a few?
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
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