White Pine Log Purchasing

# 1A

• 12" & up top end, 16' long.

• Very high quality logs.

• Maximum knot sizes: 1" red or black (black knots must be sound).

• Good growth spacing (18" & up) between the knot whorls.

• Logs must be straight with no rot, sweep, shake, weevil or machine damage.

# 1

• 10" & up, 16' long, (A low % of 12’ & 14’) 12" + top end on 12' logs

• High quality logs.

• Excessive footage (over 10%) of 14’ or 12' logs will be downgraded to # 2.

• Maximum knot sizes: 3" red, 2" black (black knots must be sound).

• Logs must be straight with no rot, sweep, shake, weevil or machine damage.

# 2

• 8" & up top end, 12', 14' & 16' long, (Occasional high quality 8’ log)

• Good to average quality logs.

• Maximum knot size: 4"

• Small amounts of red rot, sweep, weevil damage and other defects allowed.

# 3

• 8” & up, 8’ – 16’ (very few 10’ or 14’)

• Low quality due to oversized knots, excessive sweep, weevil damage, red rot, stain or other defects.

• Maximum knot size 6"

• Any 8' & 10' logs

• Must meet # 2 knot & defect specs.

Cull

• Logs not meeting the minimum specifications and the general rules for all logs.

• Any log under 8" top end, or under 8' 6" long.

• Logs with excessive defects or with detectable hardware.

• Logs too large, crooked or muddy to process.

• Any logs which have stain or are not fresh cut.

• Cull logs must be picked up within 1 week, we do not have room to store them.