Any use for Red Pine?

Dave Shepard · December 18, 2006, 09:39:17 PM

I have some RP on my property and would love to find a use for it. Can it be used for anything, or does it rot before it hits the ground?

Dave

SwampDonkey · December 18, 2006, 09:52:03 PM

Treated utility poles mostly, lumber, pulp wood, log homes, kitchen tables (my folks have one). It's a hard pine. It's not the easiest stuff the work with though.

leweee · December 18, 2006, 10:42:46 PM

Structural Lumber,Timbers forTimber Frames if the knots are tight & less than 2" in diameter. Siding, sub flooring, sheathing.....similar to SYP in characteristics. ;D

sprucebunny · December 18, 2006, 10:44:57 PM

I have some drying that is destined to be stair treads. Wish I had more ;D

SwampDonkey · December 18, 2006, 10:55:34 PM

We've planted alot of it on abandoned farm fields. It grows fast, it's a good species to fill in a field that had advanced spruce regen because it catches up in height. It also is better growing above the weed layer than some species. We had most success with 1-2 bare root stock from DNR. Can't get it any longer, only 2-0 container stock and they are little trees. Comes from the Ottawa Valley. Not too far from Marcel's stomp'n grounds.

woodmills1 · December 19, 2006, 08:11:19 AM

With its darker lines when dry it makes a good candidate for clear finish window trim and baseboards.

mike_van · December 20, 2006, 07:27:28 AM

We lost most of ours around here, Red Pine Scale killed it off. There were a lot of planted tracts that are now fields of overgrown brush.

Jeff · December 20, 2006, 07:46:03 AM

I'd say it has a lot of uses. I'd take all I can get of saw logs. This was built almost exclusively of Red Pine other then one large white pine log that was mixed in, it is completely framed and sided with Red Pine.

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Max sawdust · December 20, 2006, 08:29:30 AM

This is mostly Red Pine:

Not sure I would build a house but small out buildings should be fine.

max

Dave Shepard · December 20, 2006, 11:48:13 AM

mike_van, I wonder if that might be affecting some of our trees, I am only about 45 minutes north of you. Although we have many healthy trees as well. The trees were planted by my grandfather in 45' or 46'. We took the outside trees off in the early nineties and they were up to 18", some of the ones in the middle are only 6" today. I was thinking of sawing them up for timber frame kits, but I am worried that they will bow if they aren't raised right away.

Dave

Burlkraft · December 21, 2006, 06:51:35 AM

We had hail kill a bunch of red pine around here. I got a couple of loads from the logger down the road.

Had a big red pine slab fire last night.... ;D ;D ;D

SwampDonkey · December 21, 2006, 07:30:33 AM

The moose been breaking the tops off on the red pine in the neighbor's plantation. >:( >:( Reminds me I gotta thin that to. 50 acres. 8)

jpgreen · December 21, 2006, 06:12:55 PM

Oh I'd love to take care of that moose problem..

jpad_mi · December 21, 2006, 07:15:04 PM

Jeff B, sweet bunkhouse!

Ron Scott · December 21, 2006, 07:23:20 PM

Red pine has many uses as mentioned. It's also used heavily in the landscaping materials market. It's a very popular commercial species here. Many acres of it in plantations on the Huron-Manistee National forests and included private lands.