White Pine

[OCHTO]

A friend cut a white pine about 36 in. on the stump a year ago and never bucked it up into firewood. I'm in the process of building a new sugar shack and am thinking of having the pine sawed into lumber for my roof. Question is might the tree not be good for lumber after a year in the log? Also I'm to the point of putting on the roof. Can I use the freshly sawn boards on the roof? Shrinkage in length is usually minimal and shrinkage in width of boards won't matter as a steel roof is going over it. Thanks and I will have to add pics soon as I see a lot of others are in the process of building this summer.

[wiam]

Might be stained and have beetle tunnels in it but it should be fine for roof sheathing.

[JTripp]

Most mills will saw fresh wood (within a month) and then dry it after its lumber. And I am sure there will be lots of insects in the wood by now.

[PerryFamily]

I agree with Wiam. Perfect for sheathing. I have a guy who picks through my pine for the ones with holes. They add character I guess.

[OCHTO]

Thanks guys! Do you think there will be a problem with putting it up green?

[Thompson's Tree Farm]

It will be fine if put up green.