New timber is not the same as old growth - PIC

Leah Frances · 07-09-2009, 09:06 PM

The pressure treated on the left has 12 rings, it is nominally a 4x4.

The old growth beam on the right has 32 rings, and is an actual four inches wide!

BTW pic is from the repair of my porch - the old timber isn't just from an old growth tree. It is old period. It was milled over 204 years ago!

Scuba_Dave · 07-09-2009, 09:21 PM

Yup, that's why old growth timber & lumber is worth $$

Maintenance 6 · 07-10-2009, 02:54 PM

Treated lumber is normally southern yellow pine which is a fast growing tree. What species is the wood on the right? The finish size would be determined by how it was milled, dried and finished, not the age of the tree. A tree milled at 32 years of age is not partiicularly old, even today. A piece of lumber milled 200 years ago is old though. I have to agrree that farm raised second cut timber is not the same as original growth timber.

Leah Frances · 07-10-2009, 09:15 PM

Finish size is irrelevant. It's the DENSITY of the wood that impresses me.

The wood on the right: it's yellow pine, too.

07-09-2009, 09:06 PM	#1
Leah Frances Learning by Doing Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 3,156 Blog Entries: 7	New timber is not the same as old growth - PIC The pressure treated on the left has 12 rings, it is nominally a 4x4. The old growth beam on the right has 32 rings, and is an actual four inches wide! BTW pic is from the repair of my porch - the old timber isn't just from an old growth tree. It is old period. It was milled over 204 years ago! __________________ If I could only remember to THINK about what I was doing before I did it. Last edited by Leah Frances; 07-09-2009 at 09:17 PM. Reason: Because a 4x4 is not four inches wide

07-09-2009, 09:21 PM	#2
Scuba_Dave Xtreme DIY'r Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South of Boston, MA Posts: 17,248	New timber is not the same as old growth - PIC Yup, that's why old growth timber & lumber is worth $$

07-10-2009, 02:54 PM	#3
Maintenance 6 gravity always wins Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Central Pennsylvania Posts: 2,417	New timber is not the same as old growth - PIC Treated lumber is normally southern yellow pine which is a fast growing tree. What species is the wood on the right? The finish size would be determined by how it was milled, dried and finished, not the age of the tree. A tree milled at 32 years of age is not partiicularly old, even today. A piece of lumber milled 200 years ago is old though. I have to agrree that farm raised second cut timber is not the same as original growth timber.

07-10-2009, 09:15 PM	#4
Leah Frances Learning by Doing Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Easton, Maryland Posts: 3,156 Blog Entries: 7	New timber is not the same as old growth - PIC Finish size is irrelevant. It's the DENSITY of the wood that impresses me. The wood on the right: it's yellow pine, too. __________________ If I could only remember to THINK about what I was doing before I did it.

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New timber is not the same as old growth - PIC