I am looking at the possibility of picking up some wood from an advertisement I saw on Facebook. I work with reclaimed wood and wood that people are getting rid of. The person that I'm talking to says they have some ugg and some beetle cure and things like that. I don't know exactly what condition the wood is in whether it is processed wood or what's going on with. I just know there's wood there and they've got old paint and stuff like that so basically they're trying to get rid of it. Bring cleaning I guess or late spring cleaning maybe LOL. I work in pine a lot. Is there a danger that I'm going to come across beetle kill pine that is still active? And how would I know thank you

I have no personal experience but found this-

Rocky Mountain Forest Products

Beetle Kill Pine: What You Should Know — Rocky Mountain F...

There are hundreds of millions of acres of trees spread throughout the United States and Canada that have been killed by the Mountain Pine Beetle. These trees are known as Beetle Kill Pine trees. Alth

Thanks,Lew.

I saw that article myself. That's aflooring company so anything they got is going to be kiln fried. I'm going to actually just have to go look at it. But it's unique wood and if it's decent I'm going to grab it and whatever else I can. While the getting's good

Edited May 8May 8 by Handfoolery

It is my understanding from past talks with state entomologist with State forestry commission that the bugs do not linger. I do not recall if they lay eggs and go or just move on. If the tree died I do not think the bugs will stay but other bugs will come in. Secondary to bugs is the fungus which causes the discoloration. This is no real danger as Dr Spault (Dr Robinson) has stated that working with it is not deleterious for your health. That does not mean to give up on PPE.

Well the only beetle kill pine Guy she had was two what looked to be bed posts. They weren't anything I could do anything with. But I did score about five 10-ft planks of 1x6 select pine, a couple of foot and a half 5 ft or so wide oakboards a couple of 6-ft 1 in poplar boards and various small 2x4s and treated lumber that I will use for home repairs or outdoor projects. But I think I scored pretty good for free. There's a good $3 or $400 worth of wood here.

And I can't figure out how to add a picture to this post. When I hit the little open file icon what it does is go to all the attachments that I already have here on the forum it won't give me an option to go to my camera. And when I hit the other option under select files to upload it goes to stock photos so I have no clue how to upload a photo. Sorry

When it comes to wood "free" is the best price, nice score.

4 hours ago, DuckSoup said:

When it comes to wood "free" is the best price, nice score.

Yes indeed. And pretty much I work with "reclaimed" (free or throw away) lumber most times.

Thanks!