MCP MILLS - LONG LEAF PINE

SOURCE and USES for LONG LEAF PINE

There are two sources for Long Leaf Pine ( note: do not confuse Long Leaf Pine with Heart Pine). The most desired is Long Leaf Pine reclaimed from old buildings. And secondly, from "Old Growth Timber". Both sources are becoming very scarce.

Reclaimed Long Leaf Pine is limited to "Flat Stock" with rare exceptions. Long lengths in usable condition are also rare, hence, short lengths.

Old Growth Timbers used for; 1) Timbers, 2) Beams, & 3) Long Length Flat Stock.

Please note that ALL LONG LEAF PINE, Old or new, must conform to exacting Engineering Specifications. The specifications are on file when required.

A word of caution. Some Mills will split the Pith area of small new growth Long Leaf Pine and sell it as heart pine. THIS MAKES TERRIBLE FLOORING! It is taken from the weakest part of the timber and is not stable.

PRICING: Like all lumber, the price depends upon the cut. We provide a base price for Mill run product (mill run means everything we can get out of a timber or reclaimed board). The buyer is provided with a list of options to produce an end product that meets the job requirements.

OPTIONS include but not limited to the following;

1. Flat Sawn		8. Dimensioned Lumber
2. Vertical Grain		9. Rough Beams - Green
3. Specified Length		10. Rough Beams - Kiln Dried
4. Specified Width		11. Resized Beams - Kiln Dried
5. Kiln Dried Standard		12. Moldings - any style
6. Kiln Dried for End Use		13. Planning
7. Molding Blanks		14.Hi-Light Sanding

PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS

CAUTION: Long Leaf Pine behaves like many hardwoods. Care must be used when selecting the width-to-depth ratio of lumber.

Beams are air dried 90 to 120 days prior to kiln drying. The final kiln cycle should be 160 degrees for 6 days to set the pitch. If this is not done correctly many of the beams can be about one inch out of square. Bowing and/or crook will also be a problem.

For true, straight beams they must be ordered oversize by one inch each side, kiln dried to less than 16% moisture, and resawn with a Canter saw for a planer like finish or Precision Resawn with a Band Mill for a rougher (fuzzy) finish.

All lumber & beams will distort to some degree. Kiln drying simply speeds up the process so one knows what you have to work with PRIOR to finishing or installing.

LONG LEAF PINE PRICING, LUMBER & BEAMS

PRE 1928 RECLAIMED Long Leaf Pine is $ 4.96 sf. for molder ready stock.

Long Leaf Pine Framing Stock; 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, & 4x6 dimensioned stock is $ 3.00 per bd. foot.

From OLD GROWTH TIMBERS

Packet Size in Board Feet

LUMBER	Kiln Dried	Green	8'	10'	12'	14'	16'	18'
4/4 to 10/4---6" Wide	$2.30	$2.00	576	720	864	1,008	1,152	1,296
4/4 to 10/4---8" Wide	2.60	2.10	512	640	768	896	1,024	1,152
4/4 to 10/4---10" Wide	3.05	2.25	480	600	720	840	960	1,1080
4/4 to 10/4---12" Wide	3.45	2.60	576	720	864	1,008	1,152	1,296

8' to 18' Length Packets (bundles) 20% surcharge for 18'+ to 30'		Shrinkage Allowance: 12% Vol. Green Weight: 55 lb. per cf, (4lbs-9oz b.f.)

Broken Bundles: Time & Materials Surcharge		Dry Weight (10%): 36.6lbs per cf, (3lbs-8oz b.f.)

BEAMS

LENGTH

	8'	10'	12'	14'	16'	18'	20'	22'	24'
3" Wide to 10" High	1.82	1.95	2.08	2.21	2.34	2.47	---	---	---
4" Wide to 10" High	1.82	1.95	2.08	2.21	2.34	2.47	2.75	---	---
5" Wide to 10" High	2.21	2.21	2.92	2.92	2.92	3.00	3.00	3.50	3.50
6" Wide to 10" High	---	2.34	2.34	2.34	3.25	3.25	3.50	3.50	3.50
8" Wide to 10" High	---	2.47	2.47	2.47	3.25	3.25	3.50	3.50	3.50
10" Wide to 10" High	---	---	3.25	3.50	3.75	4.00	4.25	4.50	4.75
12" Wide to 10" High	---	---	3.77	4.00	4.25	4.50	4.75	5.00	5.00

PRICE SHOWN for ROUGH - GREEN. To allow for shrinkage beams are over cut 12% by volume.

Dry Kiln Charges are 28 cents per board foot for each 22 day period to 18% Moisture Content. Or, 30 cents per BF for each 22 day period to 12% moisture.

TRUE DIMENSIONED BEAMS:

. Beams are sold one (1) inch oversize for each face.

. Beams must be kiln dried to 16% moisture content.

. Resaw charge is $ .28 cents bf for Band Mill Sawn or $ .40 cents per bf for Canter Sawn (like planning).

Shipping & Rigging Costs: Prepaid by Buyer.

OTHER PRODUCTS:

Mesquite flooring		Douglas Fir, Beams & Decking
Cypress; Beams, Lumber, Pecky		Eastern Red Cedar & White Cedar
Variegated Popular (for natural look)

POINTS to CONSIDER in EVALUATING & PLANNING for FLOORING

FLOORING :

With regard to both COLOR and GRAIN PATTERN the following should be considered.

COLORS; A light yellow with pronounced late wood (dark rings). A light to heavy yellow with large variegated areas orange to reddish brown. A dark reddish brown either flat sawn or quarter sawn. Heat & pressure bring out the deep reddish brown color. For reclaimed material these are 2x4's and 2x6's in the rafters, flooring joists, either 2 or 4 by material, and original flooring.

Note: An actual test of this is to compare in-use flooring with that used for the walls and ceiling, etc. from the same building. You will find that the wall material does not look the same as to color.

Flooring taken from Beams and/or Old Growth Timber will look like the wall material. That is, you cannot tell one from another. To closely match this material with old in use rafter and joist material the supplier has to select beams with high mineral content, pitch and tight grain.

Also, how the timber is sawn will make a pronounced difference. There is a large amount of waste, hence, high costs to produce.

To keep costs in line it is better to BLEND IN the color differences. This is the installers job. The key is to NOT make an abrupt transition from one grain pattern to another.

GRAIN PATTERN:

Flat Sawn Shows larger amounts of deep color.
Quarter Sawn Shows distance growth rings.
Rift Sawn Shows characteristics of both flat sawn and quarter sawn

As with color, the key is to NOT make an abrupt transition from one pattern to another.

Other points to consider. With old in-use material do not expect long lengths. A 20 foot existing flooring board will yield smaller units of usable material. The WIDTH will also be smaller, do not expect the "Face" to be over 3 inches.

As a general rule (99%) any "Face Material"over 3 inches will be from old in-use timbers or old growth timbers. Most boards will show a "Rift Sawn" pattern and be somewhat lighter in color. Over time and use they will darken naturally. An advantage of Old Growth Timbers is LONG Lengths, even wall-to-wall as with original flooring of this type.

In summary, it is the installer that will determine the look & feel of the floor. Color and Grain pattern blending will determine the overall harmony of the floor. One can expect installation to take up to twice as long for the look of an award winning floor. It should be a given that the material meets the specifications of Long Leaf Pine.

POINTS to CONSIDER in EVALUATING & PLANNING for BEAMS

ALL beams will split and check. The amount of "Split" (open cracks) will depend upon how much wood surrounds the "Pith"(log center). To minimize splitting, 2 inches of wood should surround the pith (log center) on all four sides.

A Long Leaf Pine beam, if used for structural purpose, should center the pith and be twice as deep as it is wide. The minimum width is 5 inches wide by 8" deep to 16 feet long. Long Leaf Pine beams can be structurally rated for run length. Please note that "Free of Heart" Timbers do not exist, though beams (<= 4" in width) may be available.

For appearance consider the Grain Pattern to be "Rift" sawn. The original "Color" will be light to medium yellow with conspicuous late wood (dark rings) and/ or "variegated" on opposing sides.

BEAM STYLES:

ROUGH SAWN, (Sawn with a large Circle Mill). During drying one can expect slight twisting and some bowing. We guarantee a 75% yield that should be acceptable. Width & Depth will vary by 1/2 inch. If you think of old beams in a Spanish mission, that is what they'll look like.

NOTE: Kiln Drying (Reclaimed or Old Growth) forces the material to assume its final shape in a short time period. Nature can take many years to do this but it will occur.

PRECISION ROUGH SAWN, (Sawn with a precision Band Mill). Will have a clean & fuzzy but even texture. Some moderate twisting will occur. We guarantee a 90% usable yield. The size will be to within plus & minus 1/16 inch.

STRAIGHT & TRUE BEAMS. This product must first be air dried for 90 to 120 days, then kiln dried to 45 days (size dependent). Also, they must be purchased oversize by one inch each side.

The product is then run through a machine called a Canter which produces a planner like finish (very smooth), or resawn with a precision Band Mill. In either case the product will be to exact size.

I CANNOT EMPHASIS ENOUGH that all reclaimed or old growth must be kiln dried. Example; 70 yr. old reclaimed in use beams twisted & bowed after 7 years in a new environment. Kiln Drying would have caught these errant beams BEFORE installation.

The above information is based upon 15 years of experience. We have "Reclaimed" several hundred thousand feet of Long Leaf Pine lumber, and over a million feet of "Old Growth" Long Leaf Pine Timber. Through our architects our products have been featured six times in national industry publications.

Thank you for your interest.

ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL DISCUSSION

Long Leaf Pine ( Pinus Palustris ) grows from eastern North Carolina southward into Florida and westward into eastern Texas. Slash Pine ( Pinus Elliottii ) grows in Florida and the southern parts of of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana east of the Mississippi River. Slash Pine is classified as Longleaf Pine (export/pitch pine) if conforming to the growth ring and latewood requirements of Longleaf Pine/ The general classification is that of Southern Pine.

Longleaf and Slash Pine are classed as heavy, strong, stiff, hard, and moderately high in shock resistance. Historically, these pines where used in the construction of factories, warehouses, bridge trestles, and docks in the form of stringers, beams, posts, joists and piles.

The proportion of latewood (dark rings) to early wood determines the general strength of this wood. For flooring and structural members this is calculated as 33 percent latewood and six growth rings per inch.

From the 1870's through 1930 Georgia Pacific Railroad sold and transported a significant volume of lumber along its inland coastal rail system. Many, if not all of the pioneer towns used this lumber in the construction of their town building and homesteads.

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

01)

01)	Color of dry heartwood	Orange to Reddish Brown
02)	Type Figure in Plain sawn Lumber	Distinct, not conspicuous
		growth ring
03)	Type of Figure in Quartered Lumber	Distinct, not conspicuous
		growth ring stripe
04)	Average Moisture content/Green Wood	Heartwood	31.0 %
		Sapwood	106.0
05) Shrinkage from Green to 12% air/oven dry		Radial	5.1 %
		Tangential	7.5
		Volumetric	12.2

06)	Density in Pounds-Mass per Cubic Foot	Specific Gravity/Moisture
	Green	54 / 33 %	36.4 lbs
	Dry	56 / 8	37.7
	Dry	56 / 12	39.1
07)	Heartwood Decay	Moderately Resistant
08)	Thermal Conductivity-BTU in/H-Ft	2 Deg F 1.1
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
09)	SPECIFIC GRAVITY	.59
10)	Modulus of Rupture	14,500.
11)	Modulus of Elasticity (million PSi)	1.98
12)	Work to Max Load in Lbs per Cu Inch	11.8
13)	Impact Bending Height of Drop causing
	complete Failure in inches	34.
14)	Compression Parallel to Grain
	Max Crushing Strength in PSI	8,470.
15)	Compression Perpendicular to Grain
	Fiber Stress @ Proportional Limit in PSI	960.
16)	Shear Parallel to Grain - Max Shearing
	Strength in PSI	1,510.
17)	Tension Perpendicular to Grain - Max
	Tensile Strength in PSI	470.
18)	Side Hardness-Load Perpendicular to
	Grain in pounds	870.
19)	TOUGHNESS
	Radial - Inch Pounds	210.
	Tangential - Inch Pounds	320.
20)	Alteration in Fiber Structure due to
	Moisture Level	.21 %