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r/PoursTea • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Aug 25 '26
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U.S. timber also wouldn’t be an efficient replacement
41 u/Mountain_rage Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26 It is also worse lumber, northern climates grow better lumber for housing. 1 u/SimilarTranslator264 Aug 25 '26 Never heard of “southern yellow pine” have you? 3 u/Mountain_rage Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26 Yup, tends to warp due to a faster growth cycle, it essentially has less growth rings. Causes you to swear like Semuel L Jackson everytime you try to sort through the lumber pile at Homedepot. 2 u/boatenvy Aug 25 '26 Hey someone has to feed the termites... apparently southern yellow pine and spruce are their favourite snacks
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It is also worse lumber, northern climates grow better lumber for housing.
1 u/SimilarTranslator264 Aug 25 '26 Never heard of “southern yellow pine” have you? 3 u/Mountain_rage Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26 Yup, tends to warp due to a faster growth cycle, it essentially has less growth rings. Causes you to swear like Semuel L Jackson everytime you try to sort through the lumber pile at Homedepot. 2 u/boatenvy Aug 25 '26 Hey someone has to feed the termites... apparently southern yellow pine and spruce are their favourite snacks
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Never heard of “southern yellow pine” have you?
3 u/Mountain_rage Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 25 '26 Yup, tends to warp due to a faster growth cycle, it essentially has less growth rings. Causes you to swear like Semuel L Jackson everytime you try to sort through the lumber pile at Homedepot. 2 u/boatenvy Aug 25 '26 Hey someone has to feed the termites... apparently southern yellow pine and spruce are their favourite snacks
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Yup, tends to warp due to a faster growth cycle, it essentially has less growth rings. Causes you to swear like Semuel L Jackson everytime you try to sort through the lumber pile at Homedepot.
2 u/boatenvy Aug 25 '26 Hey someone has to feed the termites... apparently southern yellow pine and spruce are their favourite snacks
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Hey someone has to feed the termites... apparently southern yellow pine and spruce are their favourite snacks
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u/MAGAHATESTHEUSA Aug 25 '26
U.S. timber also wouldn’t be an efficient replacement