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Salty,
I have done considerable drying over the years and recommend it highly. I have given up on wooden stickers and use 3/4" pvc pipe with a hole drilled for a 10d nail to prevent rolling, this prevents sticker stain caused by the transfer back and forth between the sticker an the green stock. These stains may not affect your product but they did mine. I also position my stock with the ends facing north to south to take advantage of our prevailing winds. I haven't much of a problem with end checks in pine but I do take note of when the hardwoods are cut, winter cutting is the best as most if not alll the water is out of the bole. I don't have the link handy but the Forest Products Laboratory has information on drying. They also publish the Wood Manual 7th ed.
Ed
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