What is...........

[UserRemoved1]

BA hard to find yes sometimes because it's a old growth wood and because of where it lives it's not a big production wood because of what it takes to get it. It's not usually expensive to get it if you can hook up with the right guys. It's a popular wood for outdoor furniture down south.

Originally Posted by BassAssasin

Is it hard to find? Expensive?

[Tagger]

Hey Scott.. I been getting this pine its 2x2.5 say and the put it on the floor as dunnage to pile steel stud on during building construction .. I was told it was swamp pine .. Pine that grows in the swamp and the grain was all screwed up in it ... well the grain is tight... turns excellent ..U ever hear of swamp pine ?

[UserRemoved1]

Tagger I think swamp pine is also known as southern yellow pine (syp)

[capesams]

I think there's like/up to 6=7 different kinds of pine that can live/grow in low wet area's..they tend to lump them all together under one name,,swamp pine...long leaf and s. yellow is two of them in that group. but you wouldn't want that to turn with..could be you have either loblolly- -slash.

[steelhead]

My limited experience with southern yellow pine was that it was pretty heavy. Now I'm wondering what it really was....

[Vermonter]

SYP is fairly heavy Steelhead, in fact while its a pine and a softwood its heavier than several hardwoods(poplar, elm and maybe chestnut are all I can think of right now). And there are definately no shortage of different pines east of the Miss.

[Tagger]

this swamp pine is pretty light stuff..