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   calvin | Feb 20, 2013 08:23pm | #1

   Seth

   I can't read the labeling.

   but-

   (KD-HT means the wood was also heat treated to kill pests, a requirement for imported lumber.)

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   BossHog | Feb 20, 2013 09:42pm | #2

   I can't read all of it, but -

   The first few letters look like SPIB.  That stands for the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau.

   The next word looks like "PREMIUM".  That's most likely just a meaningless trade name or brand.

   On the 2nd line the KD19 means it was kiln dried to 19%. 

   The next letters look like "HT".  I've never dealt with heat treated SYP, so I'll defer to Calvin on that one.

   I can't read any of the rest of it. If you can tell us something about where you are or where the lumber came from it might give some clues.

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   andy_engel | Feb 21, 2013 09:25am | #3

   Calvin is right about the HT. It's so we can export lumber to Europe.

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   WINSTALL | Feb 21, 2013 04:01pm | #4

   Stamp

   kd19 means the lumber was redried to 19% as all pine framing lumber is dried to.  Most likely it is a treated board, since most treated lumber is sold wet,  some yards sell K.D.A.T. (Kiln Dried After Treatment).  The kd19 is the customers assurance that it was dried to the proper level before it left the plant. 

   HT (heat treated) is a fairly new standard the the Euro's think they discovered after a serious bug infestation that wiped out a lot of their timberland a few years back.  They found out that the bug came over on some green lumber and commenced to eating all their raw wood.  After countless investigations and meetings and many dollars spent,  they found that heating the wood would kill any bugs and prevent the problem from comming back.  After they published their findings and told us what core temperature to heat the wood to,  we found that Kiln Drying the lumber exceeded their minumum requirements.  In other words, we were already there.  Now we have to put HT on the wood so they will believe us.  Any crating and packaging used for overseas shipments have to have that and several other markings or the stuff don't get off the boat!!!!! 

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   BossHog | Feb 21, 2013 06:17pm | #5

   "Most likely it is a treated

   "Most likely it is a treated board..."

   Sure doesn't look treated to me.