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100 Percent Wood Utilization
A hundred percent wood utilization is not a slogan for us, it is just how the yard runs. Here is what happens to every part of a log.
Where each part of the log goes
We mill dry balsam: the logs left burnt or behind in the bush that larger mills will not take. Every log leaves the yard as squared cants for finished lumber or as chips bound for a local pellet plant, so nothing is wasted.
- Cants: the squared core of the log, milled into solid timbers. See dry balsam cants.
- Rough boards: two-inch lumber from wood that does not square into a cant, sold direct to local customers.
- Chips and sawdust: the rest becomes feedstock. See residuals and wood chips.
Why a small mill can do this
Being small is the point. We take dry balsam larger operations walk past, and because every output has a home, the part that is not a cant does not become waste. Our chips truck to a local pellet plant; nothing leaves the yard as a burn pile. Read more on our sustainability page, or see exactly how it happens in how we mill.
Common questions
Good to know.
What does 100% utilization actually mean?
Every log that comes through the gate leaves as cants, boards, or chips. Nothing is burned or thrown away.
Where do the chips go?
To a local pellet plant as feedstock. It is how we use the part of the log that does not square into a cant.
Is salvaged balsam lower quality?
It is dry timber larger mills pass on, but squared and graded it makes solid, usable cants and boards. We are straight about grade.
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Related pages.
Wood that would have been wasted.
We mill salvaged balsam to a hundred percent use. Tell us what you need.