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[RVALUE]

I took out a Norwegian Pine a couple days ago. It was eaten from top to bottom from pine beetles. Got it (root ball and all) to my burn pile, then I began thinking that I brought alot of bugs to my place. Got it all burned up the next morning, but not the best situation.

Do you take extra precautions when dealing with bug infested removals?

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Do you take extra precautions when dealing with bug infested removals?

It depends on the problems. I will not take fresh elm or ash onto my property. If it is a year dead and no bark I've no problems.

 

[RVALUE]

It depends on the problems. I will not take fresh elm or ash onto my property. If it is a year dead and no bark I've no problems.

I had an ash countertop once, dried (I presumed kiln) milled, stained and lacquered, some time later some critters came through the finish and out the top.

 

[prentice110]

Hey, at least you were able to burn it.

 

[ducaticorse]

I had an ash countertop once, dried (I presumed kiln) milled, stained and lacquered, some time later some critters came through the finish and out the top.

dang

 

[Bigus Termitius]

I bring it all home and burn whatever I know was infested, but that is the advantage of living out in the open prairie.

 

[tree md]

I bring it all home and burn whatever I know was infested, but that is the advantage of living out in the open prairie.

Ditto.

I have removed 5 or 6 Pines that were infested in the past 3 years from the condo property I take care of. I think I've got 28 Pines left on that property. I have them on a spray program but with untreated Pines on neighboring properties it is a never ending battle. I have brought all the pines home and burnt them. No problems with Beetles here.

 

[PinnaclePete]

Shouldn't be a problem unless you have other Norwegion pines on your property. But you burned the pretty fast so you should be ok. In EAB and Longhorn areas they have to chip and burn I believe.

 

[lfnh]

fwiw, a quick read here

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I had an ash countertop once, dried (I presumed kiln) milled, stained and lacquered, some time later some critters came through the finish and out the top.

That sounds like a deadwood borer, it could have picked those up in a woodpile. They can be problems with antique furniture. "distressed" furniture makers will take Dremmel's to the surface to mimic the "wormy" quality.

One problem with thick wood is that they need to go into low-temp kilns or they may explode.

 

[RVALUE]

What a lot of good information. The ash countertop was about 1986, and I don't remember all the particulars. But it had been installed a long time (one year?) before they surfaced. The lumber came from a cabinet supplier, not home made.

If the statue of limitations is up, (??????? :hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange

I got an entertainment center finished the night before it HAD to be installed, when I noticed termites FLYING out of the plywood. I made a mad dash to the grocery store and bought all (about 8) bug bombs, covered it with visqueen, bombed it, and left it for the night. Installed it and have never heard a thing about it...... :monkey:

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

whole-house insecticide for one little builtin? Hope you kept the plastic sheeting over it for the rest of the year

I did cable install for a Warner contractor many-many moons ago, there were certain parts of the city where you would drop the old box in a plastic bag and spray it right away, just for SOP. A few I picked them up and the roach nymphs were uncountable.

 

[RVALUE]

whole-house insecticide for one little builtin? Hope you kept the plastic sheeting over it for the rest of the year

I did cable install for a Warner contractor many-many moons ago, there were certain parts of the city where you would drop the old box in a plastic bag and spray it right away, just for SOP. A few I picked them up and the roach nymphs were uncountable.

And I heard that some people wanted nymphs on purpose!