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Species · Softwood

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

The softest and most workable of the eastern pines, and the product we are known for. We buy it at the mill, mill it to your pattern, and move it by the truckload. Finite supply, deep relationships, and a trader who knows what you are building.

Botanical name
Pinus strobus
Graded to
NELMA rules
Grown in
Northeast US & eastern Canada
Trading since
2006
What we produce

Every form Eastern White Pine takes

Boards through timbers, appearance through industrial. If it runs in white pine and it moves by the truckload, we trade it.

Boards
S4S
Paneling
Shiplap
Tongue & groove
Timbers
Log siding
Chink siding
Bevel siding
Board decking
Pallet & box
Industrial / non-appearance
Specifications

Sizes, milling and grades

All NELMA, SPIB and WWPA patterns available, plus special milling to your specification. Other grades available to match your requirements.

Product family
Sizes & milling
Grades
Paneling & siding
1x4 – 1x12. All NELMA, SPIB & WWPA patterns. Special milling available.
C-Select, D-Select, D & Better, Premium, Standard
Boards & decking
1x4 – 1x12, 2x4 – 2x12, plus custom sizes. Rough & S4S; green, air dried, kiln dried.
All NELMA, SPIB and WWPA grades
Industrial boards
4/4 – 8/4 x 4–12". Rough & S4S; green, air dried, kiln dried.
Industrial Eastern White Pine
Cants & timbers
4x4 – 16x16"; 3.5x4–12"; 5.5x4–12". Rough & S4S.
Selected Log Run
Timbers — log home
4x4 – 16x16", lengths 8–32'. Rough & S4S; green, air dried, kiln dried (18–20% @ 2").
Selected Log Run
Cut stock
4/4 – 8/4 x 4–12". Rough, S2S, S4S.
#1–3 Shop, #1–3 Molding, FJ, Selected Log Run, Shop Outs
Furniture & turning squares
3x3 – 4x4". Rough; kiln dried.
Furniture grade
Where it grows

The northeastern range

Eastern White Pine runs from the Great Lakes through New England and up into the Maritimes. Our supply comes off mills across that range, which is also why it is finite — there is no substitute region for it.

  • Maine
  • New Hampshire
  • Vermont
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Massachusetts
  • Connecticut
  • West Virginia
  • Michigan
  • Wisconsin
  • Minnesota
  • Ontario
  • Quebec
  • New Brunswick
  • Nova Scotia
Needs Dante Where it ships

Where we move it

We deliver across the country from trading offices and strategic warehouses. Tell us where you are and we will tell you what makes sense to land there.

[ Primary lanes and regions — confirm with Dante ]

[ Warehouse and trading-office locations — the live site lists ten and names none of them ]

Geography drives the recommendation. There are regions where white pine is the obvious answer and regions where it is the wrong call, and we will say so.
Who buys it

Industries and applications

We sell to the companies who resell, remanufacture or build with it. Tell us what your customers are building and we will point you at the right grade.

Alternatives & substitution

When white pine is the answer, and when it is not

Most of our value shows up here. Customers come to us for one item and leave with the one that actually fits the job, the budget and the lead time.

Trading opinion — Dante to review

Substitutes for

Western Red Cedar

In interior paneling and paint-grade siding, white pine holds pattern and finish at a materially different cost. Not a swap where unfinished exterior exposure is the point.

Substitutes for

Ponderosa & Sugar Pine

Shop and moulding stock is the cleanest crossover. Similar working properties, and when the West Coast shop market tightens this is where buyers land.

Substitutes for

Poplar & soft hardwoods

Paint-grade millwork and trim. Lighter, more stable, and it machines with less tearout.

Substitutes for

SPF & Hemlock

Appearance boards where the face matters. A better-looking board off the same rack space.

Do not substitute

Ground contact & structural spans

White pine is not a treated or structural product. If the application is load-bearing or in the dirt, we will move you to the right species instead of selling you the wrong one.

Ask us about

Non-traditional uses

Some of the best volume we move is white pine landing somewhere nobody expected. If you have a spec and no obvious species, start the conversation here.

Why buy it here
Numbers needed from Dante
2006Year founded
[ — ]Full-time traders
[ — ]Truckloads shipped in 2025
[ — ]Combined years in white pine

We are a wholesale trading company. We are big enough to get you the product and small enough to give you the attention, and our supply relationships are the reason we can still find white pine when it is tight.

Dante Diorio
Owner & President, Diorio Forest Products

The rest of what we trade

Softwood species

White pine is where we are strongest. It is not all we do.

Start a conversation

Tell us what you buy

The more you tell us, the faster a trader comes back with something useful. Everything below the contact block is optional, but it is what lets us quote you properly.

Routing needed Routes to [ dedicated inquiry address — Dante to create ]