What we trade
Softwood species
Every species has its own page: what we produce in it, where it grows, where it ships, who buys it, and what it can stand in for. Eastern White Pine leads because it is what we are known for. Southern Yellow Pine carries the volume.
What we are known for
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
The softest and most workable of the eastern pines. Appearance through industrial, boards through timbers, and the deepest book we trade.
7 product families
Highest volume
Southern Yellow Pine
Pinus spp.
Rough green through custom precision milled, in the volume the market actually runs on.
9 product families
Where we are growing
Ponderosa & West Coast Softwoods
Shop, moulding and dimension out of the western mills. The business we are building hardest.
7 product families
Appearance
Western Red Cedar
Thuja plicata
Siding, paneling and pattern stock where cedar is the specification.
6 product families
Alternative
Suki / Sugi
An alternative to the commodity species, and one of the most striking things we handle.
[ Spelling unconfirmed. The traded Japanese cedar is usually written Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica). Confirm with Dante before this page ships. ]
The rest of the book
Other North American Softwoods
Douglas Fir, Hemlock, SPF, ESLP and the alternates we trade inside the company, including euro spruce.
6 product families
Beyond the list
If it runs in softwood and moves by the truckload, ask
The list above is where we are strongest, not the limit of what we will quote. We also bring product in and reprocess it into something else, which is often where the answer is.