The Tamarack I was working recently was full of bleeding pitch pockets. Pine I’ve worked in the south where there is not really any such thing as wintercut tends to weep, but if the sawyer is doing as asked, and sawing from the piles of wintercut in the logyard, it is usually easy to tell, for this very reason.

Shaun – The times you mention are on par with what I see as norms...

Though in my experience, species and state (dry/green) does heavily influence, both the time needed, and which tools to reach for – Recycled and White Oak are both on the time consuming to cut and the reach for the recoil or electron hose, end of the spectrum.

Where are you getting White Oak sticks in the Berkshires ?