I have experience sawing red pine from plantations here in Ontario and have found that it tends to twist (sometimes like a corkscew)when it drys too fast. If you can saw the logs in the winter and pile them where they will be out of direct sun and cover the pile loosely, this should help. Structurally red pine is stronger than white pine but heavier. Plantation red pine also tend to have bigger knots than from natural growth because they don't have to compete with other trees.