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• Accepting Product
  
  
• Suppliers deliver their lumber to one of our five facilities.
• When lumber is received, it is dipped in an environmentally-safe chemical treatment to protect from stains and mold keeping product fresh and bright.

• Inspecting
• Lumber Inspectors determine grade & species of each board.

• Measurement & Tally
• Lumber is measured and tallied at the green chain using a voice activated computer tally system.
• Final tally is provided to Administrative staff to complete supplier payment process.

• Grading
• Boards are pulled and separated based on grade, species and length. Then they are placed in designated carts.

• Stacker Line
• Forklifts transfer boards to stacker line.








• Lumber is placed on sticks for proper air drying and bundles are created.







• Inventory is recorded in computer system for tracking.

• Air Drying
• Bundles air dry in yard.
• 12-15M bf air-drying lumber maintained at our five facilities.
• Standard air drying time (oak):
    » 1/Btr grades: 60 days
    » Lower grades: 90 days
• White wood species such as Hickory, H. Maple, S. Maple, & Ash are placed in kilns green to keep stock fresh & bright.

• Kiln Drying
• When air drying complete, stock is placed in kilns.
• Bundles are numbered, recorded and mapped within kiln.
• Lumber is kiln dried to 6-9% moisture content and properly stress relieved.
• Capacity of these four kiln chambers in Western Grove, Arkansas is 340,000 bf. Total kiln capacity of all locations is 1.6M bf.

• Boilers
• Kilns fired by wood waste boilers. Wood waste fuel is developed from planer shavings. Hogged waste is generated from our finishing lines.

• Steamer
• Walnut lumber is steamed in one of two steaming systems.
• Lumber is steamed dead packed and placed on sticks for kiln drying.

• Leaving the Kilns
• Dry bundles are moved from the kilns to cooling sheds. Bundles are allowed to cool a minimum of 24 hours prior to processing.
• Product moves to planer line, where sticks are removed.






• Lumber is surfaced two sides according to customers' specifications and re-inspected to ensure grade.






• Product is double-end trimmed. Boards are pulled by grade/length and placed in carts.

• Final Steps
• After planer inspection, bundles are banded, end painted and a logo is added. Tally person measures layers in each bundle to calculate footage.
• Product moved to warehouse and staged for shipping.

• Shipping
• Product shipping out will be loaded into a container or onto a truck for transport.