"Ba r r y" wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:05:27 -0500, "Dan White"
wrote:

Hi. I'm the chinchilla guy again. I noticed over at HD they had 2x4's
marked as "KD." The salesman said that stands for kiln dried. They also
had 2x3's. Any reason to believe these are not completely kiln dried? I
ask because we all know that HD tends to cut corners to keep prices low.

Framing lumber is sold in multiple grades. The kiln dried stuff is
more expensive, but usually straighter, green is usually cheaper.
Kiln dried in softwood construction lumber is NOT the same as kiln
dried in relation to hardwoods, other than both spent time in a kiln.

Grade information like KD is usually specific to a grading body, not a
retailer. Here's a link to one such body:
http://www.wwpa.org/dfir.htm


Thanks for the tip.

dwhite