I remember past discussions of this and I would have to agree about lumber yard sales people lacking information or do not take the time to educate themselves on wood preservation methods currently in use and available. When I worked for a local lumber yard, you could source anything available, we used to pick up materials from a variety of sources, the gents behind the counter always knew the materials.
I mentioned in the previous discussion of those 6x6x18's I show in the photos, they were from Holbrook, whom uses the OSMOSE treatment of CCA and these were delivered in the 70's, my father never used them and some of them did take on carpenter ants, but the ants were particular and stayed within a few pieces, the rest I salvaged and did what you see in the photos.
I have some power company poles that were pulled in '06 and and some of them were from the 30's when the lines were installed, they're still useable. Ironically, brand new poles they installed for 30,000 volt circuits, double posts with x braces up top, ants bored right in and moved in, they periodically dig them up to check, bet these won't last like the others, they look to be the same as old creosote type, but can't be the same
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