Why Buy Eastern White Pine from Hancock Lumber?
Today’s global marketplace presents a wide range of choices when it comes to wood products. Consumers are looking for the right product to suit their needs, but that “right” product might not be the least expensive choice. Eastern White Pine from Hancock Lumber is one of the best choices available on the market today. Read on to find out more.
Eastern White Pine (Pinus Strobus) grows only in the Northeastern United States, and presents attributes that competing products rarely match. The trees are harvested when they reach an age between 80 and 100 years old, to ensure that the end product is as straight and true today as it was when Eastern White Pine was first harvested during the 1600s. Keeping that rich history in mind, Hancock Lumber maintains three quality-oriented, customer-driven, state-of-the-art sawmills, and is committed to delivering a product that is the gold standard of all pine species.
Product Performance.
More than anything else today, customers demand value from their investment in a product. When processed and kiln dried to Hancock Lumber’s high standards, Eastern White Pine’s slow growth delivers tremendous value and durability. Whether the application is interior or exterior trim, paneling, shelving or a novelty project, Eastern White Pine ages well in any environment. After proper acclamation to its environment, Eastern White Pine’s tight growth rings provide our boards with greater stability and less movement than any other product on the market. While there is science that proves why Eastern White Pine performs so well, all you have to do is visit any of the century-old homes on the coast of Maine to see how well their original pine siding or clapboards have withstood the test of time.
Color, Character, Texture, Versatility
Customers around the world use Hancock Lumber’s Eastern White Pine boards for a wide variety of end-uses. From furniture and crafts to exterior log cabin siding, the list of possibilities is endless. Our pine has even been used to build beehives! The color, texture and ease of surfacing, painting and sanding allow Eastern White Pine to fit in to any application. In the end, Eastern White Pine provides a warmth and character that people want to be surrounded by in their homes. Imagine the possibilities with Hancock Lumber Eastern White Pine!
Grown in Maine, manufactured in Maine by Maine people.
We are a local, family owned company that has been in business for over 160 years. We are dedicated to our 
people, our products and our customers. Because we are local, we can service our major markets with just 2 days’ travel. We never have to wait for a ship to come in or for trains to make their way across the country. When you buy Eastern White Pine from Hancock Lumber you get what you want when you want it in a accurate and timely fashion. We live by the belief that when “Manufacturing Stays In This Country,” we are all better off. We produce a magnificent product, create jobs for hard working Maine people and share our work with customers who care what the product is, how it performs, where it comes from and the satisfaction it will bring to the end user.
Third-Party Certification
All 3 Hancock manufacturing facilities are SFI certified. Our land division, mill division and retail division are also FSC Certified. Hancock Lumber Eastern White Pine is green, environmentally friendly, and produces a minimal carbon footprint. We use no chemicals in our wood and procure logs in a sustainable way: growing more than we are taking. 
During manufacturing we utilize 100% of the log: if it’s not in our boards, it’s the sawdust we sell for pellet manufacturing, the shavings we sell as animal bedding, or the bark we provide to the mulch market.
When you think of World class Eastern White Pine from Maine, think of Hancock Lumber.
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