Quarantining/fumigating logs

[Grumpy John]

Over the last few months I've been lucky enough to develop a good relationship with a couple of local tree removalists and now have a steady supply of logs coming in. This prompts me to ask, should I be fumigating or at least quarantining the new logs as I bring them home?
Do other forum members fumigate all new timber or just "suspect" pieces?

[hughie]

Nah, not really I give em a good looking over chop up or cut the sus ones.
If in doubt biff em out.

[Grumpy John]

Nah, not really I give em a good looking over chop up or cut the sus ones.
If in doubt biff em out.

Hughie,
Do you rip the bark off to check for nasties?

[TTIT]

I usually don't worry about the bark unless it comes off easy :B - it will peel off on it's own in time and I don't go looking to do work nature can do for me :B:U . I spray most of what I collect with Borax in hot water to keep the lyctids off and if I see obvious signs that bugs are already in the wood, I'll mix some insecticide in with it. If the bugs are real bad, I soak them in a tub with the concoction (if they'll fit).

[rsser]

Wattle often comes with bugs if it's been standing for a while.

Otherwise I've not found probs with anything that's come under the saw. It's worth blocking down and sealing them as soon as you can though.

[BobL]

I slabbed a apricot trunk last year into 50 mm slabs and stuck it in my drying shed (seatainer). While slabbing I noticed a substantial ant's nest in the bottom half of the trunk but I though that 3 months in the seatainer would sort them out. In February of this year the moisture content was low enough to start working with some of the timber so I bought a slab home and found there were still ants coming out of it! Maybe they are the remnant few but I was still surprised.

[OGYT]

A friend of mine used to cure small logs of mesquite for doing flat work. I later did the same for short logs to do bandsaw boxes.
We'd put the wood in a large cardboard box, and put a couple of No-Pest Strips in with them, and tape it shut for a few years. The larva hatched, the bugs died. The logs cured fine.
Can't buy the No-Pest Strips here anymore... maybe you can in Oz.???....
Nowdays, I either inject the holes with Lacquer Thinner, or just saturate the log with Lacquer Thinner. It works.