My wife and I are installing our own 1x8x8 TnG red pine in our home. We are getting 2800 sqft of unfinished planks that are being shipped in three bundles, each 1500lbs. It's direct from a mill, so what will happen is a semi will pull up, I will either remove the pallets with a forklift or (hopefully) they will be lowered to street level so I can use a pallet truck to move them to the garage. Once in the garage, I will need to break down each bundle to a reasonable size so I can carry all the stock in the house (it's an attached garage, front door and garage door to house very narrow... don't think the pallets will fit through the doors).
My question is: should I attempt to re-bundle the planks after I break down each bundle, or can I leave the planks stacked nicely un-bundled for the acclimatization period? If it matters, the wood is coming from Michigan (humid) to New Mexico (dry).
If I were to re-bundle, what size bundles, and what materials will be necessary? Should I simply mimic the shipment?
My question is: should I attempt to re-bundle the planks after I break down each bundle, or can I leave the planks stacked nicely un-bundled for the acclimatization period? If it matters, the wood is coming from Michigan (humid) to New Mexico (dry).
If I were to re-bundle, what size bundles, and what materials will be necessary? Should I simply mimic the shipment?