WHY PROPRIETARY GRADING?? Years ago, in order to maintain some sort of standard, the National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) created grades for lumber that the industry has traditionally followed. The problem is, there are so many different variations within each grade that many boards produce very low yields or are unusable for many customer applications. WE DO LUMBER DIFFERENTLY. THE JOURNEY FROM GOOD... TO GREAT REVOLUTIONARY See back cover for our new PROFIT PACK. Small in size, BIG in savings. Re-Manufactured Re-Graded Re-Tallied OUR SOLUTION: At Hardwood Industries, we created a proprietary grading system to give customers availability to lumber that can more specifically meet their needs. Our own NHLA trained graders follow a very rigid set of guidelines in selecting boards based on our proprietary grades. If a board is of questionable grade, we will rip or chop the board to improve the value. If we cannot improve the value, we will downgrade the board to the next lower grade. Boards are graded for application instead of to a minimum standard. Each board is tallied to the tenth of a board foot and stamped on both the face and the end of the board. INDUSTRY LEADING TALLY ACCURACY • Standard NHLA grading rules are applied to rough lumber. Hardwood Industries grades after Hit or Miss surfacing. • When grading surfaced lumber, the NHLA standard is to grade 1 and 2 Common lumber from the best face. Hardwood Industries grades 1 and 2 Common after surfacing from the worst face. DID YOU KNOW? Look for the Green Label to find our environmentally conscious products. REMARKABLE!