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Huge locust score!!!

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  1. Stephiedoll

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    Yep, that's what I would say too. Pics or it didn't happen you know.
    Locust is great wood and no shame grabbing all you can when you can.
     
    Stephiedoll, Sep 22, 2019
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  2. Backwoods Savage

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    Can't handle too much ash, eh Jason?
     
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    Well, what he got is more locust than we have here.
     
    Backwoods Savage, Sep 22, 2019
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  4. Brandon Scott

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    I’m just glad you had a headache rack.
     
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    Hey, that's $12.99 sold in front of the local Grocery store here in bundles! :eek: Campgrounds here make a fortune off of junk pine. :yes: 5 logs for $5.00 o_O
    Hope you didn't burn to much gas cutting all that up... :whistle:
     
    WeldrDave, Sep 22, 2019
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  6. The Wood Wolverine

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    As far as the firewood, no. It's a very easy wood to process and handle.
     
    The Wood Wolverine, Sep 22, 2019
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    Ash was in the cab smoking a cigarette. ;)
     
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    You keep that up and you’ll have enough weight on that truck for winter traction in no time.
     
    jo191145, Sep 22, 2019
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  9. Eric VW

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    In all fairness D, can you tell us what rates above it by you?
    We have similar/same availability of y’all’s high btu wood here in VA, and quite honestly, I’d take black locust over white oak, shag, and dare I say hedge.... any day.
    I usually get barkless dead downed with no center rot (I always look for them to be suspended off the ground on farm land here), it’s darn near petrified. Coaling in the morning is unreal- essentially what I load over night still maintains its log shape next morning at reload time. Great heat!
    :handshake:
     
    Eric VW, Sep 22, 2019
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    Too true! I think about that frighteningly expensive wood when I buy others, then weigh the options. I never buy a lot but when I do its mostly a good deal. I guess have to come back to that ridiculous reality when I have to split the difference.
     
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    Might look into renting a processor with quantities like that!
     
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    Huge locust..
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    bear 1998, Sep 22, 2019
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    Now that I have thought about it, you should be able to process this amount with just a small splitter! smallsplitter.JPG
     
    metalcuttr, Sep 22, 2019
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    your ash, or some one else's ash??
     
    B.Brown, Sep 22, 2019
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    Hey Eric,

    White and red oak are two standards out this way. I take as much as I can get and then sometimes I have too much. I like mixing them both in with other hardwoods in the coldest times of the winter. Awesome coaling and long burn times with high BTUs
    Ash would be next on my list, that’s also abundant up here. Decent BTUs and low MC before seasoning make this a favorite.
    Variations of maple comes next, very much available and easy to work with. Decent BTUs and a good box filler with oak in the colder times. Drying times are pretty good with nice ventilation and some sun.

    The bottom rounds out with beech, variations of birch and locust. And although not great in the BTU department, black cherry is abundant here as well.
     
    My IS heats my home, Sep 22, 2019
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    Was away for a couple days and catching up. A little is better than none. I remember you saying that locust is scarce up your way.
     
    buZZsaw BRAD, Sep 25, 2019
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