Made a Believer Out of Me.

In all fairness the tomb has poor air flow

 

I never pass up any oak. I’m fortunate to have plenty of room to stack and dry. Last winter I finished off some 9 year old red oak. It’s a efficient burning wood.

 

Yeah but they were smart enough to dig in the dry desert hills far, far away from the flooding Nile.

 

One thing to think about is- if you have oak at 25% and the rest of your wood at 16 or 17% mc, it could be mixed to make a load of decent burning wood. As long as someone’s not cutting down the air to silly levels too soon, one could make out just fine with that.
Of course, it’s best to have the oak as dry as possible, but it shouldn’t be a show stopper if one does not have the space or time.

 

Plus hickory has more BTU's than oak. If you had a choice, hickory should win every time. Hickory splits tougher than oak though. So there's that. Any oak I process is going to season 1 year outside, then I'll move it into to shed where it can season another 3 years.

 

If you've got 4-5 years, yeah then you've got great firewood. Oak really does last a long time once lit.

 

We get a lot of oak, its plentiful brown here.

 

Dang B-Rad. No more oak?! We need to set up a trucking system, I’ll send elm, you send me oak. Honestly though, smaller splits season quicker for me so maybe that could assist you in getting it down in a 3 year schedule. Of course excellent wind flow and sunlight yadda yadda.

I’m right there with ya. I have the room and the wood staged. I can get mine to acceptable mc in 3-4 and I’m that far ahead easily.

You do! Just wait till it’s dry and you start burning it. Red [and white] oak lasts a long time in my stove. It’s not a BTU king but it’s worth it’s weight in....

 

But it has way more BTU's that a lot of species

 

No doubt, but if we're comparing to SBH...
I love red and white oak. I have a little SBH left in my stacks for this upcoming burn season, after that it's 97% oak for the next probably 5 years. There's one tree's worth of Mulberry mixed in there, that's it.

 

I can normally get Oak into decent burning condition in two years when I stack it in the right areas. Keep in mind the boiler isn't as fussy, but I still like dry wood. I'm sitting on 15ish cord of Red & White.

 

Not like yours Joe. It be a lot drier if so. Gets some sun and wind. Full sun when no leaves on trees.

 

Home Depot. $35 range

 

How could it dry...no air flow or sunlight!

 

believe it or not i almost posted that song with the thread!

 

did you split a split and check the fresh face with the MM? This is most accurate method to check %.

 

Yup, outside and ends were ~16%. Maybe its a red vs white thing?

 

Im in no way knocking oak as firewood, but with my situation i just cant store it that long and have room for more. Let it dry and youll be happy. Can you get any one year seasoning wood Chud ?