Finally got to splitting some old rounds that I kept burying with new stuff, and never got far enough ahead to take care of them. Now I regret it.... Some of it is so punky, it should be sent to military/reform school. The real soft stuff just got tossed for the fire pit, other more solid pieces got stacked for indoor use. I hope it's still kind of good Mostly maple and ash. Anyone else have experience burning wood that is close to gone? I am kicking myself for not getting to it, and hopefully it still burns enough to be worth stacking and bringing inside.
I have my fair share of red and chestnut oak that's past its prime along with some sugar maple and ash. As long as its dry it'll burn. What I've been doing is mixing it in a little at a time with more ideal wood. It does make more of a mess in the house though.
I just came across some punky black oak chunks I had sitting on pallets for the year and change. No top cover. Threw them on the saw buck and ripped them in half. The punky ends I threw in my fire pit and they burned pretty good. I definitely waited to long to cut these down to smaller chunks to dry out faster,
Its okay Pricey, we wont revoke your FHC membership! Yup i have some hanging around too long. Not proud but it happens. I end up splitting the punk off and tossing into the woods. My landlord has taken some of the crappy stuff off my hands. If its wood, he'll try and burn it.
Hey we're hoarders. Having wood that gets forgotten about is part of hoarding. Hoarding is collecting more of something than you will ever use.
Yep, it happens. If it's too light I just toss it on the fire pit pile. Considering I'm 4 years ahead, what's a few pieces..
Yep, it was maple. Not sure if some of it was red. I know I had some real nice rounds of hard or sugar maple that were off the ground, and they would have been junk by next spring. Alot lighter and softer than they were green.
My son brought home some black cherry limb wood from a cleanup he did, 3' - 5' stuff, not split. it was even pretty light, well past its prime. I split some and it would randomly break and not cleave straight, it did burn and go to coal but by itself it needed allot of air. I scrounged some ash that was similar, well past its prime.
Yep, random chunks just breaking off on the splitter. Hopefully this will teach me not to bust my back getting the wood, and letting it sit. Everything new this year is stacked on pallets, ready to be split. Hopefully I get to it soon, or I will cover it.
I have lots of experience with Ash, yellow Birch, and maple that gets a little punky. I split a stack it and in three years it Burns just fine. Just Remember that all wood has the same amount of BTUs per pound. So if that what is really light it just has fewer BTUs use it during shoulder season.
