My neighbor asked me to drop a standing dead maple that was on the tree line in her back yard. Tree was about 14” DBH and about 150 yards from my processing area. The wood is a little past prime but not rotten. I will let it sit in a stack and probably burn it as shoulder wood this spring. Sorry no pics of the tree but I am including pics of the splits and am looking for opinions on the state of the wood. I guesstimate about a 1/3 cord of wood.
That’s some good looking wood!! In the past, I have used standing dead to add to THIS year’s wood in order to allow some of my oak to stay in the stacks another year. Great way to accelerate into a multi-year plan by avoiding burning your firewood before it is ready. Good work!!
that is some great lookin hard maple i always love burning the stuff it always burns hotter than heck in the stove
Looks good to me Thom. Bark off, some spalting typical of dead/down maple. Cant say ive cut much in the way of SD maple. Ive scrounged SM that been on the ground for a year plus and still decent. Maybe good for Spring. Did you check with MM?
Looks good to me I love Maple like that splits like nothing and lights easily. Any standing or dead Maple will have a little spalting or rot its Maples only downside.
Most of that is primo stuff. Only a little spalting that I could see. If that spalted wood still splits and don’t break I burn it.
