Nice! Looks like some proper farwood. There is a pallet factory about 30 minutes from my house that sells oak mill ends. I have always wondered how long they take to dry. They are sawn as opposed to split like cordwood. I didn’t know if the saw blade closed the “pores” of the wood and slowed down drying. They sell for 35 dollars a ton, at that price it’s a good deal. If I had an OWB to feed or was playing catch up I’d be on it.
Forever...when I first started out with a stove I didn't have much wood to burn so I bought some blocks like this from a mill and I quickly found out that it is darn hard to dry them...since they are flat you can't really stack in a way that lets air flow well for proper drying...and I am not about just leaving wood in a pile...I was one n done after that first load. If it is kiln dried then that's a game changer...stack it high in a shed n go get more!
I was able to get that for $25. All you could fit into an 8' truck bed load (3/4 ton) and man, I had that load stacked and not thrown in! Sure missed it when they no longer offered it. I believe they chip everything up and sell it to a smoked meats processing business.
The worst thing they can do is tell you no. They might already turn their mill ends into mulch or grind them into feedstock for wood pellets. It just depends on the company. Some might just want to get rid of it. You never know until you ask. Here is the road view for the place closest to my house. Every winter just before a big snow storm as the snow flies… I see pickup trucks driving around with heaping load of the mill ends.
If I were going to do that, I would not ask if they sell it, I would ask if they have any they want to get rid of. If they sell it, they will say so. They might say come get some.
