3yrs ago I saw a contractor trimming some of the local power lines. They had to cut all of the oak into cookies, as no machines allowed in the right of way, as we have tons of protected wet lands here. For $50 the crew delivered around a cords worth to my yard at the end of the day. I split each one in two, and put them all in old IBC tote cages. Ive been using them the last few days for when Im up and able to refill... Let me tell you, I can cram the stove with these thing almost better than splits, less air pockets just due to the shape! So... I really like red oak cookies!
Pictures are a must!!!! Of where you gave them stacked and in the stove. Sounds interesting. Hoard on! Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
I just piled the hearth up. Also a pic of one of the old rusty IBC tote cages I scrounged froma dumpster ha! Getting closer to a reload. I have the damper wide open to let the heat crank, still cant get the house over 71* running like that hahahahaha, im not used to this kinda cold!! But Id be lying if I said I wasnt getting a kick out of it and enjoying the fruit of my labor!
Im not doing a good job at showing this off, I grabbed to many thicker ones when I went out, so Im leaving a big gap, as I can fit the remaining pieces in, however you can see if I had grabbed 4 more of the thinner ones, there would be minimal gaps in there and I can only imagine the extended burn times. I'll make it a point to go out and grab the thinner ones and do a test I guess with pics to show loading and record burn times etc etc in the near future.
Those are some sweet looking slabs of oak. If you were looking for long burn times, say overnight, I'd try stack them next to each other, with a bed of coals between them. Just like you have them, but with the cut sides being vertical. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
