Stocked the porch with 4 year oak

This is the last I have from my first year cutting. This is 4 year old oak that I cut when I had my 17vl, so it’s smaller of course. Got a cold front coming through so I figured I’d go ahead and burn it. I’m anxious to see how well it burns. Should put off some good heat!

 

Nice! My porch stack for comparison. Had to actually purchase this one from a guy as all my other wood is still seasoning. Caught in a pickle. Mostly silver maple and ash here. Was told it sat for two years.

 

It looks like it’s been cut awhile so you should be alright

 

Enjoy

 

Yeah it's been burning pretty well. I got a moisture meter, haven't tested it yet. But it burns pretty well. Nice and cracked on the ends.

 

Looks awesome! I especially love the way well seasoned oak feels when you knock two pieces together.

 

Did you keep track of how well it was seasoning thru those 4 years from time to time?

 

Yea I did the first couple years. Haven’t checked it since then. It was about 20% at 1.5 years. I’ll bust one open and check it now

 

Yea this should burn quite nicely

 

I have about 7 cords of red oak and 1 cord of rock oak that was css between august to october of 2017...I know different areas effect dryin times so I was curious. Thanks for the info....

 

I have about 2 cord or so of red oak c\s/s since Feb 2017, I’m curious to see how dry it is by Nov 2018. I’ll be resplitting a few pieces in Nov to check the moisture content.

 

That pile looks awesome, nice work

 

That'll do the trick for sure! Nice gray pile there - gonna light up like a pack of hippies at a Willie Nelson show.

 

I bet like hell, you gonnae mix it with pine or spruce? Douglas Pine is also nice.

 

Don’t burn much pine down here. I’ll mix it with poplar and maple

 

That will work without any issues i guess. I got amounts of spruce - mixed with oak and other hardwood makes it hotter than hell i reckon.

 

Burns like a champ!

 

Oh, man! That looks like some good good gooder btu's!