Small, round, limb firewood

Do you stack small limb cuts, round shape, all together in a section of the stack or its own stack or do you mix them in with non-round splits in the stack?

Also, if you sell, do you sell small round limb pieces? Do you consider them just as good as a split?

How much longer (if any) do you think it takes to season these non-split pieces?

What do you call a round piece of firewood? Piece? Stick? A cut? (It isn't a split because it's not split!)

 

I dont harvest much in the way of limb wood. If i do harvest a tree ill take down to 3" diameter. Ill mix the "skinnies" in the with the splits when i stack. I have on occasion had a separate stack for skinnies. One customer liked the fact i gave him some in with the half cord i sold him. I split anything over 4".
Years back we'd harvest down to 2" and it always got mixed in with splits.
Not sure of the extra seasoning time, but they will sizzle on the ends when burned.

 

If I am keeping small rounds I prefer to put them on top of the stack. Many times I "crack" these rounds as I split to open them for drying but keep them easy to stack. Burning a bunch this year. Working out perfect.

 

I mix them in my main stacks. They make nice stove fillers for full overnight loads on those sub zero nights.

 

I'll cut down to about wrist size. Maybe a little smaller if it's hickory or locust. I mix some in with my selling wood. I like bigger rounds for overniters.

 

Being a full time scrounger, I try not to waste anything and cut down to about the 2" mark. I mix the 'skinnies' in with the rest of the stack but factor in extra seasoning time. I remember one year where scrounging was poor and I ended up with almost a cord of skinnies. PITA to cut all the small stuff and no, they don't burn as long, but they do burn and put out BTUs and I was glad to have them. I don't sell so can't comment on that.

 

I tend to hide the round ones behind the splits; i.e. in two parallel rows I will stack the round pieces in the rear stack where I can't see them. It's more pleasing to me that way, beer in hand, surveying my stacks. This year I haven't split any round pieces that were about 5" and under, but in years past I have split the small stuff into kindling.

 

My small rounds get treated just like a split, all get mixed together.

 

I cut down to about 2" or so on good high-BTU hardwoods. Otherwise it stays in the woods. It all gets mixed into the pile. Anything larger than 4" or so gets at least one split, and I find the smaller stuff burns just as well as the splits.

 

Same here.

The gnarly stuff whether big or 2-3" gets saved for fire pit use

 

I have several large Aspen that are dead standing and the weather is dismantling them piece by piece. It's not the greatest firewood, but its bone dry, so I get as much as I can and stack it as it becomes available. Much of the time it ends up on top of the splits, but I have no qualms about mixing it in since its still wood. I generally save anything over 2 to 3 inches and like to think of it as a stack boost since I don't have to spend time and energy splitting it.
Having said all of that, I usually only save the smaller stuff if its fairly straight (not a pain to stack) and if there isn't a ton of little twigs to deal with. I have some Ash that had some limbs come down and I save a few pieces from it, but there are a ton of twigs and gnarly bends, so I will probably just brush pile it or maybe use it for kindling in the fire pit once its dry.

 

I burn a bunch of small rounds in the stove. Bigger stuff goes to my brother's boiler.

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I also just mix it in the stack as I go along. I cut down to 2-3 ", I don't sell so I have no comment on that.

 

I save it all down to about 2-3” diameter.
Uglies, shorts, and skinnies go in my shop stove while the pretty stuff goes into the stack and shed for the Lopi Leyden in the front room.
I split all to about 4” but keep a few “all nighters” splits or rounds at 6-8” to carry through the cold nights.


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I take it all down to about 2" or so. When I have a tree to deal with, you have the trunk and top. I can't imagine leaving the whole top (limb wood). Nice thing about limb wood is most of it doesn't need to be split. It all goes in my stacks and dries just fine along with the splits. I don't sell much wood, so can't speak to that aspect, although I'm sure that's an issue.

I use the little rounds in the morning to get the fire going and also when starting a fire... Not my favorite firewood pieces, but no way am I leaving that much wood in the woods to rot... Basically I throw a bunch in the fire when I need quick heat and then I feel good about getting rid of it and heating my house.

 

I mix it in, it all burns fine long as it’s dry. I mix a little softwood in also to burn coals down with.

 

When I burned a normal stove I would mix it in the pile . Great stuff to fill in cracks for a FULL load

 

I've always harvested everything I could from a good tree, down to around 3 inches in diameter.

 

Mixed in. Douglas fir. About 110 ft3 per row@16”. More if long.
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