Local amish sawmill sold me this 7’x18’ load of mixed hardwood for $20. Not sure I can go back to processing my own now. It was also the inaugural first run for my new to me trailer.
That wood is (likely) green? We used to have a sawmill that sold the same for $15, but that was some years back too, so... The only problem I've had with slabs/blocks like that is there is no good way to stack it so that it can dry, unless you can dump in a pile under a carport style building with open sides.
$20 well spent! Nice score Softwood I agree with brenndatomu, that’s a stacking challenge right there.
Yes it is green wood, and yes it sucks that there's no way to really stack it in rows. I used to get green softwood from a different amish with my older, WAY smaller trailer for $10 a load. I store/season it in a pile in an old narrow open/slat sided corn crib with pallets underneath. The softwood will be dry to burn for winter when I get it at this time of year. I'm going to try 'building' a narrow free standing pallet crib with a bunch of pallets from work and cover it with old roofing metal once I get it all thrown in. I'm sure the hardwood probably won't be ready for this winter.
I'd have to build more chunkly boxes for that. But, as said previously, $20 well spent. You could go holzhausen and use the load for the filler.
Like that setup for those pieces. That should dry pretty good once covered. I bet that's the best 20 bucks you've spent in a long time
I'd pay for that! Also, people keep talking about slabwood being hard to stack so it will dry but it isn't that difficult at all. But if you try to stack it tight, well, then it will be difficult. Just stack it more loose and keep the stacks shorter and it will work out nicely.
