It's nice to have a neighbor who owns a tree service. He called and asked me if I wanted a few red oak chunks. I told him "yes indeed, you know where to dump them". A little splitting work is in my future. They'll be great in a few years.
I love red oak. It accounts for about 75% of the wood I burn. The rest is white oak and hickory. Congrats on the score. Mike in Okla
Best time to get free oak is three years ago. Second best time is today! Actually, I think second best time would be like two years ago or so. But today is pretty good too!
I split up a red oak log today and I’m still impressed by how easy and clean it splits. I said to myself: self you need to bring home more red and less white Oak.
Hard to beat free Red Oak. Plus it has that smell. I know some people hate it. But I love splitting it.
Nice score for sure! I've got about 35 cord of Red Oak here to process. It's nice wood to split & burns decently. I actually prefer White for the btu's, but Red is way more common here & dying from wilt.
Way to go sir! Already cut to length too! Do you tell him what length you prefer Buck? Great connection to have for sure!
There were three logs (he called them chunks, lol) - I had to cut them up, but no complaints here. There was also a bunch of smaller logs which I cut and split - in the photo those are behind the splitter. Cutting to firewood lengths takes a tree guy's time, and I am happy to get whatever is offered regardless of length.
Of the ~12cord in my woodyard, I'd say 75% of it is red oak. Get all you can, if you have the space for it to sleep for a few years.
