Started getting back into some hoarding as the stashes have been getting low and weather has been cooler. Few weekends ago I helped a buddy of mine out and picked up some pine. Not ideal but I'll take it and helped a friend out. My cousin really helped lending a mutual friend of ours the splitter and we split and filled up my truck full along with splitting wood for our high school friend. Last weekend on the way to a family outing past an area that was cleared with a bunch of wood laying all over. Some of it was to far gone but a lot was pretty good still. Followed up the next morning and got out there to get some of it. Not much but every bit helps and I plan on returning as there is much more that's in good shape and not shown in the pics. Yesterday took a walk on the edge of the property and saw a dead standing red oak, wasn't very big. Was rotten in the core a bit but still had some good pieces. There are a few other trees in the area that might become firewood, just hard to get to. There was one really bad leaner that I didn't feel comfortable going after just yet so left it alone for now. You can see its starting to uproot as well. Weeks back I built a little gravel pad for the wood trailer with some left over gravel. I started running out of room in the wood shed and I finally had to move her out in the elements yesterday.
Hey that-all looks good! With those scores what do you figure they netted you cord wise? More importantly, how much heating time will they provide? I have gotten in the habit of looking at a score or trailer load and estimating the number of days of heat it is worth. Do you burn the slightly punky? I've kept some, but there's usually enough good wood attached to justify keeping. SCA
I really couldn't tell you, I look at rounds and usually calculate how many splits I can get out of it. I also don't go for huge rounds, just to hard to transfer. I will burn slightly punky with a bit a punk on the outside, as long as the heart is mostly in good shape. There is a fine line where it's just not worth the effort as you mentioned to justify.
