I really need to get some of those rubber roofing sheeting that I’ve heard about. The thin plastic sheeting gets shredded over time and I’m sure it breeds some mosquitoes while it is at it. My neighbor does some roofing and have me a roll of tar paper, but that did not last 6 months. There was some language barrier when I asked if he ever comes across the rubber sheeting. Anyways, it is good to have a face cord of three year white oak on deck. I split some of these on the large side, though I tend not to do that anymore, I found it works better with oak than it does with maple for whatever reason. Maple is more likely to smolder on me in big chunks. This white oak has been burning real nice though. The longer burn times are noticeable in my tiny insert stove.
The roofing rubber does work great. I had a neighbor give me some used pieces that I've started to use. Also use it to cover other stuff like patio furniture, splitter, riding mower that I need to try and get running again. Another neighbor just got a job with a roofing company and is going to try and get me some end cuts, I'm hoping for several, as he claims they have no use for it.
Some of those splits are mammoth lol ones I left close to that size took 5 years to dry. Any idea on the moisture?
Ahhh white oak Those behemoth pieces definitely go for a longggg time. I concur with your maple conclusions, to a point. With oak I can feed it one piece at a time and keep a small fire going all day that way. Maple seems to burn a lot better if there are multiple pieces in there to keep each other company. Pine is the same way for me too.
I experience the same extended burn times with larger splits of the chestnut variety of white oak. Love it and will sadly miss it when gone.
I hadn’t thought of it that way, but it tracks switch my experience. Maybe stringiness of the oak as it burns, gives the fire crevices to work on, so that you don’t need more than one piece?
Not sure, but I’ll put some batteries in the moisture meter and crack one open to see. So far they have been burning nice, but I haven’t tried one of the mondo sized chunks yet.
