Made my way to the lumber mill yesterday to pick up some Cherry for some furniture I'm building. Part of their business is millwork, countertops and custom furniture. Out back, there were some bundles of cut-offs packaged for free. Found a pack of 60% white oak, 20% cherry, 10% maple and 10% poplar. I know, I suck haha. Trimmed what I could with the chainsaw with the wood on the truck. Then, bundled it on sawhorses and cut more. Left with some 3' lengths I'll hit with the chopsaw.
That's a good score out here where we're surrounded by hardwood forests. Out there... that's like hitting firewood powerball
There's a mill abut 25 minutes from me that makes mostly oak flooring. They put together big bundles of slabs but it's not free. Still tempted though as they will deliver. Nice for the somewhat smaller stoves we have here. Free is nice.
Amazing score! Makes we want to check out the local mills. I will say that you might be surprised at how quickly you burn through those kiln-dried, thin pieces. I got a few boxes of hardwood cutoffs from a furniture maker and I was shocked at how quickly I plowed through it.
Sure doesn't take much draft/air flow to keep them flaming. If i burn only lumber scraps I'll turn the air down way sooner than normal and probably more. Stove temp and coal bed come into play. Usually I'll use scraps on a cold startup or some in front of the main load of a reload.
You're right. They are so dry that my air is nearly shut to control the heat. I'll just use them to start fires and add a little heat to firewood splits. The reason I got them was for the oak.
I’d have grabbed those too! I’d cut them all up and fill my shed with em’ for years of kindling. Nice grab!
Nice take although it looks like the ride home mustve been interesting. Hope you took it slow over the bumps. And oak too. Sweet looking wood yard with the pallet jack and racked stacks. You need to post more pics of that.
The last ten miles things started to slide further back. The pile was random lengths from 8ft-14ft. Naturally, it wanted to slant back towards the tailgate. Important thing, I made it home and it's all cut to 16" and stored now. I'll take some photos of the woodyard, each pallet holds a 1/2 cord. I move things around to get sun and wind. At one time, I had around 16 cords on hand. Sold out everything I wanted to sell. Rest is for me this winter.
