About 2 months ago I found a pile of cut up oak, and a couple lengths of mystery wood on an empty lot in a development nearby. I didn't have time or energy to get it with everything else going on and working 14 hour shifts 6 days a week. Yesterday I finally pushed myself to get it. I got one good truckload and almost a full one. It was all chestnut/rock oak and the mystery wood for me. I didn't get a chance to cut into or split any of it. I am thinking bitternut hickory. It is the 4 foot lengths in the second picture.
Nice find. With those hours id be hard pressed to hoard myself. Gotta stay in touch with your inner hoarder. Ill agree and say hickory. Split one ASAP as ill be losing sleep thinking about it.
You guys ever get the feeling you forgot something after cutting? *Scratches head* just can't put my finger on it....
You mean besides the obligatory shutting the tailgate, giving the load a quick pat and saying "that's not going anywhere" ? Nah Now you've got me paranoid. I'm getting old here. What am I missing? What's the big joke everybody's in on but not me?
Ok, what did I forget? Lol. You got me thinking I forgot something. I didn't cut there, the only tool I had was a pickaroon, and that I know is in the back seat of my truck because it punctured a gallon of water my son tossed in the truck just yesterday.
My experience with splitting rounds that have been sitting around for years is that they are surprisingly wet on the inside, but season really fast. I split some red oak rounds this spring that were soaking wet on the inside despite the sapwood being almost totally rotted off. 8 months later it's dry as a bone, probably 15-16% moisture content. Fresh cut red oak takes 2-3 years to get that dry since I like huge splits and I stack it in part shade.
