Saw one of my tree guys at lunch. He said he had some hickory. I said sure. Came home to this. Dead but still solid. Cut to length. Several days worth of fuel.
Nice!! I'm surprised they dropped off that small of a load for you.. They must like you. I look at a pile of wood as to how many days that pile will will heat my house also.
I'll work on that next. It took long enough to train his crew to cut to 16". He lives 2 streets away so he isn't exactly going out of his way. But I was surprised by its not so big size. It is more like chipper fodder, gone in 7 seconds. They probably had to carry it out of a yard. I just need to have him keep up a steady pace.
Followed up with an easy pallet scrounge today. This morning I asked the guy building a house across from me if I could grab a few pallets. He said no problem. He'd be happy to deliver. 15 of them. Now I need to get back on the tree guys case for more wood.
I wonder if they avoid chipping the hickory - being dead as well. probably does a number on the knives
I don't know about hickory but my log load guy called several years back saying that he had a black locust job and would I like the logs cause he hates chipping them. You probably know what I said.
The silica content in hickory would make it rough on a chipper, just see how long a chain lasts in it. I'd imagine a dead locust is the same
Having free rounds dropped at your place must be really cool. Seems it would be kind of like someone dropping a few dollar bills in your mailbox.
Made a 'drying table'. Got enough pallets , why not? 4x18', 1 split thick. Some of it was bone dry and other pieces feel like they are at 50%. I'll tent it with some 6mil clear and let what little sun that gets on this spot do its work.
