I'm a member of many other various forums, this being my only firewood related one, and I've never been welcomed like this. I'm truly amazed at the friendliness and great advice I've received thus far.
At what point in everyone's opinion is wood too punky, percentage wise, to mess with? This around 15-20% seems like it's a bit iffy. That being said, I do plan on splitting and stacking this stuff after I get a full trailer load.
Welcome to the Club, lots of great info. and I do believe that is red elm. That wood in the last pic doesn't look to punky I would definitely burn it.
I would've though that to, but the bark seemed to gnarly for RO. Whether it's elm or oak I reckon she'll burn
Another haul today. Not the best quality wood overall but I had fun and got a good workout. My lil husky 240 isn't running very well...i guess that's what I get for getting a refurb. Didn't wanna get out the 290 today
Sure will Here's a BTU chart in the resource page that will show you all different woods and BTU values Firewood BTU & Drying Chart
Welcome Dave! yup a 400 dollar bill would have sent me to wood heat also! hey it did I did it wrong for a couple of year too then had a leg surgery found this place and things got "gooder "
Run a bunch of Sea Foam though that little husky- takes a several tankfuls but It might do the trick I brought a Home Depo cast off back from nearly dead that way - ethanol gas - yuck
That is without a doubt white oak. Perfectly normal for the sapwood to punk out like that, that heartwood is one of the best firewood you could ever harvest......got get all of it!!
Ya the bucket goes to about 85 ft with the elevator, nice view today taking down a big pine in the snowstorm. Had to evict some flying squirrels.
My opinion would be when 100% is not burnable, it's too punky. But that's me. Short of that, use it. It'll make more of mess in the yard and but more noticeably when you ferry it into the house, a negative if you have to manage other opinions in the house. That's stuff looks good and probably ready for next season if split and covered now.
Toss a piece of that wood into the air. If it comes back down, it is still burnable, albeit mostly shoulder season wood or on a day when you are just sitting around the house so you can play around with it.
Been busy hoarding firewood. Got mostly ash, some walnut, oak, and a bit of hackberry. Wife requested (demanded) I don't cut any more wood until I split and stack what I have in the yard. Also, got our Enerzone Solution 2.5 fireplace a couple weeks ago. Still need to tie in the rock work
Howdy neighbor. Welcome to the Hoard. My first year with an EPA stove was 2012. I got red oak down to ~25% that year, 2011-2012. I you remember, it was Extremely hot and dry. It was stacked in single rows. 20% or less is ideal. That probably takes 2 years CSSed (Cut,Split,Stack) on average for me. Im far enough ahead now that I don't have to worry about it. That ash you're cutting will be good by next winter, if you get it CSSed soon. Nice pics.
Last Friday's haul. Decided to cut the trees into 64" poles and quarter them up at the house. Definitely able to stuff more on my little 3x4 trailer. Also felled a decent sized dead 60' walnut. 90% of the walnut near me is dead including an 80+ footer with a 36" diameter. It has huge dead branches above it, so I don't plan to do anything with it. Plus it's across the creek and would be incredibly difficult to get it out of there. Also cut what I think is sassafras but hoping it's black oak
Exactly right, wife and I burned some in our fire pit last night. She loved it. She's been asking me to cut some sycamore up cuz she loves how it smells. Now she only wants sassy in our fire pit fires.
