So while on patrol, I was driving through one of our smaller cities within our county. It was a nice morning so I had the window down and what do I hear? Yep a chainsaw. But this saw wasn't close to the ground. It seemed kinda high up. So I began to follow the sound of the saw. Eventually I came to a large truck with a dump trailer that was full of wood. I looked up about 100 ft in the air and see that a guy was taking the ash tree down in pieces because it was over the city hall building. So me being the friendly guy that I am, I felt it was my civil duty to strike up a conversation with the owner of this tree company. I asked him what he planned to do with all the wood, and he said something that I considered to be a crime. He said he was going to take it to the dump. And he said he has to pay to dump it. I was awstruck. I asked him if he wouldnt mind to deliver to to my house and dump it for free. I told him I lived about 10 minutes from here and he was very appreciative to bring it and 3 other large loads like it to my house. We both scored that day. He got paid to take the ash tree down and I got the entire tree brought to my house. Now I have a question... because it was just man power and no machines to help load the trailer, the main base of tree was about 4ft in diameter and they had to cut them in and 4-6 inch wide pieces so they could load them. My question is when yall have those "pancake" pieces, how do you split and stack them in you stacks? This may be a dumb question, but I am looking for some guidance on how some of yall may do this. I'm gonna have to figure something out, because the Mrs. has spotted these pieces and said that she would like to have some for steppi g stones. Fyi, I would consider this to be a crime also.
Nice score!! Honestly, I don't mess with those cookies, either firepit wood, or they go to the local scout troop. Stepping stones would be a good use too. Keep the Missus happy, win win.
Never dealt with anything like that but it seems like you could split and stack them like normal length wood, it would just be about three times as many rows and pieces. Should be very easy splitting in those lengths.
Can you get some pallets or drums? We keep uglies and shorties in 55gal drums. Dries pretty quick, and you can really stuff the stove full with those. This was a load of shorts, about 10" long, put in the stove @ 10:30 PM. And this is the bed of coals the next morning @ 7:30 AM. It was 22° that morning.
Congrats and good job on getting this freebie!!! Not one to make cookies myself, I just got to ask if making these are a bit of a decoration option for you or wife? I’ve seen people get them dried out and they make like trays out of them like a plate or serving dish. Something you could smooth out really well out of a big or medium sized round and try to dry it out slow. Somewhere on here said paraffin wax works on the ends. Then cut later so they don’t crack so much. Dry them slower. I did do some cookies out of black locust but that was short lived. Lifted one and it just dry pizza pie’d on me as a slice and fell apart under its own weight but I left it completely exposed. Your mileage will vary. Good luck I don’t see why oak wouldn’t work for a little bit though.
I think your the one that's guilty of the biggest crime committed yet! Where's the pictures!!! Nice score! Depending on how many uglies and their side, I burn them in the fire pit, but in your case I would split them in similar pieces and put them in the pile like anything else, just put 2-3 end to endend each spot like a normal length piece. Then you'll have uglies throughout your pile to stick in where you can when the stove isn't quite full but not enough room for a full size piece. Any left over throw on top of the pile or stick them in any nook and cranny you can.
If you have room you could make a crib out of some fencing. I use the rolls of concrete mesh that is 5' tall. Put a pallet on the bottom, chuck your splits in and cover the top. Wood will dry just fine and no trying to stack those small pieces. I'm a chucker not a stacker, saves me a ton of time. I do very much appreciate finely stacked firewood though.
I was just reading this! I had oak cookies last summer. Some were as thin as 4 inches, and 3 feet wide. I broke them up with wedges and a sledge, and stacked them in a big crib with slats to keep them in. It's still standing! Ash is so easy to split, you would have no trouble splitting it into whatever block dimension you want.
You realize you need visual proof here right? Pics or it didn't happen! lol Sounds like a great score! Good job.
Well if you work on saws then you make cookies for testing them so I always have cookies to burn. Some times I lay them on top of my stacks and sometimes I throw them on the ugly pile. Either way they burn good and work well for shoulder season when you only need to get the chill out of the house.
Joe, that is great that you were able to get that ash. Two winners here! I've never had to deal with cookies here, at least not the wood cookies.
Leave them in chunks big enough to be worth burning, but not too small so you have to keep loading the stove Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
