That bark is really thick! It's a lot of extra work, but the wood will dry faster, take up less space, and hopefully not produce as much smoke.
Its definitely taking up less space! As for drying faster, that's the 20-21 stack, so it should almost 2.5 years before I touch it.
That’s crazy. Burns really good though! That fresh cut wood has sort of a neonish yellow to it doesn’t it? I know after sun exposure it’ll take on a more orangish red then fades to grey if it’s exposed well.
Yeah, I was pretty surprised the first time I split a locust round! The bark on this stuff was crazy thick compared to the other locust I've processed.
I'm moving some black locust that I css almost exactly a year ago and the bark is falling right off. I hate handling wood more than once, but I'm this case I need to, and I'll admit it is pretty satisfying to have a bunch of barkless splits to burn next year.
BL is great, stink or no stink. If you don’t leave the door open too long when stuffing it in the stove, no worries. If’n there’s a bunch of smoke rolling outa your chimney, don’t go out and take a bath in it. Don’t look to use it in an open fire pit. It’s a great overnight fuel.
I'm heading out Sunday to cut on the locust pile again. I'm told it's grown since I last visited- they are clearing trees to build a house. Last time I only brought my sthil 028 - silly me. This time I'll bring the 028 and the MS290. Not a huge difference in power but I have a 16" on the 28 and a 20" on the 290. Funds are tight right now but I could use of a new 391 or an older 440.
I have a pile of BL at the end of my driveway, all 12-14' lengths that I am saving for fence posts. It's been there three years and no bark, after about a year it all just fell off.
