I was offered these piles of wood last Fall and was back there today. A wood hoarding friend has been caring for a neighbor. Neighbor was a excavating contractor who has wood all over his place. Evidently a friend of his dumped it there and didnt come back for it. In a way i dont blame him. I had started to pull some of the "better" stuff out of one pile, but most of it is all different sized except the right one, low btu species and covered in dirt and gravel. Probably a pile of splits scooped up, dirt and all into a dump truck and deposited there. Is it really worth the effort? Dry pieces could be burned right away. Mostly red maple. Ten minutes from home some of the better pieces i pulled last year. I pulled more today. Different mound with spruce and gnarly hardwood.
Urban Woods and I would be all over that pile like flies on sherbert, dry wood is always a treat. But since you've got your honey hole where you can cut to your own length, I'll give you a pass. Plus dry red maple and spruce are not the easiest to hand split.
All of that burns perfectly in a boiler. I would make a trip or two plus it will make u feel good. Good Karma never hurts. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
I couldn't be bothered with a mess like that...I know that sounds snobby but I have at least 100 cords of logs sitting at my mom's to work on so I can pick and choose.
I could see taking some of that, but all of it could be challenging. I use the odd and end size pieces to hold down the tin roofing I use to top cover. But one you got the tin all covered, then what? I suppose you could always do a holzhausen with them in the middle.
I'd bring the splitter there and take what I could but wouldn't put a saw into it if it's that bad. I guess if you don't need it it's okay to leave it. Maybe he could put the pile on Craigslist?
Don’t think you were a member yet when I posted a similar score. Must’ve been 100 cords of oldish wood. Took about five trailer loads of split stuff and another two of rounds. Carefully selected. The rest was just too punky to be of any great use. Was strange, it looked good, bark still on but once you split it you could tell right away the integrity of the wood was gone. Yeah it’ll burn but how long will it last in the stacks? I’m a little snobbish now because as jrider said. Got lots of good stuff ready to get processed. Why stack old stuff? Before all the good stuff that’s exactly the type of wood I mostly used. Dead and dying almost ready to burn. It’s great if your using it next year. If your years ahead it’s not usually much use.
I remember that, all those rounds dumped at the abandoned house, and listed on Craigslist? That was surreal. Too bad you didn't get access previous to all the wood dryrotting.
Even if I was in need of more wood, I still would pass on that. Not worth the time or effort of getting it.
Being that the wood is questionable as far as possibly punky by now and also dirty, I would split it on site as Chris F says. This would help me decide which pieces were worth taking while also knocking the dirt off before hauling it home. Shoulder wood all ready for fall! Then I would cut into that oil tank and fashion some sort of huge grill, smoker, pizza oven, or...well you get the picture haha!
there was almost no punk on the wood i examined Urban Woods. I believe it was dumped a year ago, but dont know its condition/dry status when dumped. Of course logs on the ground are soaked. Bark easily came off but no rot underneath.
