My tree service friend called with a couple of tips on firewood. The first was a small lot of oak that I didn't want because I have limited room and need to use it for quicker curing wood. The second was a small Doug Fir that was dropped in 6 or 8 foot logs. It was close to the truck but required a lot of uping and downing over a 3 1/2 ft. rockery. I bucked her up, loaded the trailer and headed home. One thing I learned is that I am way out of shape after being somewhat sedentary for the past few months. That 2/3 trailer load was all this old, fat man wanted to do that day. Yesterday I pulled out the splitter and processed and stacked it all, slightly more than a half cord. It is quality Fir being tight ringed and heavy with some sections having a lot of pitch (good for kindling). Another cord and I will have used up all my allotted space for this year. This will burn 2 years from now.
I love Douglas fir. It’s my second favorite wood in my neck of the woods with what grows around here.
Makes sense. Use the Doug Fir for shoulder season and for quick starts in the cold times. Throw the oak in onto an established Fir fire. I do the same with Medrone and Fir. The beauty of Medrone is that, as well as being readily available and high in BTUs, it cures out fairly quickly! If I had to choose only one firewood in our area it would be Doug Fir!
Hard to turn down Madrona, if I find a piece of it its in the truck quick. I had found some pieces that were cut down by a company clearing the way for power lines. Seemed like a good small pick up. I treat it like I do oak because I don’t Often find it unless right things come in order.Dad had one taken down a bit over a year ago. It’s just “ready” but I’d like it to be drier. Probably just sort out the stuff and burn it next year... Like your stacks metalcuttr, always neat and impressive. Maybe one day I’ll finally get the knack for making that neat of a stack.
The vast majority of the forest around me is Ponderosa pine so I use that to start the oak and for shoulder season. I use the dougfir for the middle of the road fires. Believe it or not, it coals better than the pine. The pine lights even easier and burns up even quicker.
Doug fir is also second on my list, with black oak being first. metalcuttr, be sure to save the bark plates once they come off, they're great for a HOT barbecue or quick shoulder fire. I'm finding that bark from Doug fir, white fir and Ponderosa pine are all great for a quick morning or evening fire to break the chill. I used to wonder what I was going to do with that mountain of bark, now I'm worrying about keeping it dry.
some like looking rounds. I hear ya on the inactivity. Gf took a pic of me over the weekend and i said OMG i look fat. Cooler weather = more wood processing!
I could sure use a lesson in how to stack wood. That is pretty impressive use of available space. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
