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An oak vault

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  1. Warner

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    Looking good, hope the heat breaks by wednesday!
     
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  2. Mwalsh9152

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    Wow! You've done some impressive work on that tree!

    Those smaller rounds in the background are dryer than I thought. I started splitting them a few days ago. The ones on the ground are reading 26% and higher, but everything else is showing 21-22% on the mm
     
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  3. Midwinter

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    I'm going to ask the homeowner how much of that he wants to keep. He has a fire pit, but hardly uses it, so that's his only use for the wood. The stuff in the way back is junk, old maple.
     
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    Yeah, that firepit looked pretty unused for sure.
     
  5. MikeInMa

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    yup - will be nice when Fall temps return to the region. Too hot/muggy to do much of anything outside
     
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  6. Midwinter

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    This weather is forcing me to deal with inside projects, like getting rid of stuff.
     
  7. Warner

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    Making room in the basement for that oak?
     
  8. Midwinter

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    I wish! First priority is the garage. Really it's just a matter of letting go, and hauling it off to Goodwill. It's all stuff from my mother's various residences.
    I definitely have hoarding tendencies, and now I'm into hoarding firewood and not other stuff. Firewood is the perfect thing to hoard, because it gets consumed!
     
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  9. Midwinter

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    I put the vault to bed for the winter.
    All filled up... IMG_20171125_47353.jpg
    Snow fence from Buffalo Plaid, and some plywood, to level out the top for drainage... IMG_20171125_5776.jpg
    All tarped up, with rope thru the grommets. I'll cinch it tighter if need be. IMG_20171125_665.jpg
    Open in three years!
     
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  10. MikeInMa

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    That must feel good. Nice job!

    Sent from my XT1030 using Tapatalk
     
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    Queen of the wood stack :D:thumbs::yes:
    Real nice job :woodsign::stacker: :stack:
     
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    How did I miss this saga ?
    Great chronicle.
     
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    Nice! Nothing better than free heat!
     
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    Oak vault 2.0 (thanks MikeInMa)! IMG_20191030_26527.jpg IMG_20191030_34718.jpg
    Every scrap of green oak I had in the yard went in there, and I still need a little more to fill it out. I tarped it for now, once it's full I'll put rubber roofing on it for the winter.
    Oak vault 1.0 will get burned this winter. That stuff was barkless and split pretty small, so it's dry enough to burn.
     
  15. Mwalsh9152

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    Molly, you're going to get spoiled having that much oak all in normal lengths!
     
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    I've learned that lesson!
     
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    Just heard from a big firewood supplier that in NH 30% moisture is considered seasoned
     
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  18. Midwinter

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    According to him? A case of the fox regulating the henhouse?
     
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