The next stand to the west of the black locust I've been cutting is a large stand of mostly ash, with some norway maple and black birch near the road. Lots of dead elm too. There's probably 10-15 small diameter windfall ash, most of them hung up and hopefully pretty dry. I'd like to send a lot of this over to my BIL. He needs stuff to burn this year, and he needs to break in that new sawbuck I made for him. I stumbled on this - apparently someone's abandoned cutting site. Couple trailer loads of ash already cut up on the ground, plus another whole tree. Some dead elm right here as well; one right across the trail. Did I mention I don't go back to work until *next* Monday?
I found this too - some (mostly) standing dead mystery wood. Triple trunk, about 14" apiece, all broken off. Did I *finally* find some oak? Couple of dead black locust nearby as well: I think this stuff is all coming home with me... It needs time to season, after all... Did I mention I don't go back to work until *next* Monday?
The pictures say it all, and now that you are off until next monday we are all expecting you to have it done by then. oh and of course, more pictures would be appreciated.
+1 on that, couldn't tell you what kind but looks like oak. IIRC, doesn't black locust have higher BTUs than most oaks?
Yeah I think most charts have it higher than red but lower than white. I think this is either White or English, which are both considered white. I only have a handful of those but that's the closest thing I can match it up to I think. I'll get a look at some splits tomorrow..
First load of ash delivered; little bit of elm mixed in there too. Should fill thier firewood rack I think..
It's family land. My great-grandparents had a 77 acre orchard; I own 14 at the end of it, but I'm managing all of it right now. This pile was from my BIL - he lost it..
