Fresh Split Wood...Cover or Let it Air out????

Ive gotten three different answers now...someone said ash, one said oak, and the other said hickory lol

 

ya true....does anyone else ever come in from being outside all day, whether its chopping wood,or doing leaf work or just working outside in general feeling congested as hell??? I think i may start wearing a mask outside (ill prolly look like biggest idiot) but i hate coming in feeling so congested from working outside all day

 

scratch the oak. Believe I was wrong. I thinks its ash too.

 

All done

 

nothing wrong with jumping in on an ID and being wrong - we've all been there.
That bark at first glance could be any number of oak species, but as white as the wood is, has to be some form of ash.
You learned something nothing to be ashamed of

 

Thanks Basod. What makes it so bad is, I have been cutting some ash of late. However the bark is much lighter and a somewhat finer texture than what was on this post. Must be a different variety. Also the ash Im cutting is very light weight but dense at the same time. You got any ash down there at Mt Cheaha?

 

Not a dominant species in my woodlot. I have two green ash on the edges of the yard, but I've never seen one anywhere in the national forest on my hikes.
Down here you're more likely to mistake ash for hickory - especially when just looking at bark.

Oh yeah and welcome, good to see another woodhoarder in Alabama

 

Dennis, I think your key word in the above statement is "Quality". Sure the wood may season not covered, but the quality is not as good as top covered wood. Most of us on this site know exactly what you mean by "Quality".

 

I'm definitely going to be putting either a one huge tarp over everything on just the top or Individually wrap each pallet and top cover only.....

 

If all three pallets are from the same tree, my money'd be on ash.. Look at the last pic, left pallet bottom left corner with a little bit of bark showing and the third row up on the right side, more bark sticking out....looks like the telltale bark of an ash trunk to me. But I've too been wrong many times as it is more difficult to tell from a picture than in hand OR standing on end in the woods.

 

yep, Ive got it bad.

 

Me too.

 

Here is what I've been working on, a top cover to keep the rain off with sides and ends open. The best of both worlds, They are not done as I ran out of; 1) 3" deck screws 2) Daylight & 3) days off from work. I will continue on the other stacks after I finish on the ones in these pics. All the wood is scrap lumber I picked up or was given. it was laying around and I just started putting it together. The 2x4's can be unscrewed to replace pallets as needed. The tarp is on the wood in one pic as that is to be burned over the next month as needed and must stay dry, no judgement on my work as it isn't done and I'm no carpenter.

 

You got a pretty good start there. I like it. I'm no carpenter either, so as long as it don't fall down when the wind's a blowing its good 'nuff for me.

 

I'll add more posts when I get more screws, I look at it this way, If the wind knocks it down I get play with it all again! Erector set for big boys.

 

Slowly catching up to some of the guys in here..some I will never ever be able to catch up with lol

 

How tall are the stacks you've got there?



You've got a great start, and since that's ash, it should be dry by the time you'll need it this fall.

You should really get a moisture meter. It will help you get ahead, and know what wood to burn.

Picking quicker drying woods will help get you there.