How Stinky Are Your Stacks?

32 last year.

 

Just remember to use good gloves if you have to handle them. And give it about 24hrs. before you handle them. When the carcass cools down, the fleas leave, but it takes a while. That's why I said burn it. If you can do that quickly, you get the fleas too, and they are the things that carry the Plague.
Or just leave 'em for the hawks and such. Your call.

 

Nice.

 

Thank's! the only way I'll pick them up is with a shovel. I knew that the carry the Plague. I can't burn them with the fire danger we have here. It's real dry here. Already had a fire up the hill from my place 17,500 acres.

 

I was wondering if it might be red elm also...

 

Here she is. the piece that's connected and stringy. A stinker still but the smell is fading a bit. Seems to have lost a bit of redness too.

The mosquitos are terrible as Backwoods pointed out in another thread. Got bit a few times just getting near for the pic. Stay away from grass with this much rain.

 

I don't know, sometimes the yard after a rain does smell like a lumberyard.

 

When I saw the title of this thread, I envisioned it would be about poorly stacked wood. My wood is far enough away from the house, I can't smell it. Only chit I smell in my house is my son's room. Now that is a smell that you just can't get over.

 

That's the smell of $$ saved.

 

Elm for sure....final answer

 

Sure looks like Elm to me.

 

I think red oak smells like dog doo.

 

I had a big problem last year with these guys. They're called a "thirteen line ground squirrel". Nothing that the Ruger and a box of ammo couldn't handle.

 

I got this wood from an unreliable source. Elm huh? Hopefully, it'll dry nice.

 

Looks like a reindeer mated with a chipmunk, nice shot, right in the head

 

My stacks are 90% red oak and they stink as they season. Some of the fresh splits have a distinct of sour apples too.

 

It may be stinky, but that is some premium btu. In my experience, it is useful even if not dry to the forum standards. Similar to cherry in that way. Ash is the ultimate that can be burned in a pinch with moderate seasoning.

I can get some red oak this fall, and probably will just cause it's so great to split.

 

Oh, don't get me wrong-I don't care that it stinks. I have about 7 cords of the stuff split and stacked with 15 more or so to go.

 

Thanks...I asked the tree service about that and he was wishy washy with what he had dropped off. I will take a pic of log bark and inquire on a few unsplit pieces. I don't like that this guy can't remember or doesn't fully pay attention. He's my friend, so I help him take down trees in exchange for wood as he's hurting financially some. I wasn't there for the trees in the last load. I know there was cherry for sure and he thought there was some hickory. Apparently, I got elm too which ain't my favorite given it's reputation for leaving you cold. I got a nice mix going, so I won't freeze.

 

Yep..can either hand split or just pop it apart with a splitter wedge barely into it.