I just wish when I stacked it the first time I’d had the long vision of having more wood. I would have arranged it differently. Luckily it will dry enough that I don’t have to worry about mixing wood that’s a year old with wood this year since it won’t be burned for several years.
I think a lot of us can agree with that and have experienced it first hand, myself included. With me its a constant game of musical firewood as I call it.
Went and surveyed the next log job. 6 maples, 2 beech, 2 conifer of some sort. One beech is 24-28” and solid, but everything else is 16” or so. Nice straight logs but have to cut all the brush off. Might try to cut some limb wood too but not sure. 2 neighbors are going to have some tree work this fall and of course I said I’d take the wood! ps, what’s everyone selling fresh split firewood for in Michigan
I never thought I’d say it but here we are… I sold one cord so far. I have a second that’s probably dry enough to burn this winter I’ll try to sell. The rest is either stacked in totes and I’m not emptying them to sell or split since this spring so probably not dry enough.
I’ve started turning down wood. So much dead green ash out that I have enough wood for 10 years by my rough guess. And my wife is making noises about moving to a different area as her line of medical instruction is not in the greatest demand locally. Really burns me though to tell guys to toss everything on the brush heap . . .
When it comes to our North American ash semi-extinction event, the one thing I wish I did years ago was save more logs for milling. I have some milled ash lumber, but I haven't found anything new worth milling in a couple years. I'm lucky to find anything worth burning nowadays.
If I have to work hard for it I turn it down (sometimes.) Family had some trees cut down and left as they fell to save some money. I went and limbed and cut logs out so I’ll take them. Forgot how much work limbing is. Glad they had a grapple to move brush! Beech, maple, and hemlock or other conifer. Something different than oak!
Ash is one I’m not sure I’ve ever burned. It might fall into the category of “hardwood that I can’t identify.”
There is some ash here that could be milled. Pretty limited amount. Depends how large the tree is and if there is much for straight larger sections. Too many ash trees are giant bushes or just not old enough to have any millable sections.
