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My green red oak project is done

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  1. billb3

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    billb3, Dec 22, 2014
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    That's a lot of oak :eek:

    Bet the yard smells nice, I love the smell of fresh red oak :D
     
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    Nice Bill! You have been busy.
     
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    WOW
    All that oak.
    Great job , that was a lot of work !
    A pretty sight to look at :) :yes:

    Oak envy from here :(

    You gonna bring in a stump grinder or let it rot ?
     
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    Nice looking splits you got there. How long did it take you to do that all? That's a whole lot of heat there
     
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    Awesome job! I love the smell of red oak too - some don't. That'll be some great burning wood! Cheers!
     
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    Stacked under trees but at the edge of a clearing so they do get some sun and take the brunt of the predominate SW wind.



    3 cord. 1 more than I thought there would be.
     
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    Many used to post about bad smelling red oak on another forum but I have not seem much of that here. Interesting.


    Nice work Bill.
     
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    I like the smell of it too, white oak vanilla smell is even better IMO.
    Sat and Sun ( both weekend 1:00 kickoffs was break times ) and then an hour or so every night till it just gets too dark to be working safely
    I'm gonna let it rot. It already has stump rot - the middle of the bottom 4 or 5 feet is pretty darn soft. There's been a garden around it for about 30 years due to rocks and tree feet making lawn cutting difficult. Maybe put a half wine barrel or a toilet with some flowers in it on it. I might get ambitious and chop away it with an axe too but I doubt it.
     
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    Wow, Bill.
    No messin' around there. Git 'er dun!
     
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    Yes. You can deliver and stack that at my house! !
     
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    A few years from now, on some bitter winter's day, all that hard work will just be a foggy memory as you warm yourself and your home with the heat all that oak is going to provide for you.:fire:
    Well done!:dex:
     
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    and the ibuprofen bottle was only opened once in two weeks
    :coffee:
     
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    Nice job..... you got a whole lot done. :thumbs:
     
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    Job well done. Sure looks purdyyyy
     
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    Those are AWESOME stacks ! :thumbs:
    Great pictures !!!! The color came thru perfect ! :yes:

    We'll need follow up pictures as the wood ages & seasons .

    You got like 6 (or more) touches of every piece there,
    you know them by name/shape ? ?
     
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    I might remember one or two by weight.

    I should get an accurate scale and weigh a couple samples. :sherlock:
     
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    LOL
    I'm know'n what you're dig'n :)
     
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    Man I think it smells like dog chit. Had a load on the truck the other week and thought I stepped in it. But I likes them btu's.
     
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    Did not read your post til after mine. I just don't like the smell nothing against the wood. No I'm not from the other site either.
     
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