You nailed it. I would kill for 81 and cloudy right now because something like 18 out of the last 21 days have been 90+ with blasting sun. It sucked at first but now cutting wood in it doesn’t seem bad at all. Wood is definitely chestnut oak and from my personal experience it dries slowly even for an oak.
Guess this was the first time I've processed this species. I've never had a negative opinion on any oak smell till now. I have at least 3 years of splits stacked right now so this should be wood for 23/24. As soon as the temps drop to a decent level, I'll get it split/processed.
Agree on Chestnut oak. I have processed a few of them. Wait to split until late fall if you want the bark separated from the wood. Did you try and quarter them with a maul or splitting axe before noodling? I had to move a 28" DBH chestnut oak about 50 feet to the nearest trail. I was able to quarter the rounds easily and I am quick to give up on the axe after a few bounces.
Sir no sir! This hoarder does not hand split anything. I have a 34t ram for that. I’d rather pull the trigger than swing weight.
Nicely done. That was a good load of wood. You are right some nice tight grain. I bet those rounds were heavy.
Thats a nice load of straight grained oak, a true pleasure to split stuff like that. Definitely Chestnut Oak, bark is a dead give away. That stuff must have been super heavy!!
Definitely was very heavy. Some of those rounds that I didn’t noodle must have been well over 100 lbs. I have to stop that. Got around to splitting this wood yesterday and today. Also had a little SHB and white oak near the end. Made for couple nice trailer loads. Man does that white oak smell fantastic! And the chestnut oak didn’t smell near as bad as it did when I cut it.
Absolutely. It’s so satisfying to throw these old 3/4 rotten wood skids away and know I won’t need anymore!
Wow, around here in Northeast South Dakota, we have been dry, dry.....and more dry. Not good for soybeans. The corn is doing alright. But, the farmer that i drive truck for during harvest season has said yields are light because the beans are small. And, I'm a member of my town's volunteer fire department. We just had a fire call about 4 days ago about a combine fire. Not good. The only saving grace about it being this dry, is that if there is a wildfire, we can get to it, because the ground is dry enough to drive our firefighting equipment on.
Good job on the wood. Nice looking stuff. I've gotten some plastic pallets, haven't stacked much on them yet, 1 rack, waiting on customer pick up. I have used them to build shorts/uglies bins.
