how long??

[bucksnbears]

felled a few BIG burr oak 2 summers ago. the stumps and all the trunks are well off the ground.
bark is still intact.will these be ready now for an indoor wood burning stove this year?

 

[moondoggie]

felled a few BIG burr oak 2 summers ago. the stumps and all the trunks are well off the ground.
bark is still intact.will these be ready now for an indoor wood burning stove this year?

Is it split?

 

[moondoggie]

If not split. No. Some of the branches and possible some of the top of the tree will be the driest.

 

[hupte]

felled a few BIG burr oak 2 summers ago. the stumps and all the trunks are well off the ground.
bark is still intact.will these be ready now for an indoor wood burning stove this year?

I did the same with some big bur oaks 2.5 years ago. I just started getting into the pile (stacked up off the ground) a couple weeks ago any split pieces were ok. but the pieces with the bark still in tact had an inch of rot next to the bark. had I split those rounds, or at least scored the bark, they would be ready to burn instead of rotting away. it took over a year for the bark to peel off the split pieces.

 

[Cody]

We've had trunk sections of bur oak hold good moisture for 8-10 years I'll bet. Can I prove it? Give me that long and I'll leave a 10' section of 2' diameter trunk, I'm curious myself. Really needs 2 years after being split in my opinion.

 

[johnnylabguy]

We've had trunk sections of bur oak hold good moisture for 8-10 years I'll bet. Can I prove it? Give me that long and I'll leave a 10' section of 2' diameter trunk, I'm curious myself. Really needs 2 years after being split in my opinion.

My experience with swamp white oak (which honestly I can only guess is similar to burr by the very similar look) is best burn is minimum one year split. I was still getting a poor burn with some covered(lean-to) wood even then. Two years is better. 3 yrs best. It will keep a long coal bed mixed with some dry soft wood though!

 

[sunfish]

If green, blocked, split and stacked off the ground for at least two years. Three is better.

 

[bucksnbears]

wow. i never would have gueesed that long.
thanks fellas

 

[muddstopper]

I have split burr oak that I know has been on the ground for several years. The middle is always wet. dead standing seems to be the driest, but I cut a couple of standing red oaks last week that had mushrooms growing on them, wood pecker holes and most of the bark gone, and the water just poured out when split.

 

[sunfish]

Dead standing Oak will dry quicker than green Oak, but I still give it at least one year after split & stacked.

 

[Whitespider]

A couple years ago one of the neighbors gave me a large Bur Oak blow-down that had been laying in an open pasture (full sun and wind) for over three years... a couple of larger branches held the trunk and the majority of branches well off the ground. It was still "green" wet... except for some of the smaller branches that had mostly become punk and rot. Bur Oak is not like Red Oak, if it is split and stacked in an open sunny area it will be good to burn in just one full spring/summer/fall of seasoning (8-9 months)... however, it will be a little bit better if given 2 summers. If it ain't been split... you need to split and stack it withing the next 2-3 months if you wanna' burn it next heating season.
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[olympyk_999]

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