Wow, nice stacks you blokes @tnichols and @45-70Frank
Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area
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briantutt
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Load 6 in the yard all oak and ash except one trunk of basswood and little birch. Load 7 is another of that dry and rotting junk but it heated the house for 2 weeks. So lets say the other half of thw 4.5 so 6 total so far.
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got a new pump in the tw5 and started to attack this pile of oak that has been sitting around for a year or so.
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Barkless Red Elm! Fantastic wood.. Finally, got to spend some time in the woods this weekend. Buckin' and choppin'. [emoji846]
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Multifaceted
Firewood Hoarder, Axe Enthusiast
Hydraulic wood splitter? I don't need no stinkin' wood splitter! We got our first deep freeze Friday night, so I got to it early Saturday morning to split while the wood was frozen. This was about 1-1.5 cord worth of stacked rounds from a large Red Oak that was felled back in June of this year. Just me and my trusty 28", 4.5 lb Helko German Spaltaxt.
Man I hope u didn't drive to far like that lol. If it were a little straighter in there and some straps that be a nice load but that looks little dangerous for others.
Here's how I do it. The alder were right next to my house. Neiboor was clear cutting. That's his driveway going into mine. Most my wood is for my smoker. But this alder is both. I'm pretty sure that's oak that I cut up. Not 100% sure. It's crazy hard to split. I'm mean ridiculous! Takes about 20 hits with maul and wedge. One piece I had to let sit overnight with 2 wedges in it. Pry hit it 50 times and wouldn't budge. I'd split it in 1/4's then send it in my spliter with Pam on the screw and it would wanna over heat the srew pretty fast so I had to take brakes . The last pic is actually ash. That the guy on CL said was oak lol. That's stuff was dry and split like butter. Oak coming soon
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That stuff you were trying to split looks like Birch. I have found Birch and Elm to be a real pain to split.
Here's the oak.
Multifaceted
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Stacked the split wood from yesterday this afternoon, was a good bit more than I thought. All in all, next burn season's wood is looking good with plenty of oak, and a good amount of ash behind it with a healthy smattering of Black Cherry and Walnut. Hoping to get all of my rounds split and stacked before Christmas, that way I can make room for the dozen or more tress that I need to fell, buck, and get stacked for the following season. Staying ahead of the game is something I've struggled with, but now I'm finally feeling like I'm making headway.
New pile of split red oak:
From another angle showing some cherry, walnut, and white oak already split/stacked:
Covered temporarily, expecting rain tonight. Tarp definitely will not bode well in snowfall, likely will cause my stacks to collapse...
A pile of White Ash rounds double stacked ready to split, been saving these for a light day since Ash is easier to split than oak that has been sitting...
Some more White Ash bucked and ready to split, this was from a neighbor who felled it a few months ago after the EAB took it... Left of that is a small holzhausen stack of Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven), or what I like to call "piss wood". Seasons fast and the smell goes away, but it gets punky very quick. Been using it for the fire pit and lately for kindling since it splits so easily being very dry.
Another small holzhausen stack of overflow mixed hardwood that wouldn't fit in my dry storage area, or was above 25% moisture content. This I will tap into if my dry stored wood runs out this winter. Everything I'm burning now is about 20%, with some less than 23%.
Here is my dry stored burn wood for this season. On the right is, or rather was, a little over a cord of Sycamore. Been burning it during this shoulder season, was as high as the stack on left. Burns well, fast and hot, a lot of ash but enough coals to keep a fire going if you don't let is sit long enough. On the left is a mix of hardwood for overnight burns, and for the dead of winter to come. Mostly Oak, Locust, Walnut, Cherry, and maybe some Maple. I do know that it's near my house (under my deck actually) - but it's fairly well seasoned and dry, the only bugs we find are the occasional Dark Fishing Spider and some Stinkbugs...
New pile of split red oak:
From another angle showing some cherry, walnut, and white oak already split/stacked:
Covered temporarily, expecting rain tonight. Tarp definitely will not bode well in snowfall, likely will cause my stacks to collapse...
A pile of White Ash rounds double stacked ready to split, been saving these for a light day since Ash is easier to split than oak that has been sitting...
Some more White Ash bucked and ready to split, this was from a neighbor who felled it a few months ago after the EAB took it... Left of that is a small holzhausen stack of Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven), or what I like to call "piss wood". Seasons fast and the smell goes away, but it gets punky very quick. Been using it for the fire pit and lately for kindling since it splits so easily being very dry.
Another small holzhausen stack of overflow mixed hardwood that wouldn't fit in my dry storage area, or was above 25% moisture content. This I will tap into if my dry stored wood runs out this winter. Everything I'm burning now is about 20%, with some less than 23%.
Here is my dry stored burn wood for this season. On the right is, or rather was, a little over a cord of Sycamore. Been burning it during this shoulder season, was as high as the stack on left. Burns well, fast and hot, a lot of ash but enough coals to keep a fire going if you don't let is sit long enough. On the left is a mix of hardwood for overnight burns, and for the dead of winter to come. Mostly Oak, Locust, Walnut, Cherry, and maybe some Maple. I do know that it's near my house (under my deck actually) - but it's fairly well seasoned and dry, the only bugs we find are the occasional Dark Fishing Spider and some Stinkbugs...
jr27236
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Sycamore is.perfect for the shoulder months but I couldnt wait until that wood was gone. Splits easy but smells like a deer pen to me wet. Burning in firepit gave me a sore throat and in the stove produced a ton of ash, if you dont catch it quickly enough you need to start over with a new fire. I wouldnt take it again.
briantutt
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Only about 10 miles and all back roads, i make sure nothing will fall before i roll.
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I call it sukamore. hate it. The deer pen analogy is spot on.
Multifaceted
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It does OK for what it is, definitely ashy, but haven't experienced it going out quickly. I'm not getting an odor from it anymore now that it's dry, but when it was green it smelled like the creek it grew next to. I don't know about you, but I found that stuff to be an absolute PITA to split. I couldn't even bury an axe or mail into it when it was green and wet. After a few months of drying it was better but still incredibly difficult. I had to borrow a 27 ton hydraulic spliter, and even that would cease up if not careful. I had to slab every single piece. The most twisted grain, stringy wood I've ever seen. I'll take it for free if already split, but otherwise never again...
Fair to middling for burning, but processing it definitely sucked.
45-70Frank
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How do ya guys like burning Ash?
