Post pictures of your woodpile/splitting area

[Jere39]

Is that red oak? The white oak around here has pours like that.

It is Red Oak, and if you are asking about "pores" I guess I'm not seeing them in the picture, or in the stacks and stacks of wood that came from this same tree. It twisted off about 16' above the ground about a year ago. I cut it up, split, and stacked it through the winter as time permitted. I finally cut down that 32" diameter, 16' tall trunk on Saturday, and finished up splitting it this morning. So, that pile that Scout is on is the wood from the trunk that sat exposed for about 10 months with a twisted off top. Maybe/probably rain and snow melt filtered down from the top of the tree.

I think you can see the trunk as it stood, and just accidentally see the twisted and snapped off top in the background in this picture:



Maybe what you are seeing is the result of a year of absorbing rain from the exposed top???

 

[motolife313]

Pours like this. Looks like that’s what I’m seeing when I zoom in. Just wasn’t sure if red oak had them

 

[Mitch1001]

Why does seeing nice firewood ranks drying under cover give me the warm and fuzzies....Can't stop looking through this thread... on page 30

 

[Be Stihl]

Pours like this. Looks like that’s what I’m seeing when I zoom in. Just wasn’t sure if red oak had themView attachment 725981

I have some red oak that looks identical to that, I see the same features in other oaks like Pin oak but not as big and pronounced. That is here in KY so not sure if it is a tree thing or a regional thing??
That type of oak seems to dry a little faster than the ones with smaller “pores or rays” whatever they are called.


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[flatbroke]

even better !! two pole lengths to a cord @ 7++ sticks per … they look like some sound bolts @/after the second stick. all going to firewood or bolts and pulp?

how many feet are you figuring the length at? thanks

 

[chucker]

how many feet are you figuring the length at? thanks

100" as a stick, to a 3" top for firewood... bolts up to 8" and 6" at times when the market is slow for the Amish. as they make furniture out of it and v groove paneling... the rest of the pole goes for pulp/firewood which ever pays better..

 

[al-k]

Pours like this. Looks like that’s what I’m seeing when I zoom in. Just wasn’t sure if red oak had themView attachment 725981

That looks like gypsy mouth eggs on that wood your holding up.

 

[motolife313]

Got almost a cord in apple on this pile. This apple I got yesterday had a lot of burl. I’m guessing it will take a couple years to season. Didn’t split much of it. The little 171 has been working great. It’s a little picky on being oil rich but that’s my only complaint. Chain stays sharp on it and tight. Hardley uses any oil. 2-1 for sure. I always put oil and gas at the same time tho. My 064 is 1–1 on gas/ bar oil seems like.

 

[Jakers]

Got almost a cord in apple on this pile. This apple I got yesterday had a lot of burl. I’m guessing it will take a couple years to season. Didn’t split much of it. The little 171 has been working great. It’s a little picky on being oil rich but that’s my only complaint. Chain stays sharp on it and tight. Hardley uses any oil. 2-1 for sure. I always put oil and gas at the same time tho. My 064 is 1–1 on gas/ bar oil seems like. View attachment 726610View attachment 726612 View attachment 726611View attachment 726613

If your apple wood dries anything like the stuff I have around here, it will dry fine in one summer season. I really like Apple wood. It seems to dry fast for a hard, dense wood. It also seems to resist re-absorbing water from sitting on the ground or getting rained on

 

[motolife313]

Ya I just checked on some apple I got last April or March and says 16 percent when I cut the wood in half with the chop saw. I no that tarp didn’t blow off much and it stayed dry, I was surprised.

This stuff is mainly burls tho which I’m guessing will take much longer to dry. I think the burls will burn slow

 

[dstrick]

Have about half cord remaining to split. Load delivered Thursday afternoon. Rented the splitter. Still deciding which type to buy.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Have about half cord remaining to split. Load delivered Thursday afternoon. Rented the splitter. Still deciding which type to buy.

hey! ~ liked those pix in the pines from Maple Valley. am from the other side of Renton on up the hill, other side of the I5 and 99... Burien! always like to see Wa pix...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

got caught up with some of my firewood making the other day. fate has brought me some small shopping karts and one larger. the 2 smaller I serviced and made them into roll around wood sheds. I had them to the side of where I dumped this. then decided to put into kart. viola! its fun to be able to roll your woodshed around at will. even if its on the smaller scale of things.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

soon we had a fire going...

 

[flatbroke]

Have about half cord remaining to split. Load delivered Thursday afternoon. Rented the splitter. Still deciding which type to buy.

how did you like that iron and oak splitter? what other make splitter did you try?

 

[dstrick]

how did you like that iron and oak splitter? what other make splitter did you try?

It was the 22 ton V/H. I don’t know exact model number. It has a high working beam that’s very comfortable in horizontal mode. We split about four cord yesterday and we will use tired MTD bastard of a machine from neighbor to finish the rest.

 

[flatbroke]

It was the 24 ton V/H. I don’t know exact model number. It has a high working beam that’s very comfortable in horizontal mode. We split about four cord yesterday and we will use tired MTD bastard of a machine from neighbor to finish the rest.

So you didn’t use the 22ton iron oak splitter?

 

[dstrick]

So you didn’t use the 22ton iron oak splitter?

I just looked at my picture again, yes, 22 ton.

 

[al-k]

All most goter done. Some of it was frozen to the ground, the yard to muddy to bring the tractor out.

 

[cornfused]

Ash all split up.... about 3/4 cord.
hedge & mulberry next!!