Luck of the Irish.......

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VaWoodsman

VaWoodsman

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Oct 8, 2012
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except I'm not Irish! I sign up for the Hearth forum and BAM!!!! Lady knocks on the door stating she is with a tree service doing work down the street and I get the hook up on 6 truck loads of what I believe to be white oak.......FREE. They have at least this much still to drop off.


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Top of the food chain fire wood there!
Nice score.
Did you say delivered too, Awesome!
 
Never seen white oak that white before, but there it is! Awesome score.
 
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Great score! I love the smell of white oak, both when cutting and splitting, and when it burns. One of my faves.

Get that stuff split up and stacked, one downfall of oak is that it takes 2 to 3 years to season for optimum BTU harvesting!

By the way, welcome to Hearth.com!!
 
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Dang - way to open for your first post. That is gonna be a tough one to top.

And welcome to the forum.
 
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VaWoodsman said:
except I'm not Irish! I sign up for the Hearth forum and BAM!!!! Lady knocks on the door stating she is with a tree service doing work down the street and I get the hook up on 6 truck loads of what I believe to be white oak.......FREE. They have at least this much still to drop off.
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They didn't split/stack it for you, and you call that lucky? >>
 
DeerHunter said:
They didn't split/stack it for you, and you call that lucky? >>
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But these 20 inch blocks keep showing up....Crazy! Got real good 3rd year pin oak for the Buck this year........looks like 2014 will be a surplus year.


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Welcome to the forum VaWoodsman.

That is a great first post. Leaf is definitely white oak. Like Jay stated, it does look really white but pictures can really be deceiving.
 
You posted as I was typing. Nice looking white oak. Wish I had some of that here.
 
Are you trying to tell us that someone knocked on your door offering firewood? I have never heard of that type of luck whether or not you're irish. How did she pick your door to knock on?
 
Wood Duck said:
Are you trying to tell us that someone knocked on your door offering firewood? I have never heard of that type of luck whether or not you're irish. How did she pick your door to knock on?
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Duck,

I have about 100 yards of tell tale sign stacked along the side of my property. Guess she saw it from the road and thought heres a place to dump.......
 
WHOA !!!!!!!!!:cool:
 
How much does an 18 inch long 20 inch diameter prob. weigh? Dang thing feels like they bored a core and filled with cement! Has to be 100 pounds.......
 
VaWoodsman said:
Duck,

I have about 100 yards of tell tale sign stacked along the side of my property. Guess she saw it from the road and thought heres a place to dump.......
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You should quit collecting wood immediately. It will never get better than free oak knocking on the door. You only have downhill to go from here.
 
Wow ! good ffor you VA WOODSMAN. Thats definatly white oak . Primo stuff.
 
that is good luck....well done
 
VaWoodsman said:
How much does an 18 inch long 20 inch diameter prob. weigh? Dang thing feels like they bored a core and filled with cement! Has to be 100 pounds.......
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Now you know one of the reasons that oak is one of the best. Just wish it would not take so long to dry.
 
perfect... Please say you helped someone in need, with luck like that.
 
Great score and welcome to the forum. Good to see you are ahead of the game and can let the oak season properly. That is the best firewood score I have ever heard.
 
jimosufan said:
perfect... Please say you helped someone in need, with luck like that.
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I did.......I pulled his 2 wheel drive truck out when he got stuck on the last load.;sick
 
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