my wood...

cherry smoke smells great

trailblaze said:

smokinj said:

cherry smoke smells great

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so i've heard... been wanted to use a few peices and cook some burgers/steaks and bacon over it... mmmm

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very good cooking wood(smokin wood)

Love your pup Too new to coment on the rest I m Jeff this place is pertty cool

Matt: that is one fine looking doggy. too bad you chose a friday before a long weekend for a serious question. However, here is some advice--spend the long weekend stacking it in a nice long row. measure it, height and length, and let us know the approx. cut size--ie. 16" 18"- or what?

Then ask again, or do the calcs yourself, keeping in mind that a cord of wood = 128 cu.ft.

Simple math, really simple. You just have to stack it to see for yourself. ;-) between barbequing that is.

That tough hairy wood looks like ELM! :vampire:

Dumbfishguy said:

Love your pup Too new to coment on the rest I m Jeff this place is pertty cool

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what you feed your dog?

The last picture, the gnarly nasty piece........thats one of those pieces I will get fed up with and just throw it into the pile and worry about it later.....good eye candy!
Its one of those chunks...... when loading the fire, it ignites the fine hair splinters before its all the way into the stove !


WoodButcher

I agree....That is one fine looking Pup....do you hunt her (him) ?

Ugly piece is elm. You are not alone in your hatred for it.

The Cherry looks freshly split or a couple months old. The nasty stringy stuff is Elm, mine looks just like it. Elm holds alot of water, dry it out for a year and it will burn fine. Try not to cover your whole pile, just cover the top so it can breath. $125 per cord delivered is a steal, get all you can.

try splitting that elm by taking small splits off the outside of the log, don't go straight down the middle, it's a nightmare if you try that.

i burn cherry and i think you should stack that stuff and get 'er dryin out, looks a bit green to me.

split everything ya got and stack it in a single row if you can, where the sun and wind can beat on it.

ansehnlich1 said:

try splitting that elm by taking small splits off the outside of the log, don't go straight down the middle, it's a nightmare if you try that.

i burn cherry and i think you should stack that stuff and get 'er dryin out, looks a bit green to me.

split everything ya got and stack it in a single row if you can, where the sun and wind can beat on it.

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That gnarly stuff looks like Elm to me! I have a few pieces in my pile I've been splitting and they are awful! I finally found the technique you mentioned (taking small splits off the outside). Definitely a great workout, although it does nothing to relieve frustration (at least compared to a nice straight, clean piece of oak)!