First time burning season red oak 100 % it was 6 degrees last night....We had to open a window it got so hot. On track for a great season!
Burning red oak...
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FireAnt
Minister of Fire
Good Stuff!! I threw some red oak on last night. First full year burning. What a difference. I have been burning Norway Maple and it's not cutting through the cold days and nights. I threw on the 5 year old oak and WOW! I just don't have enough... Gotta get cutting.
FireAnt said:
The pic in my avatar is a 44 inch red oak it was 16 foot long. Thats what I will be burning for the next month. All my softwood is gone so ash, beech,mulberry white and red oak hickory will finnish out the year. My best line up Yet....
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
Jay, if you decide you don't like that stuff, send it up north here.
Also, beware of the cold air. They say it will be even colder starting about Sunday night. First comes a bit more of the albino rain.
Also, beware of the cold air. They say it will be even colder starting about Sunday night. First comes a bit more of the albino rain.
Backwoods Savage said:
There talking up a pretty good snow storm here Sunday. I have a cord red oak stack-up next to the furnace and will top that off saturday. Got the chains on yesterday and plowed a little and salted the drive. Think I am ready this year....LOL Mother Nature sure can kick your @ss at any point.
Oh and if you need season wood "You Know We Will Have A Possey There In A Hurry"!
Backwoods Savage
Minister of Fire
Fear not Jay. We have plenty!
It looks like there may be two snows coming. Only 1-3" predicted for us tomorrow night. Too early for the other one to predict. But if the snow goes like the rain has all this year we won't get much at all. We are still extremely dry here.
It looks like there may be two snows coming. Only 1-3" predicted for us tomorrow night. Too early for the other one to predict. But if the snow goes like the rain has all this year we won't get much at all. We are still extremely dry here.
FireAnt
Minister of Fire
smokinjay said:
Nice! 44 INCHES
That's a good size Red. I need to get going on a 32" 40 footer of red oak.
FireAnt said:smokinjay said:
Nice! 44 INCHES
Someone else drop it and could not get through the trunk. Less than a 1/2 mile from my house. 12 man hours and 3 chains it was mine. lol That tree kick my @ss!
FireAnt
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hareball
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I'm getting into the red oak soon. I get a good long burn on a full firebox. Once it kicks off I shut the air down to almost nothing and run 450°F 18"above the stove. 10 hours from splits to coals plus an hour of heat on the coals. Love the stuff!
I get longer burns from the Oak but the stove does not get any hotter, the lesser woods burn hot and quick.
hareball
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Ah... what's all this talk about oak? I just burn a little hedge when I want a longer and hotter burn...
Just messin'... I have about 6 cords of oak that should be ready 12/13.
Just messin'... I have about 6 cords of oak that should be ready 12/13.
CountryBoy19 said:
I had 4 cords of hedge in 2008 great burn times but was not getting what I should have out of it. Made a few improvements on my furnace system this fall. Getting more out of my wood this Year. Everything's running Strong this season.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
oldspark said:
Since I never burned red oak and can get 6-7 hour burn time out of 7-8 splits of cherry what would I get out of red oak?
zap
IMHO you will get longer burns and more heat from the coals, the more heat thing I do not understand as there are limits to how hot you can saftely run your stove, you will load the stove less and longer burns but it will not be any hotter just stay hotter for a longer time with the same load. If you want to feed the stove with cottonwood and you do it often enough you will be naked also.zapny said:
midwestcoast
Minister of Fire
I'm burning my Red Oak now too. Mixing some 1 year seasoned with 2 year seasoned & doing pretty well. Only problem is this is supposed to be mid-winter wood & it ain't even winter yet (technically). May need to go scrounging for standing dead to make it through, or dip into the 11-12 supply. Not to complain though. I like this weather.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
Keeps the gf wearing very little.....[/quote]
You know the drill, pics our it didn't happen.
swampy
You know the drill, pics our it didn't happen.
swampy
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