Came across a guy cutting trees down for the city, he just wants whatever to be gone. Thing is, 75% of it is pine, a few Sweet gum trees and a pile of Post oak trees. Here's the disclaimer, this will be used as outdoor fire pit fuel this week only. So yes, it unfortunately will be green as a blade of grass. I have seasoned wood to burn, just not much to get me through the holiday.
My question is this, I'm splitting all of this by hand, Fiskars and a maul, sweetgum is OUT. I've heard that stuff is harder to split than elm. Yeesh. But as for splitting and burning green, would it make sense to go for any of the pine at all? I believe it's Longleaf Pine. What it looks like anyway. Most of it appears straight grain. It's not a big city, more of a highway stop through town with TONS of pine trees clumped together. So there aren't very many limbs if at all within 40ft of the ground. I've heard pine is a bear to split but I wonder if that's just certain types of pine. I will for certain be picking up some post oak as that's gold down here in tx. It'll burn like crap but I do have some 2 year old seasoned Osage Orange to use as a base to get a roaring hot fire to burn some green wood. I'm just not sure with limited cargo room, if I should invest any axe swinging equity into splitting pine by hand.
I also understand this is a losing battle. Burning freshly split green wood. It'll burn like crap but it's more about the ambiance. Bonfire, s'mores, and thanksgiving vibes. Would it make sense at all to try and split the pine? Or should I just load up all the post oak I can and use that? I do know that pine burns a lot easier.
Here are a couple photos. The first one has some red oak, post oak, and I believe maybe a sweetgum tree. I'll be making an hour trip for as much as I can in the early AM. Any advice is appreciated.
My question is this, I'm splitting all of this by hand, Fiskars and a maul, sweetgum is OUT. I've heard that stuff is harder to split than elm. Yeesh. But as for splitting and burning green, would it make sense to go for any of the pine at all? I believe it's Longleaf Pine. What it looks like anyway. Most of it appears straight grain. It's not a big city, more of a highway stop through town with TONS of pine trees clumped together. So there aren't very many limbs if at all within 40ft of the ground. I've heard pine is a bear to split but I wonder if that's just certain types of pine. I will for certain be picking up some post oak as that's gold down here in tx. It'll burn like crap but I do have some 2 year old seasoned Osage Orange to use as a base to get a roaring hot fire to burn some green wood. I'm just not sure with limited cargo room, if I should invest any axe swinging equity into splitting pine by hand.
I also understand this is a losing battle. Burning freshly split green wood. It'll burn like crap but it's more about the ambiance. Bonfire, s'mores, and thanksgiving vibes. Would it make sense at all to try and split the pine? Or should I just load up all the post oak I can and use that? I do know that pine burns a lot easier.
Here are a couple photos. The first one has some red oak, post oak, and I believe maybe a sweetgum tree. I'll be making an hour trip for as much as I can in the early AM. Any advice is appreciated.
