My experience is with Black Locust only. I have found that it dries significantly faster than Red Oak for me. I've ended-up burning lots of Black Locust this year that was meant for next season, but succumbed to the ongoing brutal winter.
It was split & stacked in a holzhausen in fall 2012 (so, just 1 summer in there) and it's burned great. Red Oak under those conditions wouldn't be good at all by now in my experience.
I'd be pretty confident of Black Locust after 1 year here if single-stacked in a good location. Honey Locust as I have heard is a different story & is 2 year wood for sure.
Best use for me is to split it meduim to large, get it nice & dry and have some lesser wood to mix with it for start-ups & filling in the spaces. Primo!
It was split & stacked in a holzhausen in fall 2012 (so, just 1 summer in there) and it's burned great. Red Oak under those conditions wouldn't be good at all by now in my experience.
I'd be pretty confident of Black Locust after 1 year here if single-stacked in a good location. Honey Locust as I have heard is a different story & is 2 year wood for sure.
Best use for me is to split it meduim to large, get it nice & dry and have some lesser wood to mix with it for start-ups & filling in the spaces. Primo!