Irene's gift

[bluedogz]

Well, Hurricane Irene left us without power for 10 days, but she paid us back a little with a bunch of leaning trees, almost all black locust but for one cherry...

This is a morning's work...

 

[stejus]

Not a bad trade off. You gave up power to gain BTU's. I'd call it even!

 

[North of 60]

Time to take advantage of that nice hard wood and get it split now before you pile it. Better than stacking wood twice. Glad Irene caused some trees to lean for ya.

 

[bluedogz]

Really? Split it right away? I was thinking let it dry a few months...

 

[rottiman]

Take forever to dry unsplit, split it now and it will season alot faster

 

[MasterMech]

Really? Split it right away? I was thinking let it dry a few months...

Do some reading on here and you will find the religion. Split it, the earlier the better.

+1 on not stacking it twice.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Really? Split it right away? I was thinking let it dry a few months...

Most definitely. The wood will not dry worth a hoot in rounds except for on the very ends, but the center will hold onto its moisture. Get it split ASAP and stacked out in the wind.