Hey everyone,
I'm looking for some opinions. Due to a couple crazy incidents over the last 12 months I was unable to order in a truck of logs to buck and split. So for only the second time in my life I am buying fully processed wood.
We are already into August which means burn season will likely start in 2 months or less. Wood options seem to be very limited when looking for firewood that was not just bucked and split in June / July of this year. However I found a place with probably 40+ face cord of 14-16 month old wood. Mix is 85% sugar maple, 10% red oak and 5% beech. No ash, no birch garunteed. $100/face or $250/full NO DELIVERY.
I went ahead and picked up a full yesterday. (3 good loads in my poor old Ranger) The wood has some satining on the ends as well as some white moldy looking fungus on the surface (as seen in the pictures) but really is top notch wood and has that "sound" when you knock two pieces together that really makes me confident that it is 14-16 months bucked and split.
Now here's the part that worries me. I am used to 16-18" long splits 5,6 or 7"+ wide. This stuff is 14-16" long and only 3-4" thick.
Does anyone else burn such small splits? How does it compare to bigger splits. Have I just doomed my wife and I to a winter of endless stove loading? And the big question, since I need probably another cord to get me through, do I buy another full of this guy?
I'm looking for some opinions. Due to a couple crazy incidents over the last 12 months I was unable to order in a truck of logs to buck and split. So for only the second time in my life I am buying fully processed wood.
We are already into August which means burn season will likely start in 2 months or less. Wood options seem to be very limited when looking for firewood that was not just bucked and split in June / July of this year. However I found a place with probably 40+ face cord of 14-16 month old wood. Mix is 85% sugar maple, 10% red oak and 5% beech. No ash, no birch garunteed. $100/face or $250/full NO DELIVERY.
I went ahead and picked up a full yesterday. (3 good loads in my poor old Ranger) The wood has some satining on the ends as well as some white moldy looking fungus on the surface (as seen in the pictures) but really is top notch wood and has that "sound" when you knock two pieces together that really makes me confident that it is 14-16 months bucked and split.
Now here's the part that worries me. I am used to 16-18" long splits 5,6 or 7"+ wide. This stuff is 14-16" long and only 3-4" thick.
Does anyone else burn such small splits? How does it compare to bigger splits. Have I just doomed my wife and I to a winter of endless stove loading? And the big question, since I need probably another cord to get me through, do I buy another full of this guy?