Pile of white oak bits & pieces

[Oww My Back Hurts]

I came across this:
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/for/3748886123.html

Do you think that stuff is dry? I'm not sure how I would store or stack it but am tempted to get some just based on the price

 

[swagler85]

It's probably kiln dried. It would make good kindling

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Welcome to the forum Oww My Back.

I agree with Sean. No doubt it is kiln dried but even it it isn't, I'd grab a few truck load of it. For sure I would not load the stove with it but burn small loads and/or mix with other wood. After we did some remodeling we had lots of cut-offs and we burned them in the fall of the year when we wanted just a short fire to take the chill out of the air. It works like a charm.

 

[tigeroak]

Some advise ,1- put this stuff where the running water will not wash it away after a rain, it floats because it is small and thin. 2- if you dump it, lay a tarp down and one on top as it goes bad fast, why I don't know but the last load I got like that went bad in less than a year. That wood may be different than what I got but better safe the sorry.

 

[USMC80]

Grab it! At that price and they will load it for you. Nothing to lose, looks like some great kindling

 

[bogydave]

Use/borrow a full size PU with side boards & get a few loads.
Great home heat, kindling & fire pit firewood !

 

[Oww My Back Hurts]

Well we're in the middle of another snow storm but if we ever get some decent weather I will try to pick some up. I was thinking of possibly storing it in my basement, since I'm guessing there wouldn't be any bugs in wood like this? The wife won't let me unless I can be sure there's no bugs

 

[Jags]

Probably no bugs considering it looks like it is milled lumber. I wouldn't mind a small amount for kindling, but to me it looks like a pain in the neck to deal with.

Maybe paper grocery bags filled to the appropriate size for your stove for storage?? Toss one in and light??

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Well we're in the middle of another snow storm but if we ever get some decent weather I will try to pick some up. I was thinking of possibly storing it in my basement, since I'm guessing there wouldn't be any bugs in wood like this? The wife won't let me unless I can be sure there's no bugs

I've noticed the radar and looks like a bunch of snow fell today and still falling.

Don't worry about bugs but I still would not store it in the basement. So much better to store it outside and it will dry further and just make it that much better wood to burn.

 

[billb3]

I used to get oak cut offs ( and slabs ) from someone making custom skids/pallets
and one of my sisters was dating a cabinet maker for quite a while. I gave him grain bags and sunflower seed bags to put cutoffs in. Although after a while I was dumping his huge brown barrels into the bags. Pretty easy to heft around. Stacked them in the garage and basement. All were quite dry though.

I stacked four skids around one on the ground to make a little corral to dump them in which worked well until I wanted to use them. Picking them out to use was a PITA. Hence the bags.


I still use the bags for my own carpentry cutoffs.


Kind of a PITA to mix in and burn - not too bad actually for small fires this time of year.