Standing Logs

[Henz]

Well, I had 4-5 trees that had blown over and were either 1/2 down or down for 2 years. Finally got to bucking them up. Some of the trees had still sprouted leaves, but not like they normally would. Split the wood yesterday and I would say that they are definatly drier than a healthy standing tree. If i had remembered that I actually owned a darned moisture meter I would have tested them!

 

[brogsie]

I have a bunch of oak trees that died over the winter.
Do you think they would be dry enough to burn this coming winter if I cut and split them now?

 

[Henz]

depends on what died means. Did they sprout leaves this spring?

 

[savageactor7]

If you split them smaller they'll dry faster...but everything I've read here say Oak needs 2 years to dry. I've never burned any...but over the last 4 years I have taped off about 75-100 saplings that came out of nowhere. Well there was a mother oak tree I never knew I had, been driving by it for years but it was so tall I just never noticed the leaves. btw it's white oak.

Adirondackwoodburner I take it you're holding off having a pro logger harvest your trees Huh?

 

[Henz]

I burned some white oak a few years back. Better than red oak if you ask me. Yeah, basically anything I am splitting right now is being split smaller to make sure it has more of a chance to dry out. I am a good month behind, I typically always have al my wood stacked the first day in May.
Projected to log mid November

 

[brogsie]

No new leaves this year. Still has brown leaves from last fall. An area with about 10 dead trees in my wooded yard.
Not sure what killed them.

 

[Henz]

if you buck it up and split it alittle smaller than usual I bet its ready by November.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Absolutely. Tougher to cut for sure, if it's getting dry

 

[brogsie]

Thanks guys. Guess I'll cut it up and check the moisture.

 

[Henz]

boy it is. I had a few short logs that were bucked up from three years ago and I bucked them itno smaller pieces. much harder to do once dry!