Sure it can....................

[thewoodlands]

season some in rounds. This Sugar Maple was hung up for two years, it dropped enough that we could pull it down this past summer (July) then c/s/s it in this years wood, put the meter on it tonight.

On the colder nights we have been burning this, burns hot without any hissing.


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[WellSeasoned]

I agree. It may take a bit longer, buy it'll dry. I got half of this years wood that same way. Hope to get more this weekend. -Brian

 

[basswidow]

Looks good. Ready to burn!

 

[steeltowninwv]

I just cut 8 or 9 dead standing locust trees...all but one of them are ready to burn...but I have plenty so they will have to wait their turn in 2013-14

 

[homebrewz]

I've had pretty good luck with fast seasoning of different species of maple. Glad that stuff is ready to go.

 

[thewoodlands]

The area it came from gets big wind with lots of good sun, I think that sealed the deal for the seasoning this quick. Beech and Sugar Maple tonight.


gibir

 

[Adios Pantalones]

I have seen it where the trunk was gushing water, but 6-8 feet up I was running into really dry wood- even on red oak that was maybe 2 years standing dead.

 

[Thistle]

I have seen it where the trunk was gushing water, but 6-8 feet up I was running into really dry wood- even on red oak that was maybe 2 years standing dead.

Most all the Red,Black & White Oak snags I get are like that. Anything up to 6" is bone-dry & ready to burn now,further on down the trunk needs c/s/s a year,sometimes two.Even fallen branches up to 4-5" that've been on the ground for years,most can be burned immediately.That smaller stuff along with odd chunks & uglies & milling scrap from last Spring is all I've been burning 3-4 days a week so far.Havent touched the 'good stuff' yet.Unless it really turns cold soon,I wont need to until early February.

 

[thewoodlands]

It burns hot thats for sure, calling for a low of 14 tonight so we should see single digits. Beech with some Sugar Maple tonight.


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[Backwoods Savage]

Looks good zap. Soft maple dries very fast. We drop some trees and 2 years later the whole tree is ready to burn right then. Makes excellent kindling wood too. Splits like a dream. Use axe, not splitting maul.

 

[thewoodlands]

I've had pretty good luck with fast seasoning of different species of maple. Glad that stuff is ready to go.

Found the pictures when we took it down then cut,split & stacked it. 7/10/2011

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[Gasifier]

Nice work ZAP. Enjoy that heat! I am drinking a cold one right now and enjoying the fire in the Wood Gun. Second day of vacation. :coolsmile: Unfortunately, not good weather for cutting wood today. Rain. But I got some work done inside that needed to get done. Later.

 

[thewoodlands]

Looks good zap. Soft maple dries very fast. We drop some trees and 2 years later the whole tree is ready to burn right then. Makes excellent kindling wood too. Splits like a dream. Use axe, not splitting maul.

Nothing to prove it but the temps and the burn times, had a nine hour burn time with six splits from this tree, with another hour in the coals but since we heat from the basement I needed to reload.

We would never get that burn time with soft maple loaded north/south, so I'm thinking Sugar Maple.

Zap