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  1. spur0701 Member

    joined: Jun 12, 2008
    83 posts
    Southern Maryland
    I've got about a cords worth of white oak tops, they range in diameter from about 1.5" to maybe 2.5" to 3", none are split. What's a general seasoning time for these since they are not split? At what diamter is it worth splitting 'em......
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  2. jimbom Combustion Analyzer

    joined: Dec 19, 2010
    1,022 posts
    Missouri Ozarks
    I cut oak limbs up into firewood and split every piece headed to the stove at least once. So anything the size of my wrist or larger gets split. But I am retired and have the time to fool around with my splitter. It is not really the most efficient use of time. Even so, seasoning time is longer than you would think.
  3. Woody Stover Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 25, 2010
    3,371 posts
    Southern IN
    If the tops were cut green, you're probably looking at a couple of years before it's dry. I would split anything that is splittable and let the unsplit stuff dry even longer than the split (if you even want to mess with that small stuff.) It does make good kindling, though...
  4. Backwoods Savage Minister of Fire

    joined: Feb 14, 2007
    24,106 posts
    Michigan
    That small and being white oak, possibly a year. Possibly 2 years.

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