A nice backyard score

[iskiatomic]

So yesterday afternoon went walking out in the back 40. Well it's far from 40 but you get the idea. Noticed some standing dead sprouts from a few oaks. No bark, look real dry. So went back to the house grabbed the tractor and cart loaded up to head into the woods. Dropped a few bucked them, nice DRY chips all the way thru, these were all roughly 7-8 inches at the base. So I split the ones closest to the base and stabbed it with the moisture meter. DAMN!! 17-19 %. Checked another and the same results. They have that nice clink when you bang two rounds together. Retrieved it all today got it in a dry area, since they are talking a soaking rain for Friday PM all thru Saturday. All in all about a half cord.

Time for Beers!

KC

 

[gzecc]

Nice to find stuff like that. Closest I came to that were logs that had fallen many years ago in a rocky area, that never touched the ground. About a 1/2 inch of punk all the way around and no bark, but nice solid oak on the inside. Huge radial cracks completely around. Probably the most work I have ever done for the least wood, but I am hoping for some high btu's.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Very nice iskiatomic. It is sweet when you can cut wood on your own place.

 

[bigtall]

You gotta love it when it is outside your back door! I am currently looking for a similar find on my property, since we just moved in back in July and I do not have near enough wood for this year. I have inquired about buying some "seasoned" wood, but everybody says "yeah, it is good and seasoned, then we split it before delivery." Ugghhhh.

 

[Skier76]

That's awesome! Seasoned semi standing firewood. Can't beat that!