I'm scrounging in my own yard

[Enzo's Dad]

I promised my wife that I would not cut down anymore trees until I processed everything I could that was on the ground. The problem is I am kind of a wood snob.
Today I went after the oldest wood on my property, red oak from the October blizzard 4 years ago. I have been walking around it because it was starting to rot. So today I started working on it. I noodled the rotten edges off and the center was solid, waterlogged, but solid.

 

[claydogg84]

Your wood stacks are super neat... I'm jealous.

 

[Enzo's Dad]

I have issues.....

 

[Woody Stover]

Yeah, I've shaved the punk offa Red Oak, but it has to be really fast and easy or I won't mess with it. Oak heartwood will hold up a long time if it's up off the ground.
But it has to be someone else's wood to be a scrounge.

 

[Applesister]

Hahaha...thats the way to get it. I think it burns so much better with a little decomposition in the wood fibers.
Like meat tenderizer. Lol
Good cookin

 

[billb3]

That's quite similar to the dead standing red oak I've been burning. Got two cords last Winter and seven cords the Winter before that.
Easy splitting (except for the crotches) Burned real nice.