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Spent a few hours on 3 big hickories that were down for awhile. The bark was falling off and all the wood is solid and the rounds are big. This will make a mess of splits. There's more still to get.
I'm burning hickory for the first time. a neighbor had about 30 big rounds under cover for about 3 years. I split them up and got a reading of 18-22% so been toss'em in with every load. I've heard how difficult it is to split bug these were dry and seemed to crack open pretty nicely. Is hickory easier wet or dry?
I'm burning hickory for the first time. a neighbor had about 30 big rounds under cover for about 3 years. I split them up and got a reading of 18-22% so been toss'em in with every load. I've heard how difficult it is to split bug these were dry and seemed to crack open pretty nicely. Is hickory easier wet or dry?
All wood that I've ever worked with will split best right after it has been cut. We do cut from December to March and then do all the splitting but if I still split by hand then I'd split right after each tree was cut. Don't wait.
i burned some last night. holy moley what a difference after burning pine! the pine has been fantastic to burn this fall, and one drawback is that it leaves no coals for the morning. i threw in a few small daimeter hickory rounds and 6 hours later i still had coals. my personal favorite, but i've never burned osage.