White Birch Rounds

[Todd]

Just bucked up a White Birch and stacked the rounds. I don’t have much experience with it but I hear it can rot pretty quickly if not split? I don’t have much room in my woodshed for it so I’d like to leave it til next spring. What do you all think, will it last til spring?

 

[begreen]

Keep it off the ground and top covered and it should be ok.

 

[dougstove]

In my climate (NS) unsplit white birch rots quickly.

 

[MRD1985]

White birch doesn’t last too long up here left in the round either

 

[begreen]

Here, alder rots quickly too if damp. It's not a very dense hardwood. However, if kept dry, it lasts ok.

 

[Todd]

Well I decided to split it all and make room in my woodshed. If it’s ready next year I’ll burn it.

I didn’t want to risk it rotting since that tree gave me some issues when I dropped it. First it got hung up on another tree and I had to pull it off with my Ranger. Then as I was bucking it up I hit a rock and ruined a chain so it’s going to pay for that by heating the cabin next fall.

 

[GG Woody]

Well I decided to split it all and make room in my woodshed. If it’s ready next year I’ll burn it.

I didn’t want to risk it rotting since that tree gave me some issues when I dropped it. First it got hung up on another tree and I had to pull it off with my Ranger. Then as I was bucking it up I hit a rock and ruined a chain so it’s going to pay for that by heating the cabin next fall.

Nice Ranger splitter setup!
How much of a cord do you think you can safely haul in the Ranger?
I think I'm about 1/5th of a cord in our Rhino, our box looks quite a bit smaller than yours.

 

[Todd]

Nice Ranger splitter setup!
How much of a cord do you think you can safely haul in the Ranger?
I think I'm about 1/5th of a cord in our Rhino, our box looks quite a bit smaller than yours.

I think my payload max is 500lbs? Not really sure how much of a cord it can haul, I tend not to push it too much.