Several weeks ago I made a comment at work about using a wood stove to heat an office. A co-worker said that she could supply the wood. I asked if she had wood that she would be willing to give up for fire wood. It turned out that she lives in a wooded area less than 10 miles from my home. She and her husband never burned wood and have friends who occasionally cut wood on their property. I spent a day and half cutting downed trees and another day moving and hauling the wood. I had to use a wheelbarrow for two of the piles because they were too far from her driveway. I am very pleased with the wood. Some of it is soft and has some rotten spots but I enjoyed the time spent in the woods (it actually snowed the first day that I cut) and will be very happy for the heat.
I really don't care what kind of wood I found, since it cost me very little to haul (gift cards and a few gallons of diesel for the truck and a promise for a dinner out with my family and a donation to the favorite charity of my co-worker) and it will burn when it is dry but I'm curious to know what I may have found. I could not find any leaves to identify the trees. They both had been down for a while.
The haul required three trips in a small dump truck.
The wood below was from an uprooted tree that was not touching the ground. It had two trunks. One had no bark and the other one had loose bark with easily pealed off. This is what the wood looks like with bark, without bark and split. It splits easily and has nice, straight grain. The wood has somewhat of a musty odor. I hope it doesn't smell like urine when I burn it.
Another large tree had nearly all of the bar rotted off. The wood had an light orange color, which did not show up real well in the photo. You can see some of the orange shading on the ends in the top photo. It splits easily and smells much better than the first wood.
I really don't care what kind of wood I found, since it cost me very little to haul (gift cards and a few gallons of diesel for the truck and a promise for a dinner out with my family and a donation to the favorite charity of my co-worker) and it will burn when it is dry but I'm curious to know what I may have found. I could not find any leaves to identify the trees. They both had been down for a while.
The haul required three trips in a small dump truck.
The wood below was from an uprooted tree that was not touching the ground. It had two trunks. One had no bark and the other one had loose bark with easily pealed off. This is what the wood looks like with bark, without bark and split. It splits easily and has nice, straight grain. The wood has somewhat of a musty odor. I hope it doesn't smell like urine when I burn it.
Another large tree had nearly all of the bar rotted off. The wood had an light orange color, which did not show up real well in the photo. You can see some of the orange shading on the ends in the top photo. It splits easily and smells much better than the first wood.
