You guys are good at it so take a whack at this. Got a full truckload today and I didnt even put a dent in the pile of whats available:
Wood ID help/scrounge pics
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The Beagler
Burning Hunk
ValentineHill
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White oak and hard maple run together on most btu charts I have seen but then white oak is better than red oak so yes you are correct about hard maple being one step up on red oak according to most charts I have seen if not all of them. Right at first I thought maybe beech and that is up there too. In the mean time you need to make a dent in that pile you refferenced. Like...think of your stove man... pig out.
8' bed, heaped high! the 2500 was sagging a bit. Nice weather the next few days I expect to get about 5 more loads easy. This will be for 12-13 season :0) oink oink!
The Beagler
Burning Hunk
I love sugar maple. Burns good & hot. Very common down here in my part of northern Ky.
Wouldn't turn down red oak either. Right now I'm burning some small pieces of black locust
& mulberry. Saving the maple when it really gets cold. Although the little pieces I've got
Burning right now are putting out some good heat! Thermostat is reading 74 degrees.
Wouldn't turn down red oak either. Right now I'm burning some small pieces of black locust
& mulberry. Saving the maple when it really gets cold. Although the little pieces I've got
Burning right now are putting out some good heat! Thermostat is reading 74 degrees.
exact same temp on the thermo here beagler! 40 outside running a red oak/hickory blend. Started off with poplar for shoulder season. good for getting the house warm, but about half the burn time and triple the ash of the better hardwoods.
The Beagler
Burning Hunk
I've got an old Buck stove (insert). It is from the early 80's. Been a good little work horse for
The 9 years that I've had it. I would like to get something more efficient in the future.
One thing about sugar maple is that it can be tough to split when it's green. Looks like
You have nice straight pieces. That's a big plus!
The 9 years that I've had it. I would like to get something more efficient in the future.
One thing about sugar maple is that it can be tough to split when it's green. Looks like
You have nice straight pieces. That's a big plus!
scotvl
Burning Hunk
get all you can, I've got seasoned silver norway and sugar maple, ash, red oak and cherry. The sugar is my favorite hottest longest lasting wood I have,. Well except for some honeylocust that isn't ready yet, I don't know if that will beat out the sugar though.
scotvl said:
Im working on it, one truckload at a time. Will get a shot of the scrounge area later today
The Beagler
Burning Hunk
agreed man, its about 45 min from home, but im working 2 miles from the scrounge site for another 4 or 5 days. May bring the 18' landscape trailer down there for one final scrounge after making 4 or 5 more pickup loads. Nice thing is its manageable, nice 12" rounds, and drive right up access. Cant beat this one!!
The Beagler
Burning Hunk
You will be warm next winter! It all looks straight too. Should be good splitting if you're doing it by hand. If you have
A splitter, who cares! Lol
A splitter, who cares! Lol
The Beagler
Burning Hunk
Beer Belly
Minister of Fire
babzog
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Dieselhead said:
45min? That's nothing! That's my morning commute. Take the trailer with you each time you go and get that load home!
Oh yeah... You Suck!
BB its by 95 and 7. Im purposely leaving the trailer home so I dont spend all day at the pile, need to get some work done lol
Beer Belly
Minister of Fire
hmmmmm....not all that far for me....probably the same...45 minutes down Rt.7....I'm right off of I84 exit 8 in Ct.Dieselhead said:
SolarAndWood
Minister of Fire
Gasifier
Minister of Fire
Dieselhead,
A lot of those logs in that pile look small enough to put up on your shoulder and carry. Sometimes when I do not have the time, or the truck is to far away, I place the logs up on my shoulder and load them in the truck in log form. Then take the load home like that. I was just thinking out loud. You could get more of that pile home, then buck it up anytime you want at your liesure. Either way, great score, have fun and be safe. Later.
A lot of those logs in that pile look small enough to put up on your shoulder and carry. Sometimes when I do not have the time, or the truck is to far away, I place the logs up on my shoulder and load them in the truck in log form. Then take the load home like that. I was just thinking out loud. You could get more of that pile home, then buck it up anytime you want at your liesure. Either way, great score, have fun and be safe. Later.
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