Red Oak score!

[dave_dj1]

I finally had the time to get out some Red Oak that had blown down a few years back, I ended up with a couple of cords maybe more. It was good to get out! This stuff is HEAVY, thank god for my grapple on the Kubota.

For reference those wooden sides are 5.5" tall

 

[stihl023/5]

Nice!

 

[SS396driver]

Nice score . Should dry quick

 

[Marine5068]

I finally had the time to get out some Red Oak that had blown down a few years back, I ended up with a couple of cords maybe more. It was good to get out! This stuff is HEAVY, thank god for my grapple on the Kubota.

For reference those wooden sides are 5.5" tall

Nice.
I burn quite a bit of that Northern Red Oak too.
It is VERY heavy especially when wet. I don't have a machine to move it so I have to man-handle most rounds.
I'll usually cut them to lengths that I can move with my cant hook and the smaller stuff I just use the log tongs and hookeroon which are two tools worth their weight.
It's all worth it in the end, whether the wood is being milled or burned.

 

[dave_dj1]

Nice.
I burn quite a bit of that Northern Red Oak too.
It is VERY heavy especially when wet. I don't have a machine to move it so I have to man-handle most rounds.
I'll usually cut them to lengths that I can move with my cant hook and the smaller stuff I just use the log tongs and hookeroon which are two tools worth their weight.
It's all worth it in the end, whether the wood is being milled or burned.
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I have all those tools (or similar) and there is no way I would have gotten all that wood out in one day with just them. I split some of it yesterday and even just rolling them to the log lift on the splitter and stacking in one of my pallet things it's still a lot of hard work.

 

[olyman]

ALL oak of any variety,,is a score!! unless its rotted!!!!!!!

 

[Mad Professor]

I burnt a lot of that years ago. We had gypsy moth come through and killed whole hillsides of RO. The sapwood would rot off but the standing dead heartwood was still solid for a long time.

 

[Marley5]

Love me some Red Oak, good burn and easy split.
That stuff might be a little tougher to hand split cause of it's girth.

At my age, if it don't pop, I just cut it up into biscuits. Lol

 

[dave_dj1]

Went back up to the property Friday and Sunday for a bit and hauled out some downed trees, bucked them up and hauled them out this morning. This stuff is Maple, Ash and Black Birch which was all cut and just left for a "wild life opening" I'm not sure what kind of wild life they were hoping to attract. I haven't seen so much as a squirrel...lol Anyway, this stuff is dry enough I can split it and burn it right away
I'll snap a couple more pictures tomorrow of the pile.

 

[SS396driver]

I love oak . Noodled and split at site.

 

[dave_dj1]

396driver that is some nice firewood!
When/if I have time I like to bring the splitter right to the woods and leave the mess there.

 

[SS396driver]

396driver that is some nice firewood!
When/if I have time I like to bring the splitter right to the woods and leave the mess there.

I used the Fisker's on these . In retrospect I should have tried to get some in lengths to have milled.

 

[ElevatorGuy]

Red oak! Love it.

 

[dave_dj1]

I used the Fisker's on these . In retrospect I should have tried to get some in lengths to have milled.

Same here, some of it was beautiful inside, worm holes and the shiny diamonds. etc. Would have made some nice furniture.