Hey old buddy. One neighbor had 5 giant Cherries taken down last fall. All said I got 8 cord split and stacked. Plus 4 pickup loads of shorts and uglies I was going to put on the burn pile. My cousin had a fit when he saw me burning all those short pieces of Cherry, so every time I got a pile big enough to clean up, I called him. The tree service the neighbor used are related to his wife, and only charged him labor for the men. So when I asked about the wood he saw dollar signs going back into his bank account. Only problem was you could see where his guys marked all the logs at 14”, and I cut my wood at 18”. Had lots of shorts waisted . I just took down 2 30” Red Oaks for another neighbor, finished dumping that on my wood pile yesterday. I’m not a wood snob, but when all you have is good wood, whacha gonna do? I actually burned my first Ash about 4 years ago. A farmer friend lost 70 big Ash on her farm, most on fence lines. I took about ten cord a year from her place. Most of what’s left is starting to rot, so I’m back to my Oak sources.
