avalancher
Arboristsite Raconteur
Need some advise here, not sure what to do. All my woodcutting areas have dried up, and have been looking for some options. I was offered the opportunity to cut where a logging crew went through last summer and left behind over a hundred red oak tops. Here is the catch. The sap wood has some rot in it, and I am not sure how to handle it. Cut and split it like usual and just burn the rot along with the good heart wood, trim it off with the splitter as I go, or what. I have never had to deal with this before, always went in right along with the loggers and got my wood fresh, and I dont know how my wood will be received next year by my customers with a ring of rot on the outside. Many of the tops are big, and it would pay to trim it off if that is what I need to plan on, but I sure hate to have that mess in my yard, all that rotting wood to either burn up or haul off.
Anyone have to deal with this before? Ever tried burning it? I wondered if the ring would give off any noticeable smoke or smell.
Anyone have to deal with this before? Ever tried burning it? I wondered if the ring would give off any noticeable smoke or smell.