Okay, I'm a wood snob. I admit it. The woods that I cut in had 1100 trees logged out in the past 9 months, and now there's more red/white oak than 10 guys could cut in 10 years. I've got most of the following season's wood cut and hauled into the house. It's piled up waiting to be split and stacked. It's about 3:1 white oak to red oak. Generally I like to mix my wood, especially with oak since it doesn't leave much for a bed of coals. What types of wood should I be looking for to burn with the oak? There should be some beach out there too, but I haven't looked to see if they've logged those out yet, or if the tops are even reachable (deep ravines). They had marked some black locust to clear out. That would be awesome. If they are still laying there on Saturday, I'll be cutting as much of it as I can
If I can get one or two more loads of something to burn with the oak, then I can go back to the oak and start working on wood for the 2013/14 season The only down side is once this stuff starts to rot, I'll be begging and borrowing again for places to cut. So the plan is to cut like mad this winter, and get it stacked off the ground and covered (tarps). This would probably be a good time to find out how long white oak should last if it's split and stacked off the ground, and the top is covered with tarps?
Thanks,
Mark
If I can get one or two more loads of something to burn with the oak, then I can go back to the oak and start working on wood for the 2013/14 season The only down side is once this stuff starts to rot, I'll be begging and borrowing again for places to cut. So the plan is to cut like mad this winter, and get it stacked off the ground and covered (tarps). This would probably be a good time to find out how long white oak should last if it's split and stacked off the ground, and the top is covered with tarps?
Thanks,
Mark