[BLANK] seasons faster than [BLANK]. (Eastern hardwoods edition)

[Bret Chase]

Though I burn every wood but willow, red oak is likely 60% of my pile or better. Allow 3 years to dry, stacked off the ground. I have a couple cord of hickory curing, never burned any, but red oak is my go to wood in the dead of winter. I get get maybe one white oak for every twenty red oak (if that many).
Red oak splits better than any other wood IMHO.
I can't imagine purposely avoiding red oak, unless I had unlimited locust.

Red oak to me takes to long to dry for me, up until I moved into this house, I could never commit to 2+ year drying times. I will probably lift the red oak prohibition this cutting season. Hickory is worth a lot of $ as a veneer or saw log if the tree is big enough.

I don't have an unlimited amount of locust, but I know I've got about 20 cords worth of it in just one stand that is dying/dead and needs to come down... and it's not the only stand of them.

 

[Dune]

Red oak to me takes to long to dry for me, up until I moved into this house, I could never commit to 2+ year drying times. I will probably lift the red oak prohibition this cutting season. Hickory is worth a lot of $ as a veneer or saw log if the tree is big enough.

I don't have an unlimited amount of locust, but I know I've got about 20 cords worth of it in just one stand that is dying/dead and needs to come down... and it's not the only stand of them.

That's awesome.

 

[Wood Duck]

I accept that answer :D On the lot where my house is, I've got 3 walnuts... they will never be cut down....

Most of the wood I burn could be beautiful furniture, floors, etc, except that I am burning trees that were far from the quality needed for lumber, veneer, or any other use besides firewood. If you live in Black Walnut territory they are everywhere and most aren't destined to become a desk.

If seasoning time is a factor I'd consider pine. Pine seasons in one year and is generally cheaper than hardwoods. I agree that sodt maple is a good choice amomg hardwoods.

 

[Bret Chase]

Most of the wood I burn could be beautiful furniture, floors, etc, except that I am burning trees that were far from the quality needed for lumber, veneer, or any other use besides firewood. If you live in Black Walnut territory they are everywhere and most aren't destined to become a desk.

If seasoning time is a factor I'd consider pine. Pine seasons in one year and is generally cheaper than hardwoods. I agree that sodt maple is a good choice amomg hardwoods.

The 3 walnut trees I have aren't black walnuts... I don't know the specific species, but they look like my shagbark trees, but without the "shag" and a similar but different leaf shape. The nuts they produce are also quite small...

 

[Bret Chase]

If seasoning time is a factor I'd consider pine. Pine seasons in one year and is generally cheaper than hardwoods. I agree that sodt maple is a good choice amomg hardwoods.

seasoning time was only a factor when I was renting.... I inherited/bought (long complicated story) my grandfather's house a year and a half ago... It's "the family homestead"... It took me the year and a half to get to the point where I could put in a new chimney and get away from K1 fired monitors (crushingly expensive in this old house). I will live in this house until I die...

I can cut it and stack it and let it season now :D