So I am burning a five plus year old plus stack.
The maple, juniper, pine, (white and pitch) are all fine.
The red oak is coming in punky and wet.
I didn't cover the stack until late fall.
I likely will have half of this stack still at the end of the season.
I will then restack into the wood shed.
I hate restacking, but 9 months in the wood shed will save this wood, and give me a heck of a nice fuel next winter.
Freaking red oak. Super abundant on Ole Cape Cod, easy splitting, good BTU content, but wants to return to the dirt.
Well, another lesson learned. Segregate the species, all red oak goes in the shed.
Also I figured out it is time to build another shed, one for loading, one for burning out of.
Somehow I got by all these years with the one shed, every other year working off a covered stack instead.
Did I mention I hate restacking?
Haven't had locust or white oak in years now, have to adapt or be cold.
The maple, juniper, pine, (white and pitch) are all fine.
The red oak is coming in punky and wet.
I didn't cover the stack until late fall.
I likely will have half of this stack still at the end of the season.
I will then restack into the wood shed.
I hate restacking, but 9 months in the wood shed will save this wood, and give me a heck of a nice fuel next winter.
Freaking red oak. Super abundant on Ole Cape Cod, easy splitting, good BTU content, but wants to return to the dirt.
Well, another lesson learned. Segregate the species, all red oak goes in the shed.
Also I figured out it is time to build another shed, one for loading, one for burning out of.
Somehow I got by all these years with the one shed, every other year working off a covered stack instead.
Did I mention I hate restacking?
Haven't had locust or white oak in years now, have to adapt or be cold.