Two choices - No good ones!

[oldspark]

ash you can generally cut ash this morning & burn it this afternoon

May be true for the old smoke dragons . . . not always so true with the EPA stoves . . . but even in the old stoves I would say it would still not burn nearly as well as seasoning it would . . . then again I think you could probably cut and burn just about any wood out there in such a fashion . . . it just wouldn't burn that well or produce that much heat vs. seasoning it for a few months to a year.

Yep Ash is gonna be about 35% on the stump so its gonna suck no matter what kind of stove you have however as jake said it can be done.

 

[babzog]

Some wood burners around you that are ahead of the game that would swap you some seasoned for your unseasoned? Just a thought...

Interesting thought there.

Myself, I would probably cut & burn the ash. I've had to do a winter on green ash before and it'll burn (little hard to get started, but it'll burn pretty well when it does get going). Keep your fire hot and you'll have no problem with creosote.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

ash you can generally cut ash this morning & burn it this afternoon

I always hate to see that statement but many make it. Yes, you can.....but, it is not so good. I've posted before that we did that one year and yes, we did not freeze but it was a battle all winter. I do not want to do that again.

We even notice a difference in ash dried one year vs. two years. Two is much better.

 

[cptoneleg]

The first year I had my new EPA stove I was told by dealer that it liked dry wood, so I cut about 3 cords of Chesnut Oak and and made the splits small, and 1 cord of Tulip Poplar. I had about 1 cord of Oak left over from the year before.

This was my first year of retirement and I was home to run the new stove, well that was the wood supply I had and it kept the house warm and we did not run the furnase all winter. Then I got hooked up with this site and cleaned chimmney a couple of times that winter and it wasent that bad, bought a MM and the Oak I was burning was in the 30s. Had good secondaries and long burns and good heat.

This year my wood is dryer and it is better, and I have changed alot of old burning habbits, and I stack singl row and built a woodshed, I now stack faster drying wood seperate, and am working on getting 3 yrs ahead at least.

So for the person wanting to know if he can burn his 8 month old Oak- YES YOU CAN

 

[tfdchief]

The first year I had my new EPA stove I was told by dealer that it liked dry wood, so I cut about 3 cords of Chesnut Oak and and made the splits small, and 1 cord of Tulip Poplar. I had about 1 cord of Oak left over from the year before.

This was my first year of retirement and I was home to run the new stove, well that was the wood supply I had and it kept the house warm and we did not run the furnase all winter. Then I got hooked up with this site and cleaned chimmney a couple of times that winter and it wasent that bad, bought a MM and the Oak I was burning was in the 30s. Had good secondaries and long burns and good heat.

This year my wood is dryer and it is better, and I have changed alot of old burning habbits, and I stack singl row and built a woodshed, I now stack faster drying wood seperate, and am working on getting 3 yrs ahead at least.

So for the person wanting to know if he can burn his 8 month old Oak- YES YOU CAN

Yep, most of us have been there. Good post.

 

[red oak]

The first year I had my new EPA stove I was told by dealer that it liked dry wood, so I cut about 3 cords of Chesnut Oak and and made the splits small, and 1 cord of Tulip Poplar. I had about 1 cord of Oak left over from the year before.

This was my first year of retirement and I was home to run the new stove, well that was the wood supply I had and it kept the house warm and we did not run the furnase all winter. Then I got hooked up with this site and cleaned chimmney a couple of times that winter and it wasent that bad, bought a MM and the Oak I was burning was in the 30s. Had good secondaries and long burns and good heat.

This year my wood is dryer and it is better, and I have changed alot of old burning habbits, and I stack singl row and built a woodshed, I now stack faster drying wood seperate, and am working on getting 3 yrs ahead at least.

So for the person wanting to know if he can burn his 8 month old Oak- YES YOU CAN

You can burn the oak, and I burned wood like this for 6 or 7 years. Now that I've read this site and gotten a couple of years ahead I can definitely see the difference. But for the OP, yes the oak will burn. I would still start with the ash as so many others have said. Split the oak smaller if possible and if necessary you could burn it later this winter.

 

[oldspark]

ash you can generally cut ash this morning & burn it this afternoon

I always hate to see that statement but many make it. Yes, you can.....but, it is not so good. I've posted before that we did that one year and yes, we did not freeze but it was a battle all winter. I do not want to do that again.

We even notice a difference in ash dried one year vs. two years. Two is much better.

You lost me there BW, after it gets so dry it wont dry any more .

 

[sheepdog000]

Wow, I hope I'm ok then. I throw in small 6 week old split White Oak in with 4 month old cross stacked BL with 2 month old ss ash that was standing dead. I throw a creosoot stick in once a week and also once a week get the stove up to about 600 degrees for about 10 - 15 minutes or so. I hope I'm alright till spring for a cleaning. I've only been burning for about 6 weeks now though, I'm a newb.

 

[tfdchief]

Wow, I hope I'm ok then. I throw in small 6 week old split White Oak in with 4 month old cross stacked BL with 2 month old ss ash that was standing dead. I throw a creosoot stick in once a week and also once a week get the stove up to about 600 degrees for about 10 - 15 minutes or so. I hope I'm alright till spring for a cleaning. I've only been burning for about 6 weeks now though, I'm a newb.

You obviously know the score....just keep an eye on it and you will be OK. I would look at it before spring.

 

[sheepdog000]

Wow, I hope I'm ok then. I throw in small 6 week old split White Oak in with 4 month old cross stacked BL with 2 month old ss ash that was standing dead. I throw a creosoot stick in once a week and also once a week get the stove up to about 600 degrees for about 10 - 15 minutes or so. I hope I'm alright till spring for a cleaning. I've only been burning for about 6 weeks now though, I'm a newb.

You obviously know the score....just keep an eye on it and you will be OK. I would look at it before spring.

Thank you sir. I plan on calling someone out to clean it March-Aprilish and watching them like a hawk so I only have to pay for a cleaning once. Any earlier, they will be sliding off my roof and owning my house........ :bug:

 

[cptoneleg]

Wow, I hope I'm ok then. I throw in small 6 week old split White Oak in with 4 month old cross stacked BL with 2 month old ss ash that was standing dead. I throw a creosoot stick in once a week and also once a week get the stove up to about 600 degrees for about 10 - 15 minutes or so. I hope I'm alright till spring for a cleaning. I've only been burning for about 6 weeks now though, I'm a newb.

You obviously know the score....just keep an eye on it and you will be OK. I would look at it before spring.

Thank you sir. I plan on calling someone out to clean it March-Aprilish and watching them like a hawk so I only have to pay for a cleaning once. Any earlier, they will be sliding off my roof and owning my house........ :bug:

Hey Dog You maybe could take pictures of your chimney stove and anything else and someone here could give you some help to do it yourself. Last year some members even made vidios of cleaning their chimneys so Good Luck.

 

[bigoakhunter]

Thanks again for all the info. I will make it through the season, maybe trying some of both choices to see how they work. I did get some ash cut yesterday.

Dave

 

[sheepdog000]

cptoneleg, here's a thread with pics of my stove setup. I'd love to be able to do everything myself. I'm all about being self sufficient, that's why I started burning wood in the first place.


https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/80122/

Dave, I'm in the same boat. I'm gonna need to buy a face cord to give myself time to get some of my other wood seasoned. Craigslist has a ton of people in Mid Michigan advertising "Seasoned" wood. After a quick phone call, I found most is not seasoned at all. I found a guy in Davison that has a ton of Maple that was split and stacked early last summer. I went and looked at it and it was well seasoned, the guy was pretty nice about everything, and it was something like $40.00 a face cord, plus, he said you take what you want.

There's also a place in North Branch that I'm gonna look into. This way it will be in my garage and dry.

 

[cptoneleg]

cptoneleg, here's a thread with pics of my stove setup. I'd love to be able to do everything myself. I'm all about being self sufficient, that's why I started burning wood in the first place.


https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/80122/

Dave, I'm in the same boat. I'm gonna need to buy a face cord to give myself time to get some of my other wood seasoned. Craigslist has a ton of people in Mid Michigan advertising "Seasoned" wood. After a quick phone call, I found most is not seasoned at all. I found a guy in Davison that has a ton of Maple that was split and stacked early last summer. I went and looked at it and it was well seasoned, the guy was pretty nice about everything, and it was something like $40.00 a face cord, plus, he said you take what you want.

There's also a place in North Branch that I'm gonna look into. This way it will be in my garage and dry.

I PM ed you

 

[sheepdog000]

cptoneleg, here's a thread with pics of my stove setup. I'd love to be able to do everything myself. I'm all about being self sufficient, that's why I started burning wood in the first place.


https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/80122/

Dave, I'm in the same boat. I'm gonna need to buy a face cord to give myself time to get some of my other wood seasoned. Craigslist has a ton of people in Mid Michigan advertising "Seasoned" wood. After a quick phone call, I found most is not seasoned at all. I found a guy in Davison that has a ton of Maple that was split and stacked early last summer. I went and looked at it and it was well seasoned, the guy was pretty nice about everything, and it was something like $40.00 a face cord, plus, he said you take what you want.

There's also a place in North Branch that I'm gonna look into. This way it will be in my garage and dry.

I PM ed you

Got it sir, thanks. I sent ya one back.