i use y pieces buck right below the y and run it thru the splitter splitting it at the crotch usually goes right thru no problem and sometimes that end is a touch bigger
Looks like red maple (soft) in the pics to me. I think he should be good for next winter with proper storage in a good spot. Great wood! The oak will be at least 2 years before it's burnable...and way better after 3.I haven't dried much hard Maple, but soft Maple will get pretty dry by fall if you stack it now, don't split real big (maybe 4-5") top-covered, single-row.
Now, I had some hard Maple rounds from a yard tree here that were stacked across the road for three years, not covered, and the splits were pretty dry when I split it last year. I'm burning some of it now. But 18 months (if that's true?) Not too dry unless soft Maple. Oak, not even close, but I don't see a lot of Oak there.
Of course it's hard to tell from a pic but that looks like solid wood to me, not punk. I use Y-pieces..not leaving any wood in the woods! 😏 I might cut them short though, instead of trying to split full-length crotch wood.
I'm gonna guess 1/2-2/3 cord.
I have some, a fair number of dead standing ash in wetlands. I am processing those. Don't necessarily want to cut the living trees as they are buffers between the neighbors. For now, I am just cutting fallen or dead standing on my property.Do you have timber on your property there? Looks to be a nice bunch of trees just waiting to be burnt!
I have some, a fair number of dead standing ash in wetlands. I am processing those. Don't necessarily want to cut the living trees as they are buffers between the neighbors. For now, I am just cutting fallen or dead standing on my property.
I never cut live trees if I can avoid it. They help us in a number of ways, and deadfalls will release carbon regardless of whether they decompose or are burned. I have so much deadfall Red Oak in the woods now that it'll take me a while to catch up. They seem to die and fall more than other species here.My Splitter is a hand maul. So Ill be whittling away at the pile. Going to do all of the stuff that can fit in my stove first. Trying to decide if I should bother with cutting the 19 and 20 inch pieces or just place them diagonally when doing smaller loads. Anything bigger than 20 I'll need to cut smaller.