Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Fire Wood => Topic started by: coolidge on September 17, 2016, 12:14:49 PM
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I have been waiting for this monster to topple for a few years, a lot of dead and dying branches.
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If you want it, cut it while still in leaf. The leaves will draw out much of the moisture in the wood greatly reducing the curing time. I have found that many trees cut early are ready for burning by winter although I'm not sure red oak would be.
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I don't need the wood, and am not cutting that monster down. No idea how old it is but it can stand there until it falls.
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My thoughts exactly Mr. Coolidge! No way would I tackle a monster like that! My maximum diameter gradually gets smaller and smaller each year! I'm sitting around 24" maximum now. I try to limit myself to whatever I can lift onto the splitter in horizontal position. Too much work for the really big stuff.
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Try to limit myself to what a 30” will cut thru in one pass, however I’m not overly afraid of the bid stuff since building an inverted splitter for the skid steer. Can get a LOT of wood out of those big ole trees. We have two burr oaks on the farm that probably have a winters worth of wood just in the tops.
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I hate to take down the big trees like that but up here in New England the oaks have suffered from winter and gypsy moths and many big trees have died. On the bright side I don't mind yields of over a cord per tree and I know my boiler likes nice dry oak on those cold winter nights.
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I have an old sugarbush (last used 50 to 60 years ago) with many huge Maples, some 3-4 feet through at the base. They are dying and some are partially rotted so I have been harvesting them. A lot of wood that might as well be heating my house as lying in the forest. I seldom have to cut a solid tree.
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Let that oak die and stand there for a few years. It will come down when ready but get it to the OWB before it spends many winters touching the ground. Our property was logged for red oak 3-4 years before we bought it. For the first 10-15 years or so we heated with oak tops. Any that was touching the ground however seemed to rot after 5-6 years. Well worth splitting....
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Cut up a red oak blow down last year. Nice and seasoned now. Fires up great, and use it when I let the boiler get down too far. Hate to use it otherwise, burning up as mush ash as possible.
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I don't need the wood, and am not cutting that monster down. No idea how old it is but it can stand there until it falls.
Just like fishin leave the youngsters and the big spawners alone.
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My thoughts exactly Mr. Coolidge! No way would I tackle a monster like that! My maximum diameter gradually gets smaller and smaller each year! I'm sitting around 24" maximum now. I try to limit myself to whatever I can lift onto the splitter in horizontal position. Too much work for the really big stuff.
I try and limit my cuts to what she can lift[ex postal worker]
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And yep ,,thats maple not poplar
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Good woman, and she brings the beer as I recall!
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10-4 slim
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And GOOD BEER it is!
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A wife that brings you Bud is a good wife. Did she buy it too? If so, I'm moving in with you.
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Ah hah LOL
Nope gotta buy my own ,,,but I'm working on it.