White oak score!

[MJZ]

We live on a dirt road with no neighbors. Yet. New school went up 6 miles west. As a result pavement and neighborhoods are coming our way. Bummer.

But, the changes worked out for me today. On the way to my sons school (the new one) I drove through a new neighborhood. So much oak laying by the road.

I called the developer and he said I am welcome to anything on the ground! This find will save me so much time!!

 

[MJZ]

I am debating trailering tractor over. So far, just muscleing the stuff.

 

[Jstpssng]

Nice job! It looks like some of that would have fit nicely on your sawmill.

 

[MJZ]

Nice job! It looks like some of that would have fit nicely on your sawmill.

Thanks. I was hesitant to call thinking, "there's no way they would give that away." Glad I was wrong. That's just one of 4 stacks.

 

[Thomas]

Good score.

 

[Dftodd]

We live on a dirt road with no neighbors. Yet. New school went up 6 miles west. As a result pavement and neighborhoods are coming our way. Bummer.

But, the changes worked out for me today. On the way to my sons school (the new one) I drove through a new neighborhood. So much oak laying by the road.

I called the developer and he said I am welcome to anything on the ground! This find will save me so much time!!View attachment 2250689View attachment 2250690

Dude, I have chords and chords of white oak that I haven't been able to give away.

Nobody want to do the work to get it.

Heck my step son said he wanted some for his wood stove in his shop.

I told him to come on over. I got a ton down that doesn't even need to be split. He could even load up my trailer if he wanted.

I finally got sick of looking at it down and collected it all with the palet forks and dumped it in a burn pile.

 

[MJZ]

That's crazy. I can't get enough of it. We've owned the land we are on for bout 3.5 years and lived on it the last 1.5. I've got wood stacked that will be available fall of 2026. Cutting for 2027 and '28. I'd love to be stocked 3 to 4 years out. I hope the oak drys in 3 summers. Oklahoma is hot, dry amd windy. We will see.

Bummer you can't get rid of it. A tragedy to me

 

[Dftodd]

That's crazy. I can't get enough of it. We've owned the land we are on for bout 3.5 years and lived on it the last 1.5. I've got wood stacked that will be available fall of 2026. Cutting for 2027 and '28. I'd love to be stocked 3 to 4 years out. I hope the oak drys in 3 summers. Oklahoma is hot, dry amd windy. We will see.

Bummer you can't get rid of it. A tragedy to me

People just don't want to do the work.

Heck, I can bring it right out to the vehicle with the tractor. Cut it to the lengh they want, etc..... I'm just not gonna split it and deliver it to them as well

I've probably burned off 10 chord of wood to clear out for the building site so far.

I'm currently thinning the rest of the property. Hence all the small stuff that doesn't need to be split.

 

[MJZ]

People just don't want to do the work.

Heck, I can bring it right out to the vehicle with the tractor. Cut it to the lengh they want, etc..... I'm just not gonna split it and deliver it to them as well

I've probably burned off 10 chord of wood to clear out for the building site so far.

I'm currently thinning the rest of the property. Hence all the small stuff that doesn't need to be split.

Crazy and tragic. I'd take every bit of it.

I've got plenty at my place. But I have to haul it out of woods by hand. This stuff sitting by the road and limbed up was just too easy to pass up.

What are you building?

 

[Dftodd]

Crazy and tragic. I'd take every bit of it.

I've got plenty at my place. But I have to haul it out of woods by hand. This stuff sitting by the road and limbed up was just too easy to pass up.

What are you building?

Homestead, house, shop, barn

 

[Smokeydog]

Good find and enjoy it while you can. Everyone wants firewood when it’s 10* out. Few want to work for it.
Burn mostly oak. Takes about two years to season bone dry for us. Feels gods this 10* morning.

 

[dodge man]

I burn most anything I get but I’m lucky, it's mostly white and red oak along with hickory. I think the white oak burns as good as any but maybe a little less dense.

 

[arrow]

That's crazy. I can't get enough of it. We've owned the land we are on for bout 3.5 years and lived on it the last 1.5. I've got wood stacked that will be available fall of 2026. Cutting for 2027 and '28. I'd love to be stocked 3 to 4 years out. I hope the oak drys in 3 summers. Oklahoma is hot, dry amd windy. We will see.

Bummer you can't get rid of it. A tragedy to me

Burnt plenty of it. Split it’s good to go in two yrs.

 

[arrow]

I burn most anything I get but I’m lucky, it's mostly white and red oak along with hickory. I think the white oak burns as good as any but maybe a little less dense.

It’s Better than red oak in btu output.
You have 3 prime firewood species there.

 

[MJZ]

Good find and enjoy it while you can. Everyone wants firewood when it’s 10* out. Few want to work for it.
Burn mostly oak. Takes about two years to season bone dry for us. Feels gods this 10* morning.

It sure does. We are grateful for the firewood and our place. We put in a Lopi stove when we built our place. I'm gonna have to work to get wood for fall of 25. Scrounge the dead fall. Hopefully I'm good to go from 2026 on. We built in '22 and into summer '23. So, no wood cutting.

 

[sandman2234]

Various species of Oak around here, and it all goes to the landfill when a hurricane comes through. Such a shame we can't get it trucked up north for people to use for heat.
I got a truckload of oak delivered to my yard by a friend during covid. I cut it all into firewood length and then started splitting it with an maul. That got old, so I rigged up a splitter to go on my tractor. I gave away a couple of rows across my pickup, and only had one person willing to come after it. Everyone else wanted me to "bring them some".
That pile is definitely dry, took some to my Mother saturday, as She was running low.
David from jax

 

[sandman2234]

Good find and enjoy it while you can. Everyone wants firewood when it’s 10* out. Few want to work for it.
Burn mostly oak. Takes about two years to season bone dry for us. Feels gods this 10* morning.

Oak will dry here if cut in early spring, you can burn it the next winter. Longer days, higher temps, etc tend to make it dry. (or maybe I cut and split them smaller?)
I have a good friend in Rutledge, TN who I offered to haul him some, or load his truck up when he was here last month. He buys wood, and still didn't want mine. He burns 24" wood, mine is cut at 16-18" and is too much trouble for him to load into the firebox.
I won't cut them that long, because they don't fit in anybody else's firebox that I know, plus I do it from habit.
I don't have any wood burning stoves here, homeowner's insurance policy is the reason.
I don't have much time to do it, but I actually enjoy cutting and splitting firewood.
David from jax

 

[arrow]

Various species of Oak around here, and it all goes to the landfill when a hurricane comes through. Such a shame we can't get it trucked up north for people to use for heat.
I got a truckload of oak delivered to my yard by a friend during covid. I cut it all into firewood length and then started splitting it with an maul. That got old, so I rigged up a splitter to go on my tractor. I gave away a couple of rows across my pickup, and only had one person willing to come after it. Everyone else wanted me to "bring them some".
That pile is definitely dry, took some to my Mother saturday, as She was running low.
David from jax

They’ve made laws around here making it illegal to transport firewood over state lines. Something about a beetle infestation.
Over 30 years ago we’d transport firewood to Cape Cod and get $250 per cord THEN when a cord here would go for a hundred bucks.
Now it’s $250 a cord here so l guess we were ahead of our time.
They love to give environmental reasons around here to cover up ulterior motives.
A couple of our legislators here have oil delivery companies . Couldn’t walk on the beach where the governor had a house because it was deemed a nesting site for some sand plover endangered species bird. Never saw a single plover there.

 

[ruffdog]

I landed a good amount of wood 2 years ago where new utilities were run next to a big woods and they clear cut. I was surprised that most of it was White Oak while some was Cherry, Walnut, Locust, etc. The Oak were all mature trees and the rounds were 2-4 ft diameter. The oak amounted to about 20 pick-up (long box) loads and the other wood was about 6 loads. A person can't turn down an opportunity like that! There is also a problem of borers killing huge oaks in the area.

 

[Jstpssng]

They love to give environmental reasons around here to cover up ulterior motives

This is completely incorrect. . We send over 6000 cords of wood per week to various mills and deal with quarantines of various sorts meant to limit the spread of insect and disease on a regular basis. The emerald ash borer is just one insect we are trying to hold at bay for as long as we can.
Firewood is the dirtiest wood product there is, as well as the lowest value.

In your case simply kiln drying the wood is an easy way to get around most quarantines.