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I stand corrected.

It’s 3 actually. I prefer white oak mostly since that’s what’s most readily available to me. I cut and split about 2 cords a year and that is usually enough for us, but it’s not my primary heat source. Birch and red oak also mixed in.

Now this looks like my place in Arizona
Scrub Oak and Cedars.

I was told that Cedars have round shaped needles and Junipers have flat type needles.
We have Round in my area not flat.

I could have been informed wrong thou

And many call it a “rick”. Most “for sale” ads around here are a rick, you’d expect 16” length, but who knows what they’re actually cutting it to.

Live Oak in fireplace, Post Oak in pit for bbq, mesquite in fire pit for grilling steaks.

I need to get south for some Osage Orange & scrub oak. Might need to hook up my RV and explore this Spring - anyone know a spot to cut a bed load of OO for an out of stater?

That was my math too.

Out west I like ash and maple with oak for night wood. Doug fir is good if you can find an old growth buckskin.

On a side note I wonder what kind of wood round oak likes?

Have a hickory dead in the back yard, about a cord and a half should I cut or let it fall

Fake wood.

You guys don't know Jack Shiet.😉😉😉



"I got a 3/4 ton truck. If I throw the wood in and it's about 6 inches above the rails it's
almost a cord. I'll deliver it within 15 miles for $150."

"No, stacking doesn't make any difference, I've tried it. Believe me!"


Actually heard that, more than once.

I have a 3/ ton. Fiberglass boards to build a headache rack to keep it from hitting the cab.
When I throw the bed 3/4 of the way full, crawl over it and stack it to cab height, I get 1 1/2
rows. 3 rows cab height, stacked. 4th is a bit lower, the rest of the bed is filled with a saw and as much wood as we can get in. I've stacked that, measured, and did the volume calculations.
About 3/4 cord, a bit more usually.

But the first paragraph explains a cord from the Shiesters selling wood.
Bastards are lying when they claim it's a truck load, let alone throwing the cord reference in there!

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

Pole wood?

All ash. So many dead ones here, some will probably will go to waste. Getting risky to cut them down with the weak tops and all.




My helper & the two log skidders.

Great pic! That darn Emerald Ash Borer has all of us out East cutting trees we normally never would.

Pretty slick thinking there!

White oak splits the easiest. Red oak burns slower and smells the best while burning.

I made a small fortune with a S10 pickup and a wild thing chain saw and several maul handles

I like one year old. oak. ash, hickory, and maple

Yup. Spruce for everyday use. Birch and tamarack when the BTUs need jacked up.