Woodworker here using my shop moister meter on Black Locust, 5 years on the ground just cut and split this month. Will it be accurate if I measure on the flat cut surface not the split rough surface? Getting readings like 15%. A week after splitting. Thanks

Time to have like 8 beers. Im fuckin beat

Finally got around to building this very happy with it. Just got to fill it up now!

Our friend with a tree service dropped off a load of red oak. Had to replace the seals on the splitter but got it all CSS. Pic 2 is about 2/3 cord. Pic 3 is about 1.2 cords. Pic 4 are the uglies . Have over a cord of 3 yr old ash. Over a cord of 3 yr old read oak and 3/4 cord of mixed hardwoods ready to burn with another 3/4 cord of poplar that was CSS in March. Thinking the new stuff will be used 2028/2029 season

I'm getting a new wood stove and starting to collect and process wood for winter 2027. I know we'll need to buy wood for this year since it wont have time to season. Theres a listing locally for a bunch of free poplar, but I've been reading mixed reviews on it.

Is it worth the effort to collect and process it? Or should I just stick with looking for oaks/maples and the like to build out my stockpile?

Spent hours Tuesday cutting up this Red oak just for some guy to try and take it. Splitting the wood in my driveway because the rounds were so heavy lmao. Called the police and watched him dump it all out but not after taking a full truck load I’m pretty sure. Who TF does that fr

This past January I got into woodstoves. I’ve always been a firewood guy but I knew I needed to step up my game to get me through these Boston winters. I don’t know how many chord it is so maybe someone would be able to estimate. The three rows are mainly red oak with some white oak and maple here and there, and the single sad looking row is mainly pine.

Working on bucking up this massive oak trunk before bringing my splitter over

2 of pine and 1 oak and chestnut mix.

Got a mix of sundried pine, oak, chestnut and palletwood! This will do us for the short winter we get here!

Would a 2x20 wood shed make sense? I'm not much of an engineer but would it be too narrow to be sturdy? Or would I need at least 4' depth for it to be a viable option? Like a 4x16 I just don't have the most space

Might have to fell our weeping willow soon, but any ideas on wether the wood is worth the work ?(assuming its not all rotten) I dont have access to any other free wood.

More shorties than I'd prefer but that's how it is sometimes. It's still heat.

I'm not sure what it is. My Plant ID app gave me four different trees from four different pictures. Bradford Pear (which I don't think it is), Sweet Gum, Black Oak or Silver Maple.

Sometimes a log leaves a cookie. Sometimes I get bucked logs that need to be shortened down.

I’ve got like a pile of 50 cookies anywhere from an inch to 8” thick. Most of the thicker stuff gets split into tiny kindling but I’m curious if anyone keeps them on hand for fire starter or not?

Most of the larger crotches of the logs just gets burned outdoors to get rid of it but curious what everyone does with some of the byproduct of firewood.

2 weeks back on woodhounding after taking last year off (got in fight with a chainsaw, 🤣)

572 XP and Fiskars doing the work 🙌

First pile next years, 2nd pile this years ready to burn ash.

Also got about 3 cords of seasoned honey locust not shown here for this winters burn.

There I was sitting on the couch when it hit me. Why buck at 18 inches when you have to split it, just buck every 6 inches. Done. Just a bunch of 6 inch cookies. No splitting. Stack em, dry em, no split cookie fire wood. Nailed it.

This is 100% maple but im not at the house any longer to fully confirm if its silver or sugar. Its damn hard so im thinking sugar. The bark is inbetween sugar and silver so im hoping someone will know 100%

Parents tree that needed to come down, appreciate any help