Pin Oak for Firewood.

[Tree Reb]

I just quoted a fairly big Pin Oak, I haven't done one for years.

We used to just dump most stuff except for good firewood, but things have changed a lot. Dump prices are really high now, [$145 per ton]

What I can't chip will go about 3 ton. Does this stuff burn ok, I've never tried it?

 

[SkwerI]

Your pin oak may not be the same as our pin oak, but around here it is considered good firewood. All oaks are considered good firewood.

 

[No_Bivy]

tis good

 

[Newfie]

Like skwerl said, assuming it is the same species, it is good firewood all night long. Like most oaks, it takes longer to dry than most hardwoods.

 

[Tree Reb]

Thanks guys, it's the same as yours.

I have one in the back yard, planted it in '91.

Newfie you're right about oak being good firewood. I've just been burning some English Oak from a dead one I did last year, hot & no ash much. If it's like that I'll be keeping it for myself.

 

[Al Smith]

Pin oak,like all oak will never dry unless you split it . The stuff isn't bad to split but a little tougher than red or white oak .

 

[stig]

In Denmark we always leave split oak to dry for two seasons before using it.
Any other hardwood around here can be cut and split one winter and used the next.

 

[Paul B]

you guys BURN oak? Crikey, check out what Jamie Oliver does with it... LINK to Oak 'bark boards'

 

[MasterBlaster]

So, it's a cutting board???

 

[Paul B]

bark serving board, 45 UK pounds per.
size is: 30 x 25 x 4cm (2.5cm to the inch)

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Basically... We used to use something similar in a restaurant I worked in Bend Oregon... Cheese, veggies and pickles were served on those with some bread. Like a complimentary appetizer. Health department might have a conniption with the bark boards though as the rough edge would hold food particles and possibly breed bacteria. You can hardly use a wood board in CA anymore as the board of health frowns on it... Sux.

 

[Dave Shepard]

That's what I was thinking as well. That and I can cut my own board out of the slab rack that will look just like that, and I can burn the other cord of slabs in my stove and still be ahead on money.

Wooden butcher blocks took a real beating awhile back. BOH wanted everyone to have plastic cutting surfaces, until they found out that the wood tops were safer.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Ya just gotta love it!... Regulatory Gov. at it's best

 

[Al Smith]

They always seemed to favor hard maple for a butcher block . They could chop the dickens out of them with a meat cleaver for years and it didn't seem to hurt them too much .

 

[CurSedVoyce]

You know it....

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Here ya go.. This is mine ..
Sorry about the Pin Oak derail
The top with out legs is about 200#

 

[stehansen]

You can burn oak here after one summer of curing.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

You can burn oak here after one summer of curing.

Ditto...

 

[Paul B]

kick ass butcher block Cursed. that looks like a serious piece of work.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

You can really split some ribs on it Paul Let alone chop chop
Thanks...

 

[Paul B]

if I had one, I would need to buy up a cleaver, I dont have one yet, I imagine I would about split any of the cutting boards I have right now except the 1.5 inch thick block assembled Ikea one.

 

[squisher]

Heck ya a real nice chopping station.

 

[sawinredneck]

Pin Oak is akin to Silver Maple around here. Burns good, and you can squeeze some in on a load of "Oak", but don't try and sell it as such! Seems to take longer to dry. Three months and white or red is "checked" nicely and ready to go. Pin, a good six months.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I would love to see how Jay would make one
And yes the cleaver is a must.

 

[rumination]

A lot of the butcher blocks I see in Hong Kong seem to be made of a multitude of bamboo strips pressed together. Others are just a round of wood of some sort. They sure take a lot of abuse. Those guys use some serious cleavers.