Splitting firewood

[houstoncutter]

Ok, need some imput on firewood. Had a twister take out a pecan and oak tree take out . This is way to much wood for me to burn in a couple of seasons. Was going to split up a couple of cords of the oak and leave the rest in large pieces for a later time, same with the pecan, but only about a half a cord for cooking. Is this the way to go, or should I split it all up and cover it. I know the oak splits better when it green, but if this wood is to seasoned it seems like it would burn to fast... All opinions apreciated.

 

[Ouachita]

Are you trying to slow the drying for later firewood use, or cooking use?
If for firewood, don't split it, and leave it in long logs. Get some old latex paint and mix some Daconil or copper fungicide in it, then paint brush the ends of the log. Spray the rest of the log with a fungicide/insecticide mix and get it off the ground. It'll last a long time, even in your humidity.
Don't use this wood to cook with

 

[houstoncutter]

Have already cut it into 18' chunks, just right for feeding into my vermont stove

 

[houstoncutter]

make that 18 inches...lol

 

[Ouachita]

....... just right for feeding into my vermont stove

YANKEE :lol2: ;-)

 

[houstoncutter]

Them's fightin words Razorback...lol

 

[breed549]

splits better frozen my 2 cents worth br

 

[houstoncutter]

Very seldom is it ever freezing during the day here.

 

[bigbull338]

if i was you id go ahead an cut up an split both of those trees.that way you can get the wood seasoning.

 

[backhoeboogie]

It is drier here. I say split it and stack it. Get yourself some fresher pecan for cooking later if you have to. I've got some 3 year old split pecan and it is still nice. Easier to split if you let it sit for a year.

 

[greybeard]

Split it and stack it so it will stay reasonably dry and insect free. If you leave it just crosscut into lengths, the bugs will be into it in no time because of the moisture content in the cellulose--especially if there is still bark on the outside of it.