I enjoyed the video. Pretty much everything I split is Oak and I’ve never thought it didn’t smell good. Just a personal preference thing probably though
Lol, everyone has a different perspective. Personally, I love smelling the different fragrances & aromas the different varieties of wood give off during the processing. Oak has a great smell to me -- Ash has an interesting smell (less enjoyable) -- My guys always struggle to point on Poplar (I like that smell, almost a pine-like aroma), Hickory & Cherry are great -- So many neat aromas. Trees are an amazing life giver. Habitat, shelter, food source, heat. Endless giving. We need to preserve & cherish the resource, as much as we harvest & utilize it. Keep on splitting brother!!
I started to cut an apple tree Monday and got to go back and finish it on Thursday if the weather is permitted. It will make some nice wood to smoke with.
I have little interest in bucking those big rounds and then handling them again and again. Can’t lie to you Joe. I’m with you in spirit and living out my firewood dreams through your videos. Love the sense of humor that you display.
I smoke briskets here in TX and hickory would be my first choice, followed by pecan, and then, red oak. Dried, of course. Then, post oak. Red oak does put off a unique smell when cut wet, but that goes away after it is seasoned a year or more, and then it produces a great smell in the smoker. I actively study the quality of woods for smoking and do a lot of experimenting, which is really fun. I cut a lot of my own wood with permits. Honestly, apple is top notch in my book, but we can't grow much of it down here. Just got home with a trailer full of fresh cut mockernut hickory. Great video and I just subscribed to your channel.
Hey Joe found your channel after watching a video with you in it from Hometown Acres. Just wanted to say love the channel I can’t stop watching the videos. I know it may seem minor but I find it a huge help when you mention the type of wood you are splitting. I am new to the wire wood game and get my wood from the local dump. It can be hard trying to figure out what type of wood I get and just the quick little mention has really helped me. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
I agree to a point, red oak reeks. White oak on the other hand, smells amazing to me. Almost a vanilla smell, which is why it’s used for whiskey barrels 😎 I also thoroughly enjoy processing cherry and it’s hard to beat nice straight hickory.
I got two facecords of pignut hickory, cherry, and sugar maple from a tree guy. It was sold as green/fresh cut, so it was rack filler for next year. You're very right about hickory having a distinctive smell! Mixed with cherry, I had the best smelling patio around! I never noticed beech having much of a smell, but mine is probably too dry for that. Very nice looking wood though. I also like the smell of fresh cut ash- and the smoke even more so. Honey Locust is another with a strong sour, mulchy smell when green. I like it, it reminds me of hickory. (and like red oak or sugar maple, it's so hard, it can't help but split super easy.)
I agree, Cherry is one of my all time favorites. Lately I've preferred Black Cherry as my favorite. It splits even better than Cherry, and smells way better too IMO. You're right though, red oak smells like poop when it's green!
We have several huge apple orchards in our area. They cut all the trees down about every 20 years in cycles. So like a 40 acre orchard will have 5 acres clear cut every 5 years in rotation. The older trees must be more disease prone or dont produce as well...They usually push in a pile and burn them. I am sure a relationship could be built to get this wood if it could be some how beneficial to the producers. 🤘 All Oak Rocks!🤘
I have cut stinky oak trees, typically climax age black oak(a type of red oak). But the varieties of white oak I have cut smell great and the oter members of the red oak family I have used smell good to me too. There are many kinds of oad and probably all smell a bit different,
Joe, Ron again forgot to mention I just got a load of Apple Wood. Two door down from us his Apple Tree uprooted from the Heavy Wet Snow we had a few weeks ago. My Fellow from the Tree Service came in and removed it. Yes it is very Hard to Split. Getting it ready to cut up next week. Ron from Duanesburg.
I hear you about the rain! I'm not paying myself enough to be getting drenched and frozen. I'm like sugar and '70/'80s Italian cars, soluble in water :-)
I make wood turnings on the lathe. Boredom set in a few years ago and I made a maple "firewood" chess set for the deck. My shop smelled just like the maple syrup I make every year. I had a real craving for French Toast and bacon 🥓. The oak around here smells like the litter box.
Hi Joe - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. I believe that in the olden days in the British Isles that oak was a less desirable firewood so therefore was worth less.
@@ohiowoodburner Big Rodders again. Indeed, the British Navy relied on the hardiest oaks to make their warships so it is possible that all oak stock was reserved for ship building. I've heard it said that Ireland was stripped of all its oaks for this purpose but this would need to be verified by historical experts.
@@rodneysweetnam8653 When they came over here, the Brits wanted our old growth white pines for ships masts, and the White oak for hulls. Eventually, it was discovered that live oak was an even better wood for this. Hard as a rock, and tough as nails! and it only gets more so when it seasons. That's what "Old Ironsides" USS Constitution is made of- and where the nickname came from. It would bounce cannon balls right off.
I like the way you separate the oak, and hickory, I agree oak takes 2 years to dry, Hickory wood is popular in the USA, Hickory dries much faster then oak, my favourite wood is cherry, the most common wood I have not heard you mention is pecan, it has sweet it has heat, it has smoke,
@@ohiowoodburner try to keep 500 on hand my accounts in saranac lake and others 20 miles away I deliver 100 bundles at a time 3 accounts in tupper lake about 60
The only bad smelling wood I have noticed in my area is wood grown in a swampy area. Smelled ok when split, but really bad when burned. It was some kind of cottonwood, and trees just like it 20 feet out of the wet area where fine.
Ha Ha! I tried to cut corners once and had someone bring me a farm truck full of unsplit oak. I thought he had got it out of a feed lot it stunk so bad. I had to get it split quick before the neighbors kicked me out. It finally aired out as it dryed more and was ok but never did that again, LOL!
Nope. It's the J model with the standard table. IMO that is all you need. HD would be too heavy for me to push around the yard. The J is more than strong enuff.
Oak is a hard wood last longer for firewood in fireplace also takes longer burn time cause takes longer to dry out that’s maybe cause you don’t like but I over all it’s great for home owners
Semi-seasoned hickory is just what the barbecue restaurants in my area of service want. Sometimes the pitmasters will soak hickory to re-moisten it. Re-moistened hickory creates more smoke as it burns and that smoke is just what the pitmasters want. My area? Piedmont North Carolina, famous for "Lexington" style barbecue. Hope you get down this way and if you do you gotta try some "Lexington" style barbecue.
Thanks for the video Joe. You need a small canvas carport over your super splitter, of coarse if it rains you can always read a book and drink Dr Pepper
Andrew made a comparison between the Super-split and the Ultra. The Ultra did the job in about half the time because of the 4-way wedge. Think thst would be a better option than the Super-split? Probably depends on your operation and the Ultra is a lot heavier to maneuver by hand but is even quicker.
I am one of those that doesn't think the 4 way is the way to go. Too much waste and it seems you can go faster with one. A lot depends on your size of the log
I thought I was the only one who sniffed fresh split wood. For me it smells like wood for you it smells like money. I remember as a kid at summer camp (work camp) and loading cut logs into a trailer and the wonderful smell. What a stress free job you have.
Yes Joe Oak sure does Stink when you Split and Cut it. Hickory Wood is good and Smells Wonderful burning. Oak Burns good burns long and Hot. I am temporally not cutting any till next week as I had Eye Surgery. But I am getting my equipment ready so when I begin it's all ready. Waiting for a Load of log length wood to come in. Should be Locust and Oak. I cut it now to Start my Pile of wood for our up-coming Winter. Love your Video's and Like I said some day I will visit you, I will let you know First before I get there. Ron from Duanesburg.
What species of oak is it the bark looks way different From the oak out here ? Here in the west coast we have massive black oak and valley oak that smells amazing while your cutting. . Splitting and burning
You sort of answered your own question on hickory and apple. Firewood is the low end product, so hickory goes to tool handles. Even small trees can be used for tool blanks and due to small size of those it can be cut around knots and crooks. Also a lot of hickory goes to charcoal production. Apple is more valuable as smoking chips and chunks so why waste it as firewood when you can get more for it in it's other uses? The number one reason for oak being a top firewood everywhere is that it has the most BTUs and is widely available. Here in Missouri oak and hickory are tops for BTUs and since everything is second growth around here as we were nearly clear cut for railroad ties in the late 1800s it is abundant. I know it is different in other areas but most use what they have that is highest on the BTU charts. Sadly very few here wait the full time for oak to season. So many times I see fires with liquid and gas shooting out the ends of the logs and that sizzling sound of wet wood on the fire. And that keeps the chimney sweeps busy fighting creosote buildup. Those who cut their own in the woods often ring the base and let stand dead a year and then harvest and split. Cuts down the time in the wood lot to about a year. One often over looked is Walnut. Love it for firewood. Still decent BTU and easy to work with. But most of what I got was harvested from the tops left after the loggers took what they wanted as it is high demand furniture and veneer wood. That made the tops cheap and abundant. Usually free if I wanted to cut my own. Same with oak and hickory tops after loggers are done. Most of what I burned was four to eight inch rounds from the big limbs and only had to split once or twice. Maybe a few "long burners" unsplit at night to keep the fire banked and going.
@@ohiowoodburner Hey Joe saw that on the video and yeah good stuff. Really high on the BTU charts and nice burning wood, just not real common to get good size rounds like you had to make those logs as it is usually used for lumber by that diameter. I loved burning it though.
great and funny video i like oak it does smell and attracts flies in the summer time but a great wood for the fire pit anyways have a great day and please tell the wife i said happy mothers day
I don't mind red oak, or white oak.....but I'm on the Missouri/ Arkansas border so all we get is black oak( alot of folks call it piss oak because.....well smells like pee). Kinda looks like what you have there. Twisted grain, splits like a cotton ball. Nice wood splitter you got there.
My last home in eastern MA, oak smelled like pee. We moved to western MA a few years ago and have LOADS of red oak in our forest and it all smells like McDonalds ketchup go figure. But I love it now lol
I've got my thoughts of oak, especially red when it smells of hot vomit. I've cut this stuff when it's nearly been fresh and I don't live by growing sources of that kind likely living in the PNW but I know I've smelled it before somehow. The dislike for it is overrided by how long it burns though. I enjoy wood that burns as long as oak.
Oak doesn't smell that bad. Is an acquired smell, just like the taste of certain brands of beer. My favorite woods to cut and split are pine and cherry.
All depends on what kind of oak u burn! Out here in calif black oak, white oak, live oak burns great ! Scrub oak is messy leaves lots of ash and tan oak is good for the first season! The only thing I smell is the Ganga burning in calif😂
If oak smells bad, how do BBQ restaurants in Texas use it to smoke meats with it,I agree with you I don't like the smell of oak as well my favorite is hickory
I met a guy that is letting me cut all tge firewood (maple & Alder) hardwoods here for the Pacific NW I want on his property. As I split it all i smell is pond water as his lot is surrounded by swap,and wet lands.. The next wood that smells bad to me is hemlock.. Douglas fir is awsom ..
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My wife actually likes the oak smell and it really is the best firewood when it’s seasoned.
I love the smell of oak! Smells like Ketchup! Thanks for sharing another day in the life of another firewood producer! Blessings, Jeff
Not much smells better than ketchup 😐
I find it smells like A1 steak sauce.
I definitely think red oak smells like ketchup and white oak smells just like Jim beam
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I enjoyed the video. Pretty much everything I split is Oak and I’ve never thought it didn’t smell good.
Just a personal preference thing probably though
Smells like BBQ to me.
Lol, everyone has a different perspective. Personally, I love smelling the different fragrances & aromas the different varieties of wood give off during the processing. Oak has a great smell to me -- Ash has an interesting smell (less enjoyable) -- My guys always struggle to point on Poplar (I like that smell, almost a pine-like aroma), Hickory & Cherry are great -- So many neat aromas. Trees are an amazing life giver. Habitat, shelter, food source, heat. Endless giving. We need to preserve & cherish the resource, as much as we harvest & utilize it. Keep on splitting brother!!
Ash smells clean to me
I started to cut an apple tree Monday and got to go back and finish it on Thursday if the weather is permitted. It will make some nice wood to smoke with.
It sure will. Smells pretty cool when you split it
I’ve always loved the smell of birch 🌳. Good morning from North East PA.
My youngest daughter will be heading to college in the fall out your way Brian.
@@ohiowoodburner Near Wilkes-Barre PA?
I have little interest in bucking those big rounds and then handling them again and again.
Can’t lie to you Joe. I’m with you in spirit and living out my firewood dreams through your videos.
Love the sense of humor that you display.
Thanks Barry!
I try to not cut, burn and split oak, never noticed the smell. I love the smell of cedar. And fresh cut pine.
Morning Joe. I will agree that red oak does smell when splitting but like to burn it. Keep up the great work
I am in full agreement with you John LOL!!
I smoke briskets here in TX and hickory would be my first choice, followed by pecan, and then, red oak. Dried, of course. Then, post oak. Red oak does put off a unique smell when cut wet, but that goes away after it is seasoned a year or more, and then it produces a great smell in the smoker. I actively study the quality of woods for smoking and do a lot of experimenting, which is really fun. I cut a lot of my own wood with permits. Honestly, apple is top notch in my book, but we can't grow much of it down here. Just got home with a trailer full of fresh cut mockernut hickory. Great video and I just subscribed to your channel.
Hey Joe found your channel after watching a video with you in it from Hometown Acres. Just wanted to say love the channel I can’t stop watching the videos. I know it may seem minor but I find it a huge help when you mention the type of wood you are splitting. I am new to the wire wood game and get my wood from the local dump. It can be hard trying to figure out what type of wood I get and just the quick little mention has really helped me. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Thanks for coming on board Dan. I hope you enjoy the vids. Adam has an awesome channel and is a super cool dude!
Thank you Joe. I am Loving the content I’ve learned so much from you.
I agree to a point, red oak reeks. White oak on the other hand, smells amazing to me. Almost a vanilla smell, which is why it’s used for whiskey barrels 😎
I also thoroughly enjoy processing cherry and it’s hard to beat nice straight hickory.
I think b/c it's a closed cell wood, so it doesn't absorb liquid. used for wooden boats as well.
It's so interesting how differently people perceive things. I think oak smells great!
It was a joy watching you!
I got two facecords of pignut hickory, cherry, and sugar maple from a tree guy. It was sold as green/fresh cut, so it was rack filler for next year. You're very right about hickory having a distinctive smell! Mixed with cherry, I had the best smelling patio around!
I never noticed beech having much of a smell, but mine is probably too dry for that. Very nice looking wood though. I also like the smell of fresh cut ash- and the smoke even more so. Honey Locust is another with a strong sour, mulchy smell when green. I like it, it reminds me of hickory. (and like red oak or sugar maple, it's so hard, it can't help but split super easy.)
Sounds like you and me have a lot in common with smells. Beech to me has a spicy smell.
I agree, Cherry is one of my all time favorites. Lately I've preferred Black Cherry as my favorite. It splits even better than Cherry, and smells way better too IMO.
You're right though, red oak smells like poop when it's green!
I am with you Justin! Thanks buddy
Agree, red oak smells rough when cur and split, after drying I don’t notice the smell.. NC
Smells like barf Larry!!
We have several huge apple orchards in our area. They cut all the trees down about every 20 years in cycles. So like a 40 acre orchard will have 5 acres clear cut every 5 years in rotation. The older trees must be more disease prone or dont produce as well...They usually push in a pile and burn them. I am sure a relationship could be built to get this wood if it could be some how beneficial to the producers.
🤘 All Oak Rocks!🤘
There is an apple orchard near us but I don't get that much requests for it to get me out there to find some.
Joe you rock bud. great video love the little pine tree on the oak.
LOL gotta keep the air fresh JOsh!
I have cut stinky oak trees, typically climax age black oak(a type of red oak). But the varieties of white oak I have cut smell great and the oter members of the red oak family I have used smell good to me too. There are many kinds of oad and probably all smell a bit different,
Love the antics Joe ! to me its how it smells when its burning is what counts !
Good point Mike! It is great for smoking meats
Good morning Joe, in the 80,s and sunshine yesterday, today raining and low 60’s Yo Yo weather! 🪵🚜👍🏼🇺🇸
Poured all day yesterday and last night. Not looking good here at all Larry
Joe, Ron again forgot to mention I just got a load of Apple Wood. Two door down from us his Apple Tree uprooted from the Heavy Wet Snow we had a few weeks ago. My Fellow from the Tree Service came in and removed it. Yes it is very Hard to Split. Getting it ready to cut up next week. Ron from Duanesburg.
hi, Joe, the best firewood in our area is oak and birch, they give a lot of heat, and that's good👍
Дуба много здесь, в Огайо. Я не вижу много берез.
I hear you about the rain! I'm not paying myself enough to be getting drenched and frozen.
I'm like sugar and '70/'80s Italian cars, soluble in water :-)
The Maserati is still famous for the check engine light!
Love your sense of humor, Joe.
LOL Thanks Mark!
I won't say I regret selling my SS, but man we put up a lot of wood with that machine. It was an excellent tool.
What did u sell it for?
@@ohiowoodburner Got the Axis...all weather machine. One could certainly use both but the SS sat alot after the Axis arrived.
Good morning Joe!!😀😀
Good morning Al!
I wish I had the option of picking my hardwoods.
Lots of fir and a few oaks on my property. Making the best of what's available
did you ever get iron wood
Lol, Febreeze! I burst out laughing driving next to my husband and he almost crashed! Lol 🦨
Hey, I gotta keep a safe working environment!!!
I’m so jealous. I have a 5 ton electric splitter. While it cycles, I run inside for a cup of coffee. Handy when it’s cold outside, I guess.
I cut mostly red oak smells like corn silage. I season it 2 years and it burns hot and last all night.
I make wood turnings on the lathe.
Boredom set in a few years ago and I made a maple "firewood" chess set for the deck.
My shop smelled just like the maple syrup I make every year.
I had a real craving for French Toast and bacon 🥓.
The oak around here smells like the litter box.
Joe, you are hysterical! Love watching your videos. God Bless
Thanks George!! LOL
I would sit and smell hickory and oak all day long. Any kinda wood really canny beat the smell of fresh cut wood. Love it. Great video 🏴👍
Hi Joe - it's Big Rodders in Ireland. I believe that in the olden days in the British Isles that oak was a less desirable firewood so therefore was worth less.
They prob made their seafaring vessels out of it too BR. I just hate the way it smells LOL
@@ohiowoodburner Big Rodders again. Indeed, the British Navy relied on the hardiest oaks to make their warships so it is possible that all oak stock was reserved for ship building. I've heard it said that Ireland was stripped of all its oaks for this purpose but this would need to be verified by historical experts.
@@rodneysweetnam8653 When they came over here, the Brits wanted our old growth white pines for ships masts, and the White oak for hulls. Eventually, it was discovered that live oak was an even better wood for this. Hard as a rock, and tough as nails! and it only gets more so when it seasons. That's what "Old Ironsides" USS Constitution is made of- and where the nickname came from. It would bounce cannon balls right off.
I split some oak last year and I split it into flat shingle type pieces and they dried much faster.
People split is small around here too. It just doesn't want to season out here in this part of the country
Nice to see the super splitter in action again. Thanks Joe. Have a great day 👍🏻!
Thanks, you too!
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I like the way you separate the oak, and hickory, I agree oak takes 2 years to dry, Hickory wood is popular in the USA, Hickory dries much faster then oak, my favourite wood is cherry, the most common wood I have not heard you mention is pecan, it has sweet it has heat, it has smoke,
We don't have Pecan in this part of the country. I haven't any experience with it Ebele.
I love the versatility of the Supersplit!! Just think of the smell of oak as a different form of cash. Hop that helps.
Hmm.... good way of looking at it Harold!
Split a black oak and you will be thankful for red oak. Black oak smells like sewage, red oak only smells like a strong ketchup.
I'm still using those gloves I think they are the best for firewood picked up another bundle account in blue mt lake
Way to go Chris. Are you wrapping when you have an order or do you keep an inventory?
@@ohiowoodburner try to keep 500 on hand my accounts in saranac lake and others 20 miles away I deliver 100 bundles at a time 3 accounts in tupper lake about 60
The only bad smelling wood I have noticed in my area is wood grown in a swampy area. Smelled ok when split, but really bad when burned. It was some kind of cottonwood, and trees just like it 20 feet out of the wet area where fine.
Ha Ha! I tried to cut corners once and had someone bring me a farm truck full of unsplit oak. I thought he had got it out of a feed lot it stunk so bad. I had to get it split quick before the neighbors kicked me out. It finally aired out as it dryed more and was ok but never did that again, LOL!
Is the unit you have the Heavy Duty model with the Extra Wide Table? Thinking of purchasing one.
Nope. It's the J model with the standard table. IMO that is all you need. HD would be too heavy for me to push around the yard. The J is more than strong enuff.
@@ohiowoodburner thank you so much for your reply.
Water Oak/Pin Oak has a horrible smell when freshly split. But the smell calms down as it dries out.
Oak is a hard wood last longer for firewood in fireplace also takes longer burn time cause takes longer to dry out that’s maybe cause you don’t like but I over all it’s great for home owners
It is certainly a great wood for burning!
I get $240 a load for oak. It’s hard to come by near Chicago and people will pay because they have it like that.
I must cut so much oak I didn’t realize it had a smell. Best wood in this area for BTU’s. central Pa
No doubt about that Bren but for me it becomes tough to sell given it must sit for 2 years. I only sell seasoned wood.
Everybody has their own preference I love the smell of oak
Don't forget sassafras for really fragrant, fresh cut/split,
wood
I actually have some that I just threw in my furnace yesterday. Very thick odor smells like root beer!
Semi-seasoned hickory is just what the barbecue restaurants in my area of service want. Sometimes the pitmasters will soak hickory to re-moisten it. Re-moistened hickory creates more smoke as it burns and that smoke is just what the pitmasters want. My area? Piedmont North Carolina, famous for "Lexington" style barbecue. Hope you get down this way and if you do you gotta try some "Lexington" style barbecue.
Thanks for the video Joe. You need a small canvas carport over your super splitter, of coarse if it rains you can always read a book and drink Dr Pepper
LOL... I could get used to that!
Is this firewood for campers cause they are thin?
LOL! I love the smell of oak. Hickory is by far my favorite though!
I have heard people say that about oak. Must be an acquired taste! LOL
Andrew made a comparison between the Super-split and the Ultra. The Ultra did the job in about half the time because of the 4-way wedge. Think thst would be a better option than the Super-split? Probably depends on your operation and the Ultra is a lot heavier to maneuver by hand but is even quicker.
I am one of those that doesn't think the 4 way is the way to go. Too much waste and it seems you can go faster with one. A lot depends on your size of the log
@@ohiowoodburner, like any tool each had their own place in the arsenal. And have to know how to use it to maximize it. Aka skilled with that tool.
Air fresheners 🤣🤣
You crack me up!
LOL!!
I thought I was the only one who sniffed fresh split wood. For me it smells like wood for you it smells like money. I remember as a kid at summer camp (work camp) and loading cut logs into a trailer and the wonderful smell. What a stress free job you have.
The weather here in Northwest Ohio is almost the same. Just not good. Thank you for the content.
Rain rain rain Vern. 73
Yes Joe Oak sure does Stink when you Split and Cut it. Hickory Wood is good and Smells Wonderful burning. Oak Burns good burns long and Hot. I am temporally not cutting any till next week as I had Eye Surgery. But I am getting my equipment ready so when I begin it's all ready. Waiting for a Load of log length wood to come in. Should be Locust and Oak. I cut it now to Start my Pile of wood for our up-coming Winter. Love your Video's and Like I said some day I will visit you, I will let you know First before I get there. Ron from Duanesburg.
What species of oak is it the bark looks way different From the oak out here ? Here in the west coast we have massive black oak and valley oak that smells amazing while your cutting. . Splitting and burning
Hi Joe. Ever drive by a composte yard/factory with the window down? Similar to that oak smell on a good day. 😆 Very rich, earthy scent/odor.
I think seasoned oak smells like that. I actually think that smells halfway decent. I LOVE the smell of mulch!
You sort of answered your own question on hickory and apple. Firewood is the low end product, so hickory goes to tool handles. Even small trees can be used for tool blanks and due to small size of those it can be cut around knots and crooks. Also a lot of hickory goes to charcoal production. Apple is more valuable as smoking chips and chunks so why waste it as firewood when you can get more for it in it's other uses? The number one reason for oak being a top firewood everywhere is that it has the most BTUs and is widely available. Here in Missouri oak and hickory are tops for BTUs and since everything is second growth around here as we were nearly clear cut for railroad ties in the late 1800s it is abundant. I know it is different in other areas but most use what they have that is highest on the BTU charts. Sadly very few here wait the full time for oak to season. So many times I see fires with liquid and gas shooting out the ends of the logs and that sizzling sound of wet wood on the fire. And that keeps the chimney sweeps busy fighting creosote buildup. Those who cut their own in the woods often ring the base and let stand dead a year and then harvest and split. Cuts down the time in the wood lot to about a year. One often over looked is Walnut. Love it for firewood. Still decent BTU and easy to work with. But most of what I got was harvested from the tops left after the loggers took what they wanted as it is high demand furniture and veneer wood. That made the tops cheap and abundant. Usually free if I wanted to cut my own. Same with oak and hickory tops after loggers are done. Most of what I burned was four to eight inch rounds from the big limbs and only had to split once or twice. Maybe a few "long burners" unsplit at night to keep the fire banked and going.
Thanks for the nice post Mark. I have some walnut coming in today and will try to get it on a vid. Joe
I have an abundance of standing dead red elm with no bark on it👍
@@ohiowoodburner Hey Joe saw that on the video and yeah good stuff. Really high on the BTU charts and nice burning wood, just not real common to get good size rounds like you had to make those logs as it is usually used for lumber by that diameter. I loved burning it though.
Keep a cordless drill with you and a wire brush to keep the crud off your beam
I avoid using anything metal. Over time you can start to whittle away at the beam. Shards of wood work pretty good
They make them in hard rubber/plastic. Like your show. A+
Lmao that pink air freshener..great video
great and funny video i like oak it does smell and attracts flies in the summer time but a great wood for the fire pit anyways have a great day and please tell the wife i said happy mothers day
Hi Joe. I converted my Super Split to electric operation. No gas and very quiet. If you wish, let me know and I'll send you the details. Shalom/gw.
The worst is when red oak has some rot in the middle. Smells like sewage! Ick Once fully dry , not as bad. Burns well though.
I don't mind red oak, or white oak.....but I'm on the Missouri/ Arkansas border so all we get is black oak( alot of folks call it piss oak because.....well smells like pee). Kinda looks like what you have there. Twisted grain, splits like a cotton ball. Nice wood splitter you got there.
😂😅 with the Febreeze and scent trees
Very rare to see an apple tree log... by that I mean they usually are shorter and a lot of knots... smell good when get some for firewood..
I agree. Once upon a time I was offered up a large, straight apple trunk and and turned it down LOL. Too much work for me at the time
My last home in eastern MA, oak smelled like pee. We moved to western MA a few years ago and have LOADS of red oak in our forest and it all smells like McDonalds ketchup go figure. But I love it now lol
LOL.... great analogy Linus.
I've got my thoughts of oak, especially red when it smells of hot vomit. I've cut this stuff when it's nearly been fresh and I don't live by growing sources of that kind likely living in the PNW but I know I've smelled it before somehow. The dislike for it is overrided by how long it burns though. I enjoy wood that burns as long as oak.
Oak is king.
Oak doesn't smell that bad. Is an acquired smell, just like the taste of certain brands of beer. My favorite woods to cut and split are pine and cherry.
I rarely see any pine. Cherry is AWESOME!!!
Good morning Joe! Have you ever split sycamore? Talk about stink! The best smelling wood is cherry hands down!
Love my SS!
I don't recall any bad odor but it is tough splitting for sure
@@ohiowoodburner yes, sycamore is very stringy.
If you were to take those small hickory splits to a KCBS sanctioned contest, you would be shocked at how much you could sell them for.
Probably some good eating there too!
My brother in law says it smells like rotten ketchup!😂
It is easy to see that you'v'e used the Splitter alot. Try a putty knife for the build up. Just a thought.
Funny, I love the smell of Oak!
LOL... I have heard others say the same thing!
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You're welcome!
Joe, I order myself some Muck slip-on shoes for summer rains.
Elm will test any log splitter that’s for sure!
Oak sometimes smells like a barn lot to me. I split a white oak recently, only 35 years old but a good 20 inch dia... it smelled okay.
oaks the best firewood tgakes long to season but very good burns hot and long
I don't mind oak but we don't cut a ton of it. I think elm smells like fiber bandaids haha
All depends on what kind of oak u burn! Out here in calif black oak, white oak, live oak burns great ! Scrub oak is messy leaves lots of ash and tan oak is good for the first season! The only thing I smell is the Ganga burning in calif😂
If oak smells bad, how do BBQ restaurants in Texas use it to smoke meats with it,I agree with you I don't like the smell of oak as well my favorite is hickory
Green Post Oak smells great
I moved out of Ohio for two reasons. Rain and snow. If it is not raining, it is snowing.
I met a guy that is letting me cut all tge firewood (maple & Alder) hardwoods here for the Pacific NW I want on his property. As I split it all i smell is pond water as his lot is surrounded by swap,and wet lands.. The next wood that smells bad to me is hemlock.. Douglas fir is awsom ..
The smell of oak wood is very mild compared to standing there and breathing in the highly toxic and dangerous gasoline engine exhaust fumes.
And Apple is my favorite wood to smoke with, too..
I love the smell of red oak! 😂
Barf!!!!!! Lol
@@ohiowoodburner yea the Christmas trees were entertaining.
In the N Ga mountains I am told there is a piss oak that burns poorly, smokes, and stinks to high heaven.
I prefer the smell of red oak over hickory . Hickory smells like a barnyard
LOL... I see it the opposite! Thanks Dave
Joe for sure that hickory can be a pain to split. I’ve been splitting lots of it lately take care, Ben.
It can certainly get stringy Ben. Love the smell though!