[at-l] Oak tree you're in my way...

[Jim Bullard]

Yep, it is even better for fenceposts than cedar which holds up almost
forever. But I didn't need fenceposts and I did need firewood. BTW - I
cut a few rounds off about an inch thick and sanded them down to use
as cutting boards in the kitchen. It took a long time to smooth that
hard end grain but I have the best round cutting boards you'll ever
see.

On 12/4/06, Amy Skowronek <amy at forinash.net> wrote:
>
> On Dec 4, 2006, at 8:24 AM, Felix J wrote:
>
> > Jim Bullard wrote:
> >
> >> Nope! The best is locust.
> >
> >
> > Locust is too hard to split and is 'stringy'. And, not as plentiful as
> > oak. It IS a hot heat, though. Beech is a good, long-burning, high-
> > heat
> > wood, too. Generally knotty and on the 'hard-to-split' side, though.
>
> There is no way I'd use locust for firewood, when there are fences to
> be made.  Locust is the *best* fencepost wood.  It lasts for fricking
> ever.  We had some locust corner posts in some outbuildings, and when
> the buildings died after 100 or so years, the posts were still
> solid.  They had softened up a tad right at ground level, but we
> still couldn't chop through them with an ax or cut them with a saw.
> We ended up digging them out.
>
> -amy
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