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Originally Posted by Steeveedee

All that maple and oak going up in smoke is enough to make a grown man cry, if he likes to work with wood. All that beautiful, undiscovered grain figure! Here in California we pay good money per board foot for either of those woods. #sad

Not all oak or maple make good wood but it all burns . I save wood that grows in the heavy woods they tend to be straight and very few branches low on the trunk. I have quite a bit of slab wood from such trees. First is Hickory second is red oak and I managed to salvage some ash for boards. I also have a bunch of maple in log lengths. But milling is best in cool weather

I wont mill wood that grows along the road or people's yards. Nothing like hitting a nail with an expensive ripping chain or a saw band