Burning Sawmill Slabs?

[CrystalRiver1]

Hey guys,

Anybody got experience burning these?
Got a lead of some decent 7-9 ft slabs...mostly oak, hickory, pine, etc, etc.
$15 truckload & $10-15 per trailer load.

 

[Mkinslow]

Hey guys,

Anybody got experience burning these?
Got a lead of some decent 7-9 ft slabs...mostly oak, hickory, pine, etc, etc.
$15 truckload & $10-15 per trailer load.

We burn them all the time in my shop heater and our fire pit. Never had any problems

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[SeldomseenS]

I used to burn them in a maple sugaring arch. They burn hot because they tend to be pretty thin. They can be a pain in the ass to sort through and buck to length but for the price they’re probably worth. Depending on how the mill handles them they can also puck up a lot of dirt.


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[ElevatorGuy]

A guy locally was selling this by the truckload here a few years back fairly cheap. I don’t recall the price but I know 3 guys that bought a few truckloads and one bought 4. They were all happy with it, A lot of wood for the money.

 

[Maintenance Chief]

I've burned them, stack they on top of open ratchet straps , then you can cut the by the dozens fter bundled up with the straps.

 

[SimonHS]

The thinner ones will split down into excellent kindling.

 

[rogue60]

I've used off cut's and docked waist from our old mill for years as firewood all Aussie hardwood it burns hot for me it's easy getting firewood.

 

[Wolverine]

My dad bought loads of slab wood from the local mill when I was a young pup. He was always very please with the cost for amount. It always burned fine that I remember. As long as it’s dry, I see no issues at all. As long as you get what you pay for.

 

[Philbert]

We have a small wood stove / fireplace insert. When we first got it, about 30 years ago, I bought some ‘bundles’ of it, delivered, wrapped in steel straps.

Easy to cut. Easy to split. Easy to stack. Easy to burn in our stove.

Philbert

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Thanks for feedback studs.
Headed over to take a look see in the am...only concern is the seller says, "all slabs are kinda equal, yet some slabs are more equal than others slabs, so is their value times money!"
I thought he was blitzed and trying to quote a line from George Orwell’s novel, "Animal Farm!"
"All animals are equal but some are more equal than others".
We'll see...I'll be packing a decent shooting iron & a extra mag full of 147 grain JHP's...just in case he has any Freddie Kruger/Hannibal type propensities.

 

[5155]

I like them for stacking on top of firewood like shingles.
When I supplied my elders wood, slabs and sheared pallets were a staple. Pun.

 

[Ryan Browne]

I've used off cut's and docked waist from our old mill for years as firewood all Aussie hardwood it burns hot for me it's easy getting firewood.
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I don't wear a face shield often, but it's crucial for cutting bundled slabwood!

We used to burn 10 cords of it a year making syrup, but it's not available locally anymore. Sometimes you get bundles with nothing thicker than an inch, which gets old, but mostly it's great fuel.

 

[Hinerman]

I don't wear a face shield often, but it's crucial for cutting bundled slabwood!

We used to burn 10 cords of it a year making syrup, but it's not available locally anymore. Sometimes you get bundles with nothing thicker than an inch, which gets old, but mostly it's great fuel.

Do you sell and ship your maple syrup?

 

[Al Smith]

A local pallet works heats their entire work area on scraps using a giant version of a double barrel Alaska stove . They blow the heat around with big hanging fans .
When I was a wee lad on the farm some nearly 70 years ago my dad got slabs and cut them down using a mounted buzz saw on an F-14 Farmall .Burned them in a big old gravity furnace in the basement .

 

[rogue60]

I don't wear a face shield often, but it's crucial for cutting bundled slabwood!

We used to burn 10 cords of it a year making syrup, but it's not available locally anymore. Sometimes you get bundles with nothing thicker than an inch, which gets old, but mostly it's great fuel.

I agree on the face shield when cutting this stuff gets the old blood pumping when the saw grabs a piece and throws it at ya face lol

 

[Ryan Browne]

Do you sell and ship your maple syrup?

We do sell it. I ship some sometimes, but usually not in a timely manner. Randy might port saws faster than I mail syrup. Send me a pm if it's something you're interested in.

 

[Wilhelm]

Personally I wouldn't wanna heat my house just with sawmill slab/scrap wood, burns too fast, impossible to get long burns.
But for fast heat and mixed in with some big wood chunks it's great.

15$ per load?
Take more than You know You need!