Splitting and Seasoning Oak

[sime42]

13 hours ago, Stere said:

Any Sweet chesnut coppice about in Romania?

 

Or black locust, & acacia..

 

Acacia Poles - Products

WWW.ACACIABOIS.COM

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Poles (round, peeled, pointy): small diameters for fencing, large diameters for earthworks, river bank restoration (tunnage).

 

 If so you could  make  a nice shed from the round poles etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That looks good. We could do with a supplier like that in the UK. It would be nice to have a readily available alternative to tanalised softwood timber, (which normally rots after not many years anyway).

 

 

[Stere]

Robinia pseudoacacia - Black locust or False  Acacia

Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut

 

Bit about Sweet Chesnut coppice:

 

Coppicing - Hampshire Chestnut

WWW.HAMPSHIRECHESTNUT.CO.UK

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Sweet chestnut coppice is cut in rotation much like Hazel. In this case the stools are around 22yrs in age, a good time to...

 

There are a few UK suppliers  that import Robinia &  Ive seem them used for playground structures.

 

Robinia Timber | agricultural-fencing

WWW.AGRIFENCING.CO.UK

 

From the look of it the poles,  also sand down  really  smooth so are ideally suited.

 

Looks alot better  aesthetically than tanalized, & will last longer plus  more eco.

 

Id be happy to pay a few quid more over tanalized for fence posts etc that lasted better.

 

 

 

 

 

Loads grown  in Hungary even though its a  non native has become there "national tree".

 

 

 

Dunno why  or if  it could not also be grown  in the UK but I suppose we already have Sweet Chestnut that does a similar job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2024 by Stere

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Stere said:

Robinia pseudoacacia - Black locust or False  Acacia

Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut

 

Bit about Sweet Chesnut coppice:

 

Coppicing - Hampshire Chestnut

WWW.HAMPSHIRECHESTNUT.CO.UK

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Sweet chestnut coppice is cut in rotation much like Hazel. In this case the stools are around 22yrs in age, a good time to...

 

There are a few UK suppliers  that import Robinia &  Ive seem them used for playground structures.

 

Robinia Timber | agricultural-fencing

WWW.AGRIFENCING.CO.UK

 

From the look of it the poles,  also sand down  really  smooth so are ideally suited.

 

Looks alot better  aesthetically than tanalized, & will last longer plus  more eco.

 

Id be happy to pay a few quid more over tanalized for fence posts etc that lasted better.

 

 

 

 

 

Loads grown  in Hungary even though its a  non native has become there "national tree".

 

 

 

Dunno why  or if  it could not also be grown  in the UK but I suppose we already have Sweet Chestnut that does a similar job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's got some impressive stats. Harder and denser than Oak, and more durable than Sweet Chestnut.

 

I've turned a few bits and pieces. It looks very attractive but can be tricky to get a decent finish as it's so hard.

 

[5thelement]

4 hours ago, sime42 said:

 

That looks good. We could do with a supplier like that in the UK. It would be nice to have a readily available alternative to tanalised softwood timber, (which normally rots after not many years anyway).

 

 

There is if you live anywhere on the South coast of England or Hereford, where there is a burgeoning Sweet chestnut coppice product industry. 

[Stere]

I was under the impression alot of it was overstood and derelict  & not heard of any  new land planted so not sure if  it is thriving or  in decline as a industry?

 

 

 

 

[Rob_the_Sparky]

20 hours ago, Gabriel82 said:

@Rob_the_Sparky

I think I'll have to build some things like these to store the rest of firewood(A LOT) since today I ran out of space to store it... Near the shed... 

And I"m not even done splitting all the log slices... 🤕 

 

 

 

When we need some storage in a hurry we usually turn to pallets around here.  They are used a lot by local companies who get stuff delivered on them so have piles of them they are more than happy for you to remove for them (we actually pay people at our place to get rid of them when they pile up too much!).  You can soon nail a few together to produce a makeshift log store, just need a roof of some sort and if you have the time to break them up then you can again use pallets!  As ever free stuff is good

[5thelement]

16 minutes ago, Stere said:

I was under the impression alot of it was overstood and derelict  & not heard of any  new land planted so not sure if  it is thriving or  in decline as a industry?

 

 

 

 

It’s thriving from my experience in East/West Sussex/Kent.
The biggest threat is from mechanised harvesting for biomass, whole swathes of fencing grade timber being chipped in the name of Green Energy. 

[sandspider]

On 23/02/2024 at 08:42, sime42 said:

 

That looks good. We could do with a supplier like that in the UK. It would be nice to have a readily available alternative to tanalised softwood timber, (which normally rots after not many years anyway).

 

 

Robinia is so hard it's difficult to get fencing staples into, apparently!

[daveatdave]

14 hours ago, Gabriel82 said:

almost there... 😂🤔 didn't look carefully under the plastic sheet and bench... forgot about a few "slices" to split... but whatever I did split found its way somewhere in the yard 🥳 

don't know WHERE I'll store the rest of this oak but hope dies last 😂 

extend it upwards or tag another 9 inches on the front. 

[Peasgood]

They also double in size if they get damp and explode all the packaging