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Getting Rid of Slabs
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From contributor B: We live in the Ozarks so this may not be of any use to you. Our hardwood slabs go to charcoal plants and pine slabs to people who grind them for mulch. Neither buyer pays much, but it gets rid of the slabs and pays the trucking and handling. Maybe there is someone in your area who buys slabs to grind into mulch. If not, perhaps you could justify buying one if you processed other producer’s slabs. From the original questioner: Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Your responses gave me another idea. I have two Percheron Draft horses and one Friesian horse. We spend several hundred dollars per year for bedding, which is soft wood and sells for $4.99 per bale. I may be able to sell bedding to local horse owners. From contributor C: I have a tree guy who brings me logs and I give him sawn lumber. He is happy to bring his chipper around now and then and grind up my softwood slabs. It is amazing how they are compacted. From contributor D: I am new at milling and am surprised at how much slab wood I am generating. So far am mixing it with my firewood. We heat with wood. I am wondering how this much will burn. Anyone have any experience with this? From the original questioner: I have an outside Taylor Furnace which I preheat my hotwater and pump hot water through my baseboard heaters. I only use the large slabs and no sawdust. I have never thought beyond briquettes made from sawdust. I do know some kinds of dust such as flour will explode. From contributor E: I have been selling hardwood slabs for firewood to residential customers for years. The big selling point is that they are clean, stack tighter and drier than split wood. Also, you can produce about 5 times as much slab per hour as compared to split wood. From contributor D: I do a little milling and save some hardwood slabs for firewood but try to burn the rest. I can't give away the pine. Would you like to add information to this article? Interested in writing or submitting an article? Have a question about this article? Have you reviewed the related Knowledge Base areas below? 
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