firewood

[Pizza Bear]

I live in So Cal. I have my own truck and chainsaw. Is there any provision you have heard of to cut oak or other hard woods on public land, possibly with a low fee or permit? (State or national park)
Seems cheap but a cord of nicely split oak in my area runs at least $ 500, $ 700 for nice pizza size split wood. Could be any hard wood.

[UtahBeehiver]

Check with the Forest Service web site for wood permits. Not all area allow wood gathering and mostly only allow dead fall. It is something like 15 or 20 bucks a cord. Not sure what district you are in but the Forest Service wed site will tell you. Pretty sure spark arrestors on chainsaws are required.

[Pizza Bear]

Thanks Beehiver!
I will try that next time. I ended up buying some Almond that was split but on the chunky side and I purchased a Electric splitter from Harbor Freight for $ 300 to get it split down to cooking size.
I hope it will be worth the investment.

[UtahBeehiver]

That will work, probably even better.