Greenpully
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I located a moisture tester for wood.My question is What should fire wood read to be considered dry?Mine is reading nine point 4.Is that good? Thank you GP
(quoted from post at 19:39:46 01/16/19) What's the moisture content when the tree is cut in the dead of winter in the northern states?
Dusty
(quoted from post at 18:12:39 01/16/19) I have a moisture tester from HF, but I'm sure there are better ones. Wood should be split as soon as it's cut, it really doesn't start
drying until it's split.
Thanks. I've read through the comments and this is one of the most helpful posts of the many I've seen about burning wood. I have maybe two cords need to be split and I'll be good for the start of the next season. I only go through 3-4 cords per winter-- winters are usually not too long here in Maryland.
This is my current storage system on the front porch. It's a place-holder until I can build a proper firewood/tractor shed. Holds almost exactly one cord. Not sure why I put the top tier on for the upper level of firewood. If someone can tell me why I did that, I'd appreciate it LOL.
(quoted from post at 23:57:13 01/16/19) My first thought was your meter is broken. Maybe your wood is in a Kiln. Ha, Ha, Ha.
Google firewood moisture content. Less than 20% for firewood or as ACG said season to taste. Wet wood varies by spiecies. I read once in WI natural air drying would get you to some number in the 11-15% range, I forget the exact number.
[b:cf27848c7f]I thought oak was about 50% water but I just saw a reference as high as 80% from Tennessee.[/b:cf27848c7f]
I cut logs and milled lumber a couple of years so I have a meter and some drying experience.
How fast your wood dries will depend on your climate, where it is stacked, how it is cut up and split. Paul
ut not as easy to cheat the consumer!(quoted from post at 17:53:03 01/17/19) Hello d beatty,
In the old country ( Italy), wood is sold by weight. Better for the consumer for properly seasoned wood,
Guido.
(quoted from post at 08:15:30 01/17/19) You did that because the wood dries more in the front and sooner or later the pile falls forward. Ben there done that.
My thinking was just that--the stack would get unstable the higher it got. I am okay with the upper stack--doesn't seem to hurt anything and my arms are long enough to take wood off the top.
(quoted from post at 23:13:22 01/18/19) Like I said I was laid up and that's what my dad said it came in on tri axle. But not all tri axles have same size bed?
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