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jiminri

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Long time lurker/first time poster. Hopefully the picture of one of my stacks comes through, looking forward to burning seasoned wood after two seasons of eco blocks and standing dead oak. I was curious why I don't see many solar kilns on this forum. Seems like a small woodshed stripped and covered in plastic would heat up the wood and cut down seasoning time drastically...but I'm sure there's more to it than that
 
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Wow ..very nice JIM ! AND welcome to the forum.. you will like it here alot. And thats not a jedi mind trick either ;lol
 
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Long time lurker/first time poster. Hopefully the picture of one of my stacks comes through, looking forward to burning seasoned wood after two seasons of eco blocks and standing dead oak. I was curious why I don't see many solar kilns on this forum. Seems like a small woodshed stripped and covered in plastic would heat up the wood and cut down seasoning time drastically...but I'm sure there's more to it than that
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I am interested in the kiln idea myself, but come this time next year I may very well be over it. Unless I start selling it.
 
You can join the firewood hoarders club here on hearth .Started By Scotty overkill Professional firewood hoarder himself. ;lol
 
Welcome Jimin Nice stack. Over 5 foot tall? Impressive keeping them from toppling over.:)
 
Welcome - from your pictures you will fit in here just fine
 
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So, I saw the tarps off to the side, are you covering the stacks or leaving them open? It looks like you are going with the single row plan. My cousin does that with his. Hes on the Canadian border. His stack runs East to West along a long open field.
 
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You can join the firewood hoarders club here on hearth .Started By Scotty overkill Professional firewood hoarder himself. ;lol
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Thanks for the welcome! I started off with tarps but graduated to plywood. The stacks range between 5 and 6 feet and parts of them seem to be defying the laws of physics the way they are leaning;) I've heard a lot about Scotty here and would like to join the club.
 
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Thanks for the welcome! I started off with tarps but graduated to plywood. The stacks range between 5 and 6 feet and parts of them seem to be defying the laws of physics the way they are leaning;) I've heard a lot about Scotty here and would like to join the club.
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Just type in firewood hoarders club ,Ltd in the search engine it will come up.
 
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Very nice wood stacks Jim. Wish I had the room for single rows!
 
Nice stacks! I think most of us are so far ahead in our wood hoarding that we don't need solar kilns.;)
 
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Good work jiminri and welcome.................we'll change you from a long time lurker to a man who slips on a FHC tee shirt and goes door to door in the neighborhood looking for more wood. :cool:
 
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Good work jiminri and welcome.................we'll change you from a long time lurker to a man who slips on a FHC tee shirt and goes door to door in the neighborhood looking for more wood. :cool:
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The down side is that you won't have any pants on!

Jim where in RI are you?
 
That stack is most CERTAINLY worthy of the Firewood Hoarder's Club!! Any idea on how many cord ya got there?;)

Welcome to the nuthouse, BTW!
 
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The down side is that you won't have any pants on!

Jim where in RI are you?
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Bought a house in Glocester in need of work, but came with 8 acres so I'm happy. I'm up to 11 cords and have my eye on a few maples::P
 
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Bought a house in Glocester in need of work, but came with 8 acres so I'm happy. I'm up to 11 cords and have my eye on a few maples::P
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Just 11?! Stop messing around and get busy will you! LOL.

Looks like a lot of good gray dry wood there.
 
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Thought I'd show off some of my other stacks...if only there were some sort of hoarder support club out there:p
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Welcome to the forum Jim.

Sounds like you've bought a nice place to work with.

I don't like to criticize but would like to point out one little problem you might have with the above picture. (Hope I have the right one but can't tell until the post is made.) But that stack right in front of the shed where you have 2 pieces of plywood. Notice that they both tip down toward the center of the stack. This means all water will run right down into that wood. A little water won't do harm but this will get water from a larger area and you'll find wood there to be very water logged. You want the water to run off the ends; not the middle.

Good luck.

EDIT: I forgot the picture won't show but does have a "View Attachment" in the quote so just click on that to see it.
 
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Welcome to the forum Jim.

Sounds like you've bought a nice place to work with.

I don't like to criticize but would like to point out one little problem you might have with the above picture. (Hope I have the right one but can't tell until the post is made.) But that stack right in front of the shed where you have 2 pieces of plywood. Notice that they both tip down toward the center of the stack. This means all water will run right down into that wood. A little water won't do harm but this will get water from a larger area and you'll find wood there to be very water logged. You want the water to run off the ends; not the middle.

Good luck.

EDIT: I forgot the picture won't show but does have a "View Attachment" in the quote so just click on that to see it.
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Hello Dennis, and thank you. I've learned a good deal from you and the other veterans on this site...who knew oak took a decade to season;lol Ok, maybe it just seems that way.
 
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;lol Thank you. Yes, most people are surprised to find that different types of trees dry at different rates. Oak is about the worst for time but really great for burning.
 
Welcome Jim and nice looking stacks!
 
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