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toyotarider

toyotarider

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So where i work we manufacture ductwork products. We get about 500,000 pounds of steel coils in 2 times a day. All coild are about 5,000 pounds and come on hard wood skids 4x4 with oak slats on top. Really dry. I am able to have as much as i can take since they pay to have them taken away weekly. They bust them up so they are in 4 foot or 5 foot pieces. Is it worth using since there are nails in it id have to dig out. Also we make our own oak shipping skids and they cut all the wood most are 10 inch pieces. No nails. I would just suppliment my split wood with the skid scraps.
 
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I've read nails aren't too much of an issue in a woodstove. They will just get scooped out when removing ash in the morning before the reload. Grab as much as you can! It can make your cord wood go farther and burn better if its a touch on the wet side!
 
Too much kiln dried in a load can overfire a stove, mixing it with splits is just fine.

Some use magnets to pull the nails out of the ashes.
 
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I burn those Pallets too. They burn really well (we get pallets of steel tubing as well) just mix them in with cord wood they burn really hot. I cut everything to 16" and pick the nails out of the ashes with a magnet.
 
toyotarider said:
So where i work we manufacture ductwork products. We get about 500,000 pounds of steel coils in 2 times a day. All coild are about 5,000 pounds and come on hard wood skids 4x4 with oak slats on top. Really dry. I am able to have as much as i can take since they pay to have them taken away weekly. They bust them up so they are in 4 foot or 5 foot pieces. Is it worth using since there are nails in it id have to dig out. Also we make our own oak shipping skids and they cut all the wood most are 10 inch pieces. No nails. I would just suppliment my split wood with the skid scraps.
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I run a sheet metal shop , also I use the big 48x96 & 60 x120 skids that have oak runners on them to burn ! When we get the shipping pallets I have my laborer ( my brother) cut this stuff up for me. The small pine pallets are great for startup burns and mixing in with cord wood. You mentioned you guys get 500,000 lbs of coils twice a day ? What are you guys doing over there ? Production for dealers ? Over here I fabricate & install. For jobs that we bidded on.
 
Pallet material is not Kiln-Dried only heat treated. Burn all you want and scoop the nails out with the ashes! Good score!
 
In most cases heat treating reduces the moisture content more than the inconsistent kiln drying process that just reduces wood to some required moisture content. The reason for the HT 15 specification that requires pallet stuff to be heated to an internal core temp of 133 degrees for 30 minutes.
 
It takes approx. 28 days in a dry kiln to dry 4/4 (1-1/8") oak to 7-8% moisture content. it is not an "inconsistent" process for hardwoods. Construction lumber ie. pine is an inconsistent process. 133 degrees for 30 minutes hardly begins to remove moisture from hardwood.
 
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It takes approx. 28 days in an a dry kiln to dry 4/4 (1-1/8") oak
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I guess that's why I didn't have more luck back in the day, trying to dry 2-month-stacked 6" Red Oak splits in the stove. ;lol
 
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