I think the biggest problem new owners have with gasifiers is that they don't understand what's involved in adequately drying their wood. Most people seem to think it's OK to cut their wood in the spring and burn it the following winter. I don't think it's possible to get wood dry enough doing it that way.
I cut my wood supply two years in advance, moving it into my barn in the spring before the heating season. So, it sits outside, cut, split and stacked but uncovered for a year, more or less, before being moved indoors to finish drying over the summer and fall.
With this approach, getting ahead of the game is going to require cutting twice as much wood as one usually would, far enough in advance. That's a daunting task for most people.
Does anyone else have success with a shorter timeframe?
I'm glad I don't sell gasifiers for a living but if I did, I'd build the cost of a cord of dry wood into the price, so the new owner would at least know what it's like to burn adequately dry wood.
I cut my wood supply two years in advance, moving it into my barn in the spring before the heating season. So, it sits outside, cut, split and stacked but uncovered for a year, more or less, before being moved indoors to finish drying over the summer and fall.
With this approach, getting ahead of the game is going to require cutting twice as much wood as one usually would, far enough in advance. That's a daunting task for most people.
Does anyone else have success with a shorter timeframe?
I'm glad I don't sell gasifiers for a living but if I did, I'd build the cost of a cord of dry wood into the price, so the new owner would at least know what it's like to burn adequately dry wood.