We had an un-godly hot and dry summer this year. Some of the trees began loosing leaves in early August. A few of them fell on fences in late July through August and to keep cattle from getting out, I had to cut out the trees in order to fix the fence. I figured it would be ready to burn for next year. It sat piled in a heap (in the sun) for 5 to 3 weeks. The day time temps were hitting 100 to 114 degrees daily with no clouds or humidity. Last week it cooled off enough and I went ahead and split it. Day time highs were in the upper 80's to 97 degrees with low humidity.
Tonight I wat out with my cheap little mouister meter. I resplit a piece this wood that was cut in August and it itested at 9%. I resplit a few more and some were below 7% and a few were 16%. To check my meter I found a low hanging branch on a living pecan tree and the meter pegged out over 35%.
The wood is light and well cracked on the ends but I still findit hard to believe that it could be that dry already. Could it be true?
Tonight I wat out with my cheap little mouister meter. I resplit a piece this wood that was cut in August and it itested at 9%. I resplit a few more and some were below 7% and a few were 16%. To check my meter I found a low hanging branch on a living pecan tree and the meter pegged out over 35%.
The wood is light and well cracked on the ends but I still findit hard to believe that it could be that dry already. Could it be true?