All most out of wood!!!

[bogydave]

I feel for you all.

I had a lot of extra wood on hand just in case and now it looks like it will not be needed.
That is unless, the pattern shifts back, which is what NOAA is forecasting for later February.

Here's how one local forecaster tells it:
http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/komo4w/115286764.html

I HATE YOUR WEATHERMAN!

If you don't need the wood, I bet someone would gladly come & get it :lol:
You're just that much farther ahead for next year

 

[Woody Stover]

Short story, I know a guy who has heated his intire life with wood and has never had any cut and stacked ahead. He basically goes from tree to stove.

You can do that if you have an old smoke dragon, or a catalytic stove you want to clean all the time. You'll make a real mess out of it.

What happens with a non-cat EPA stove? I'm guessing you have to burn it hard to blow the moisture out of the wood before you're able to get enough heat for a secondary burn...

I've got about a half-cord of some semi-dry Shingle Oak from a 12" branch that was hanging over the house, which was split and stacked in June, along with a little bit of Elm. As CountryBoy19 said, it was hot and dry this summer, so that wood's not terribly soggy. I have to burn it hot for a little while to get the excess moisture out, then it cruises OK.

In the meantime, I've been cutting some dead Ash (both standing and down) which I'm going to "Battenkiln" inside the house with a fan blowing on it. The humidity in here's about 38% so I'm hoping that in a couple weeks it will be serviceable. For some reason, wife doesn't seem too keen on the idea of having a rick or two stacked in the living room, whereas I think it would be kinda cool. :lol:

I'm looking to pick up an ATV and a trailer, and go get enough Ash for next year and stack it single-row in the breezy part of the yard. Then I'll get to work on some Red Oak, which is plentiful here, for the following year. Can't believe I've been burning for 25 yrs. and have never had totally seasoned wood. I found this forum, now I've got "Dry-Wood Religion."

When I cut some dead standing for us earlier this year it measured 24 % moisture content but after being inside for one week it was measuring 20 % and below.

Zap

That bodes well for this Ash I've got...