another Pine question

Yup, here it is. I split and stacked some pine just now. It was a standing dead with no visible sap when cutting or splitting.

So my question, how do it tell when pine is ready to burn? Does it discolor or crack like hard woods?

Thanks

It gets very very very very very very very very light.

I would write today's date on a top split and when the last digit increases by one - it should be safe to burn.

Generally under 6 months for conifers, depending on the situation. Of course, the longer the better. Basically the signs you mentioned.

Thank God you replied, i was gonna burn it after the 7th very, I didn't know about the 8th. That was a close one!

sigh



11/19/2008

11/19/2009







I also used the modifier "safe"






it really does get extremely light after a year




I don't trust end checking / cracking.
If the bark is falling off you might be good to go.

I cut some "standing dead" Ponderosa Pine earlier this year and was burning it the next week. I'm in the dry windy High Desert though.......

Standing dead takes no time to dry.

Ya, I agree with him ^. It won't take a year. Pine gets surprisingly light when dry.

Standing dead wood check less than fresh bucked wood because it shrinks less (generally). Checking doesn't mean anything really. I have very very dry wood with no checks... it was cut standing dead.

I wouldnt go by bark with a dead or downed pine. I cut some of one behind where i work, the bark fell right off. When I split it a week later, it "juiced" while being split.

Point me to a good one and maybe I will ask Santa for one!

Burn some of it and tell us.