We read many times - let your wood dry for 2 or 3 years, but not all wood is the same type and not all of itis green.
What kind of drying times are you comfortable with for a given type of wood?
For example:
Oak - green & fresh cut: 2 to 3 yrs for me.
Oak - Dead, aged in the woods for several years, but exposed to rain: 1 year for me.
What are your drying times vs wood type and green vs something else?
I am busy cutting wood for fall of 2012 & 2013, but as I cut am encountering some dead wood that will be suitable for the fall of 2011 too.
This time around, if it is in the woods, made of wood, it get's cut and put in the trailer or truck. This includes oak, locust, pine and from this past weekend, black cherry.
Some of these pieces of wood are so aged and dry that I might not want to throw them into the Englander 30 if it hasn't burned down for fear of a thermo nuclear melt down, but no worries for the Keystone.
Thanks!
Bill
What kind of drying times are you comfortable with for a given type of wood?
For example:
Oak - green & fresh cut: 2 to 3 yrs for me.
Oak - Dead, aged in the woods for several years, but exposed to rain: 1 year for me.
What are your drying times vs wood type and green vs something else?
I am busy cutting wood for fall of 2012 & 2013, but as I cut am encountering some dead wood that will be suitable for the fall of 2011 too.
This time around, if it is in the woods, made of wood, it get's cut and put in the trailer or truck. This includes oak, locust, pine and from this past weekend, black cherry.
Some of these pieces of wood are so aged and dry that I might not want to throw them into the Englander 30 if it hasn't burned down for fear of a thermo nuclear melt down, but no worries for the Keystone.
Thanks!
Bill