Dead Maple?

[thewoodlands]

After splitting the aspen I decided that I would take a ride around the property when I came up on a standing dead tree, I decided to drop it right in another tree :red: which left it a leaner and hung up so I winched it down then cut it up. Brought some home then split and will test Sunday when I get a new battery for the moisture meter.


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[raybonz]

Looks ready to burn to me! If it isn't it won't take long to finish drying..

Ray

 

[Tony H]

looks like some sort of maple , If it had a few red streaks I would guess Box-Elder

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Looks good Zap and you should be able to burn that this winter.

 

[mainstation]

put the meter away,
I have never used a moisture meter. That wood will tell you when it's ready to burn. Time, wind and kept dry--all you need to know.

 

[thewoodlands]

Raybonz,Tony H., Sav and Mainstation I took a reading on two splits, here are the pictures. With all the rain we had in the last two weeks I think the reading seems right.


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[albertj03]

Looks like a lot of the standing dead maple I've been cutting. I've been lucky and getting high teens, low 20's for MC in mine. With this stuff I can usually tell if it's going to be low MC with the tried and true method of knocking two pieces together. But since I love gadgets I still use the meter.

 

[thewoodlands]

Looks like a lot of the standing dead maple I've been cutting. I've been lucky and getting high teens, low 20's for MC in mine. With this stuff I can usually tell if it's going to be low MC with the tried and true method of knocking two pieces together. But since I love gadgets I still use the meter.

albertj03 the wood will come inside Tuesday night then I'll take a reading on Saturday. I have a feeling that two weeks inside and it will be close to being ready.


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[thewoodlands]

We decided to put some wood in before the rain hits so after we did that I decided to check the moisture content in the dead maple, I had left most of the splits outside on the picnic table on the southeast side and two splits were in the back of the rhino inside the garage since the tenth.


The first two pictures are from two splits left outside, the third picture are the splits that had been in the rhino inside and the last two are the readings from the splits that had been in the back of the rhino.

Last week they were reading 27-29 percent.

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[Backwoods Savage]

Looks good Zap. I repeat (see post 3); you should be able to burn that this winter. lol

 

[thewoodlands]

Looks good Zap. I repeat (see post 3); you should be able to burn that this winter. lol

Sav next cold night it's going in.



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[albertj03]

That's good stuff. I've got a bunch just like it that I'm looking forward to burning this winter. I've been burning standing dead cherry that is slightly punky at night so far. Puts off good heat but burns up quicker than the dead maple.

 

[thewoodlands]

That's good stuff. I've got a bunch just like it that I'm looking forward to burning this winter. I've been burning standing dead cherry that is slightly punky at night so far. Puts off good heat but burns up quicker than the dead maple.

We have been burning cherry since the colder weather arrived, I still have a good amount of wood down that I need to buck up so the dead standing will stay until I get a bunch of cherry,beech and maple taken care of.

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[fidiro]

Hey that tree looks familiar. It looks like a tree that was laying dead on my property upstate. All those trees look familiar. Have you been going round the mountain taking my dead tree or did it fall to your side. The pics make me want to take a ride up there to get away from the rat race here.

I wish all my firewood for this year was that dry. It'll still burn but not that dry.

 

[thewoodlands]

Hey that tree looks familiar. It looks like a tree that was laying dead on my property upstate. All those trees look familiar. Have you been going round the mountain taking my dead tree or did it fall to your side. The pics make me want to take a ride up there to get away from the rat race here.

I wish all my firewood for this year was that dry. It'll still burn but not that dry.

I wish that I had cut more of (YOUR) trees. :zip:

tree reclaimer
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[fidiro]

Hey that tree looks familiar. It looks like a tree that was laying dead on my property upstate. All those trees look familiar. Have you been going round the mountain taking my dead tree or did it fall to your side. The pics make me want to take a ride up there to get away from the rat race here.

I wish all my firewood for this year was that dry. It'll still burn but not that dry.

I wish that I had cut more of (YOUR) trees. :zip:

tree reclaimer
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I wouldn't even notice if 10 were missing. I never asked but I hope the neighbors take advantage of any fallen, but not live. Never thought of asking but I should and just leave me a few nights worth of camp fire wood for the holiday weekends.

 

[thewoodlands]

Same here, I have plenty and that dead one was my first that I cut. Sounds like you have a place in the Adirondacks.

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I wouldn't even notice if 10 were missing. I never asked but I hope the neighbors take advantage of any fallen, but not live. Never thought of asking but I should and just leave me a few nights worth of camp fire wood for the holiday weekends.[/quote]

 

[fidiro]

I have land east of Margarettsville in Delaware County(I can't give too many details as if 100 trees go missing then I'll know their missing when I see a bald spot). Adirondacks was at the time an option but the travel time made my decision to find closer.

 

[thewoodlands]

That's good stuff. I've got a bunch just like it that I'm looking forward to burning this winter. I've been burning standing dead cherry that is slightly punky at night so far. Puts off good heat but burns up quicker than the dead maple.

All temps are stove top.

Put about seven splits of this dead maple in last night on top of 350 degree coals, shot up to 700 degrees that is when I pulled the air control out (closed on the Lopi Liberty) she settled down at 750 degrees then back down to 650.

Woke up this morning with some nice coals and 70 degrees in the house. (28 outside)


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