So, I’m getting ready to move some wood closer to the house now that things are beginning to get cooler and I decide to check moisture levels in some of my wood, so I can more efficiently arrange my wood lot for drying.
The year old ash is reading, on a fresh split, anywhere from 12 to 17 %, Just about what I thought. The red oak I cut c/c/s just this past February is reading, on a fresh split, between 15 and 18%!?! The honey locust that was c/c/s the same time as the oak is reading 23 to 27%. The hackberry, c/c/s the same time as the oak and locust, is reading 24 to 28%.
Now, it was a long, hot, dry summer, and the oak is split a tiny bit smaller than the rest, but red oak that dry in that short a time, while you can still wring the water out of the honey locust and hackberry, who’d ah thunk it??
The year old ash is reading, on a fresh split, anywhere from 12 to 17 %, Just about what I thought. The red oak I cut c/c/s just this past February is reading, on a fresh split, between 15 and 18%!?! The honey locust that was c/c/s the same time as the oak is reading 23 to 27%. The hackberry, c/c/s the same time as the oak and locust, is reading 24 to 28%.
Now, it was a long, hot, dry summer, and the oak is split a tiny bit smaller than the rest, but red oak that dry in that short a time, while you can still wring the water out of the honey locust and hackberry, who’d ah thunk it??