I did a little test today and I was shocked by the results. I have wood that has been stacked and drying for over a year now. It's slab wood, so it's not terribly thick and dries fast. I checked the moisture on some wood new slab wood I just stacked a few weeks ago. The outside of the wood has gone from 30%+ to mostly 15% and single digits on some.
I checked the year old wood and it was single digits on the outside. Some of it read 0. So I split one and measured the center and wow. 25%-30%. I split another piece and the same thing. I wouldn't hesitate to burn this wood right now. Shoot I burnt it last winter and it burned great.
If it's 30% through out when I get it and too wet to burn. 10%-15% on the ends this fall and burns well as it usually does, then what's the point of stacking wood for a year?
I checked the year old wood and it was single digits on the outside. Some of it read 0. So I split one and measured the center and wow. 25%-30%. I split another piece and the same thing. I wouldn't hesitate to burn this wood right now. Shoot I burnt it last winter and it burned great.
If it's 30% through out when I get it and too wet to burn. 10%-15% on the ends this fall and burns well as it usually does, then what's the point of stacking wood for a year?