Hey all,
My father in law gave me 4 huge slabs of ash. This stuff is an easy 24" round and about 16-18" thick, each.
The ash had been sitting 12' long log-style with it's bark on for about 1.5 years. He just chainsawed it into slabs recently and gave these to me to help me get through the season.
The rounds sat bark-side down on snow/ice for the past 2 weeks and we've had some warmer weather/light rain.
So yesterday and today I went out and split about half a round (one round is enough wood for 2 days burning 8am-10pm for me, to give you an impression of size).
I'm getting ALOT of pieces that seem to be fully saturated with water. These are not surface wet, feel quite heavy for ash, and do not dry quickly when sitting by the stove for 6-10 hours.
I need the wood to get through the season, but at the same time it's good quality ash and I don't want to waste it. Can ash get this water-logged?
Should I give it up for this year and save it for next?
I'm almost out of wood aside from this stuff....I have maybe another week left of decently seasoned stuff, then I get into recently felled pine. Or buying a cord from someone and hoping it's decent.
Joe
My father in law gave me 4 huge slabs of ash. This stuff is an easy 24" round and about 16-18" thick, each.
The ash had been sitting 12' long log-style with it's bark on for about 1.5 years. He just chainsawed it into slabs recently and gave these to me to help me get through the season.
The rounds sat bark-side down on snow/ice for the past 2 weeks and we've had some warmer weather/light rain.
So yesterday and today I went out and split about half a round (one round is enough wood for 2 days burning 8am-10pm for me, to give you an impression of size).
I'm getting ALOT of pieces that seem to be fully saturated with water. These are not surface wet, feel quite heavy for ash, and do not dry quickly when sitting by the stove for 6-10 hours.
I need the wood to get through the season, but at the same time it's good quality ash and I don't want to waste it. Can ash get this water-logged?
Should I give it up for this year and save it for next?
I'm almost out of wood aside from this stuff....I have maybe another week left of decently seasoned stuff, then I get into recently felled pine. Or buying a cord from someone and hoping it's decent.
Joe