Thank you,The outside will season faster then the inside. Actually if you leave the oak in rounds it will start to rot. This is the main reason we ask people to split a pice open and check the MC on a freshly split face.. the checking you see is not speeding the process if Im reading this correctly.
It seems like the growth layer especially. Around here if a downed oak gets left, the bark will be intact, but the growth layer will decay pretty rapidly. Sometimes it seems easier just to knock bark and mush off when splitting--what's left will dry faster and is less messy when bringing it into the house.The outside will season faster then the inside. Actually if you leave the oak in rounds it will start to rot. This is the main reason we ask people to split a pice open and check the MC on a freshly split face.. the checking you see is not speeding the process if Im reading this correctly.
excellent explanationđź‘ŤSplit as soon as possible. I don't even count the time that wood's sat in log or round form as drying, because the amount of drying that happens is so minimal. Everything that isn't within an inch or two of the outside will still be wet.
A rule of thumb is that wood dries an inch a year. That's an inch from any exposed surface. Now that will vary with conditions and the species of wood (the denser it is the slower it dries). But the idea is that wood dries from the outer surface inwards. When it's in log or round form, most of the wood is no where near the outer surface.