Does it take longer to season live trees cut down?
Since im only cutting dead firewood how long to season? Oak? Testing at about 35%mc
Since im only cutting dead firewood how long to season? Oak? Testing at about 35%mc
Does it take longer to season live trees cut down?
Since im only cutting dead firewood how long to season? Oak? Testing at about 35%mc
How long does it take you to season your hickory?Dead should be ready sooner than a live tree, but 35% is high. Next winter could be overly optimistic.
How long does it take you to season your hickory?
Despite how dense it is, hickory usually is ready for me in 9 to 15 months. Longer is even better, but hickory can also deteriorate quicker than other stuff (if in the rain), so I try to get through it by the third year it's at my house.
Seems like beetle and carpenter ants really make it punky quicki get alot of powder-post beetles
Wow, how is that possible...are you located in a windy mountain pass?I cut a standing dead red oak last Dec. that pegged my meter over 45%, split and stacked under roof in a single row, this fall it checked out at 17%...
that tree was dead 5 years or more, 2018 spring, summer, fall was the wettest we had in history, nothing dried..
Seems like beetle and carpenter ants really make it punky quick
Yea, i was talking about it being left in the woods too long. On groundnot really.. i get powder post beetle mostly on the hickory.. my wood sits in 3 wood sheds so no water gets on my stacks.. i get snakes and mice.. no ants.. ants are a sign of a wood storage problem
i agree.. sometimes wood that sits loses its powerCan't be sure it isn't my imagination, but I seem to notice that wood processed from green trees has more heat in it than wood processed from trees that have been dead a while. All things else being equal and dried the same. Some kind of internal degradation?
Another reason to get wood below 20% as quick as possible. Above that fungus can thrive and promote "dry rot". Maybe not a lot, but other times, like with elm, makes it soft and useless.Can't be sure it isn't my imagination, but I seem to notice that wood processed from green trees has more heat in it than wood processed from trees that have been dead a while. All things else being equal and dried the same. Some kind of internal degradation?
best to post this in the woodstove forumWant to make sure I have this right. What is the minimum side clearance? King ultra
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