Burning nylon handles

[Berone]

Last year I bought about 6 cords of kiln dried, slightly moldy wood. It's the stuff that you get at Home Depot wrapped in mesh with a nylon handle stapled to one of the logs. Last year I removed the handles from the logs before burning, but it was a real pain to do. As I started burning this year I inadvertently left one of the handles on when I put it in. I didn't notice it until the logs had caught so I decided to see what happened. Well, nothing that I could see. So I burned the nylon handle and a couple of metal staples. Is there a reason not to do this? If I don't have to pry staples out of the logs again this year it would make me happier.

Thanks,

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I would remove them but doubt that one or two would harm anything.

 

[cre73]

Not many replies on this so I will give my opinion. Go for it, can't see the harm of a few a day. I'm sure you know this, but be careful with all that kiln dried wood. Now for my curiosity how much did you pay for that wood?

 

[BrowningBAR]

Last year I bought about 6 cords of kiln dried, slightly moldy wood. It's the stuff that you get at Home Depot wrapped in mesh with a nylon handle stapled to one of the logs. Last year I removed the handles from the logs before burning, but it was a real pain to do. As I started burning this year I inadvertently left one of the handles on when I put it in. I didn't notice it until the logs had caught so I decided to see what happened. Well, nothing that I could see. So I burned the nylon handle and a couple of metal staples. Is there a reason not to do this? If I don't have to pry staples out of the logs again this year it would make me happier.

Thanks,

I bought about 2 dozen of those bundles last year when I was working out the Kinks on the Intrepid. I cut the handles offs with a knife. It was a pretty quick process, though 6 cords is different.

And, like the other poster asked, I'm interested also. How much did you pay for 6 cords of those bundles. The cheapest I've seen them has been $3.99 a bundle and each bundle is .75 cubic feet. That's 680.96 a cord, plus tax.

 

[midwestcoast]

If pulling the staple is hard I'd just cut the plastic off as BrowningBAR & remember my ash has staples in it when disposing

 

[Berone]

This was a deal on ebay last year of wood that had been dried and then stored while warm in a container outside. It got wet from the condensation and molded, so they couldn't sell it at full price. They had a few trailers worth that they were unloading. I bought 12 pallets for $1300, delivered. 2 pallets are a bit shy of a true definition of a cord, but about what is usually sold as a cord. I paid another $300 in labor to get a few guys to unbundle it and stack it. So it ended up costing me about $250 per cord. Since I was unable to buy truly seasoned wood it made it possible for me to use the insert last year, so worth every penny. The green wood I was buying was around $180-$200 per cord, so it was a good deal for what it was.