Hi all,
I can't remember the answer to this simple question:
A neighbor of mine is dropping off ~4 40 foot pine trees he just downed, and he's cut all the pieces into rounds no more than 18" high for me. Nice neighbor.
I'm stacking these right now and going to split them soon, but I also have a variety of elm and other harder woods that I need to split first.
So I'm wondering - will this pine start seasoning cut into rounds like this when exposed to a nice airy/windy section out in the open?
I'm thinking I can probably keep the pine till last and maybe split it up in May. I know this stuff seasons pretty darn fast, especially when split in the hottest part of the year; just wondering if it's really starting to season now.
Joe
P.s. The elm is backbreaking work, so I kinda want to knock it out now. It's been in like 10" thick huge rounds for 6 months, and when I've been splitting it the insides are almost bone white in color, so I think the elm has been seasoning even from sitting out in the winter in big-round form.
I can't remember the answer to this simple question:
A neighbor of mine is dropping off ~4 40 foot pine trees he just downed, and he's cut all the pieces into rounds no more than 18" high for me. Nice neighbor.
I'm stacking these right now and going to split them soon, but I also have a variety of elm and other harder woods that I need to split first.
So I'm wondering - will this pine start seasoning cut into rounds like this when exposed to a nice airy/windy section out in the open?
I'm thinking I can probably keep the pine till last and maybe split it up in May. I know this stuff seasons pretty darn fast, especially when split in the hottest part of the year; just wondering if it's really starting to season now.
Joe
P.s. The elm is backbreaking work, so I kinda want to knock it out now. It's been in like 10" thick huge rounds for 6 months, and when I've been splitting it the insides are almost bone white in color, so I think the elm has been seasoning even from sitting out in the winter in big-round form.