What is the recommended drying time for Hackberry ? Assuming single row split in the sun and wind?
Drying time for Hackberry
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Ok good! I was just trying to decide if I should separate it from the Mulberry. Sounds like I should!
mol1jb
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I burned some hackberry this winter after 10 months dry time. Burned well and did good mixing into some of my more wet wood.
Paulywalnut
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Soundchasm
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Hackberry limbs split now will surely be ready for next winter. However, I had some 36" hackberry stump rounds that took FOREVER to dry enough to even split. 32 ton wedge just disappeared into the wood doing no damage. Darn near a show-stopping event. Use caution on the big stuff and have a plan B to get your wedges out. 
If I didn't have a splitter for Hackberry, I'd let it sit in the round for 2 years. No way I'd touch it with any type of manual device...it don't never get real big anyway.
Most of my wood is hackberry. I took down a 18" dbh tree that was over the driveway last Saturday and I finished splitting it today - mostly with an X27 and the knotty rounds with a maul. Just a few pieces required a wedge and a handful with the largest knots I noodled. I expect it to be ready to burn next year.
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