I have a healthy/live pine tree that I cut down sometime near the end of September. It was immediately bucked and split it into smallish 2"-4" splits then stacked loosely and the top was covered. I was hoping some of this would be ready in 6 months or so to burn, at least some of the thinner stuff...
Over the last few days, I re-split some of the smaller splits and measured the moisture with my cheap chinese meter, they are measuring less than 20% and sometimes down around 15-16%. I did the same for some 4" and over splits and they were still measuring over 20%. As a test for my meter I checked some of the lumber laying around in my garage and it tells me they are anywhere from 10-14% so it must be somewhat accurate...
I have already burned some of the smaller splits in my Fireview (along with some scrap lumber) for break-in fires and noticed no hissing or bubbling from moisture out of these splits.
Two months of drying for thinner pine splits? Can this be true? Am I missing something?
Kenny
John 3:16
Over the last few days, I re-split some of the smaller splits and measured the moisture with my cheap chinese meter, they are measuring less than 20% and sometimes down around 15-16%. I did the same for some 4" and over splits and they were still measuring over 20%. As a test for my meter I checked some of the lumber laying around in my garage and it tells me they are anywhere from 10-14% so it must be somewhat accurate...
I have already burned some of the smaller splits in my Fireview (along with some scrap lumber) for break-in fires and noticed no hissing or bubbling from moisture out of these splits.
Two months of drying for thinner pine splits? Can this be true? Am I missing something?
Kenny
John 3:16