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mhrischuk
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Do all of the good firewoods take the same amount of time to season as oak? If not isn't the long seasoning time a big negative to using oak when/if you can do other woods that dry significantly faster?
I'm in the same boat. Most of the dead standing or storm-damaged stuff I've got right now is Black or Red Oak, so I have no choice but to get far enough ahead for seasoning time to be irrelevant. This year and next, I'll make it on some of the faster-drying stuff I've lined up. If I get what I have in the pipeline stacked soon, I should be three years ahead before Winter arrives. From then on, I'll be floating on a boatload of Oak.Thistle said:Roughly 70% of what I burn is standing dead or deadfall Red,Black,White & Bur Oak.With the remainder Shagbark & Mockernut Hickory & the occasional Mulberry,Silver Maple,White or Red Elm,Black Cherry,Honey Locust,HopHornbeam/Ironwood.
mhrischuk said:Do all of the good firewoods take the same amount of time to season as oak? If not isn't the long seasoning time a big negative to using oak when/if you can do other woods that dry significantly faster?
mhrischuk said:What did they do before moisture meters existed?
mhrischuk said:Do all of the good firewoods take the same amount of time to season as oak? No. No conifer takes more than year to be ready, for example. If not isn't the long seasoning time a big negative to using oak when/if you can do other woods that dry significantly faster? That's what I think but most voices screaming in this echo chamber loudly and roundly disagree
mhrischuk said:I was looking at it closer today. The stuff does look and feel decently dry. Knocking two together gets a nice hollow ring.. no thud.
Bigg_Redd said:mhrischuk said:Do all of the good firewoods take the same amount of time to season as oak? No. No conifer takes more than year to be ready, for example. If not isn't the long seasoning time a big negative to using oak when/if you can do other woods that dry significantly faster? That's what I think but most voices screaming in this echo chamber loudly and roundly disagree
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