shrinkage?

[nola mike]

A couple of pics from last year and today. Assuming nobody's pilfering anything, but surprised how much they've shrunk.

 

[moresnow]

See that in my stacks also.

 

[Modenacart]

They must have just gotten out of a cold pool.


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[maple1]

What's the green stuff?

 

[nola mike]

What's the green stuff?

Spray paint. "2017"

 

[blades]

takes about 2 years around my place for that much shrinkage ( no pilfering involved) Lose about a foot in height

 

[nola mike]

Looks like I'm drying well then. Never paid attention to it before. So is a cord measurement based on dry or wet wood?

 

[blades]

depends when you buy it or who you buy it from 128 cubic feet so stacked dry you get more splits than wet. I know some states its by weight, but they do have figures for dry vs wet like Oak wet cord about 8000#, dry ( 20%) about 5000#. Varies with species of course, I do not know all the ins and outs on that.

 

[saewoody]

Very cool to see a direct comparison. Thanks for posting.


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[Poindexter]

My local stuff shrinks about 18% between frshly felled live healthy green, comoared ti dried to 20% MC. That's what the local USFS guys say. Looks about right to me, ine green cord stacked, seasones and restacked is about 0.8 cords for me.

 

[Poindexter]

If i stack a green cord, season it, sell it, deliver and the buyer stacks it out to 0.8 cords, i better have told them in advance what to expect.

If i buy a seasoned cord and it stacks out to 0.8 i dont see having anything to complain about.

 

[Big Chris]

This is very interesting, I usually don’t stack fresh split wood, I leave it in a pile for a few weeks . Anybody else do this ?

 

[maple1]

Mine gets stacked as soon as it is split.

And I try to get it split as soon as it is cut into rounds, but it doesn't always work out that way.

 

[Big Chris]

I’ve had stacks fall later in the year when stacking fresh split . I let it sit for 2-3 weeks now , & have less toppling of stacks . Wondering if others have the same experience?

 

[nola mike]

Since the thread seems to be a crowd pleaser, I took another shot from an angle more similar to the original.

 

[blades]

I've had a few topple once in a while minor inconvenience - except for that 60 ft row that the 75mph gusts re-positioned .