Standing dead mullberry

[Osage]

Just cut about a cord of standing dead mullberry. When I split it, the moisture meter showed 12%.
Probably ought to throw it in the bath tub before I try and burn it.

 

[Applesister]

If you threw it in the bathtub here it would just skate across the ice.
That's a pretty little pile of wood you got there. But that Stove in your avatar is really pretty. What is it? With the double doors?

 

[ewlsey]

You can't really measure moisture when wood is frozen. Take a split in the spring and see where it reads.

 

[Osage]

If you threw it in the bathtub here it would just skate across the ice.
That's a pretty little pile of wood you got there. But that Stove in your avatar is really pretty. What is it? With the double doors?

It's an older Lopi M-520. The 520 designates the weight.

 

[Osage]

You can't really measure moisture when wood is frozen. Take a split in the spring and see where it reads.

So your saying that it's usless to use one in the winter?

 

[ewlsey]

Yes. A moisture meter won't be accurate if the moisture is frozen. At least mine is not.

Mulberry is awesome wood though. It's not hard to split. The only thing is it has a lot of crotches and they are never straight.

 

[claydogg84]

So your saying that it's usless to use one in the winter?

Let a few pieces sit inside your house for 24 hours to get to room temperature and then test.

 

[Osage]

Let a few pieces sit inside your house for 24 hours to get to room temperature and then test.

Was already doing that. Just tested and meter showed 13%, so basically no change.

 

[Paulywalnut]

Was already doing that. Just tested and meter showed 13%, so basically no change.

Sounds good. Throw it in the stove. I had a mulberry laying dead in the woods for like 15 years. I cut and split it up two years ago. No rot at all. Burning it this year at 15%. I really don't need it this year and most will sit another year. It's awesome burning though. A lot of pop though.

 

[MI wood guy]

I love mulberry also,have quite a few on my property and love ease of splitting and btu's.usually takes 2 yrs to season if cut green,I cut some dead stuff last yr was dead and on the ground 5yrs with just the bark rotted.

 

[SKIN052]

90% of the wood I am burning this year is standing dead. Rock hard Juniper and spruce. I do not have a moisture meter but when the wood is dried to the point of almost splitting in half before you cut it, it's good to go.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Yeah, I agree, burn it now, see how fast it lights off and how well it burns, that may be the better test at this time.....let us know how it burns......

 

[Rebelduckman]

I cut a small one that was dead last year for don't know how many years. The bark was gone but the wood was solid as could be. Good stuff

 

[TreePapa]

We had a mulberry in our back yard w/ two trunks. One got rot and we had it removed. Save the firewood, split it, season for a bit under a year to well under 20% (So. Calif. heat and Santa Ana winds). Burned great in the fireplace ... but it popped and spit like an angry snake. it was some of the sparky-est wood I've ever burned. After the chimney fire and rebuilding the chimney, when we had to take down the other half of the mulberry 'cuz it was splitting the block wall, I let the tree company take it all way. If I had a stove I'd have burned it, but in the fireplace or outdoor fire pit, no way.