The importance of seasoned wood - Dry vs Wet

[bigealta]

Who wants to do the "They Lied to You" video about seasoned wood?

 

[qwee]

A pinned video on how to properly check moisture with a moisture meter would be nice. Seeing is believing. The no-no's and the yes-yes's. We need an expert. Maybe there is one?

 

[bigealta]

Already did this last year.
But it is more about sinking the pins vs a tutorial.

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[stoveliker]

In the end, just read the manual that you get when you buy the meter....

 

[bigealta]

In the end, just read the manual that you get when you buy the meter....

Ha good luck with that.

 

[all night moe]

You'll have to get ahead. Bite the bullet once, spend some $$,.but if you buy enough for three years now, you'll then only have to buy what you burn each year - which then can dry for three years. You'll be a much happier burner.

I wish I could do this. 30 cord is a lot of coin.
Luckily I'm in the tree business. Unfortunately, every time I get 2yrs ahead, something financial happens and I fall behind due to no wood intake.

Sigh.....

Hopefully, an efficient outdoor unit will save me wood and labor, which also equated to time.

 

[weee123]

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It sounds like a few youtube videos are being talked about. This one is where the outer wood is checked and called the moisture content. This guy is nice and appears to be trying to do things the right way. But ya he is testing wood in the wrong way. The inside and the outside of firewood can be really different in terms of moisture. We all have to learn. People just don't know much about firewood. Moisture meter check starts at around 5:10 mark.

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Thats the one i was talking about

 

[Nordicbynature]

How bad is 27% MC?

Sold 1.5 cords unseasoned wood (aspen / populus tremula ) to a guy and told him he can use it winter 26/27. It had 27% MC when I split it.

Got a message, that the wood is drying well (we have a golden autumn) and he wants some more. Got the feeling he might want to burn the wood already this winter.

Went to his house re-split some pieces and measured 27% MC. The outside surfaces had in fact dried to around 15%.

So how bad is it to burn a cord of 27% MC wood? The guy has a good and efficient secondary burner.

The guy actually ran out of dry firewood beginning of January. 😭

But we found a solution for the issue with the wood I sold him in September and I reckon is not dry for burning.

Sold him another 3 cords of bone dry firewood from the stack I planned to use up next myself. 😊 Lucky guy.