Split about 2 cords eight weeks ago, they are still sitting in a giant pile as I stack a little here and there. Decided I would split a couple pieces down more and take a reading on the face of a fresh split.To my surprise they were between 22-25% MC. Surely the stuff i stacked would have been lower. Decided to run a load of four splits for between after work and bedtime. Easily heated the whole house for 5 hours, would have been longer but needed to load for bedtime. Loaded it 3.4 full of more poplar and closed her down for the night. 8 hours later still putting out good heat even with a log in the back still in log form. Im sure it would have kept us warm for another 2 hours. Keep in mind it was 19 degrees out last night.
If your struggling to find dry wood, find some poplar and get it split and stacked. Only took mine about two months to get down into the low 20s MC and burns much better than I was expecting.
This was just a test for myself and I will be saving it all for next fall.
A short video, you can't see it but the secondaries had a bluish purple look to them, was pretty cool. This is the load of four splits when I got home from work. Was able to close off the air within minutes of it lighting off
If your struggling to find dry wood, find some poplar and get it split and stacked. Only took mine about two months to get down into the low 20s MC and burns much better than I was expecting.
This was just a test for myself and I will be saving it all for next fall.
A short video, you can't see it but the secondaries had a bluish purple look to them, was pretty cool. This is the load of four splits when I got home from work. Was able to close off the air within minutes of it lighting off