Wood this year

[mwhitnee]

Some of you know my story but in a nutshell I just moved into a new house last November and burned around 4 cords last year. It went pretty well for the not-so-seasoned wood I got in my Defiant 1A.

Last owner back-filled dirt onto tree stumps in the back yard, of course killed a bunch of trees. This summer they were all cut down to length by the tree company and I S/S all of it, around 6 cords.

So I am good for next year. But some of the cherry was half dead and I split around 4 splits, trying to get larger ones. It showed between 15-25%, averaging around 20% maybe a little less.

I'm definitely going to burn some this year, but I was thinking of supplementing with bio-bricks. Do you think this is necessary? If I'm estimating burning 4 cords this year (burning earlier, better stove though, BK King) how many pallets should I get?

If you think bio-bricks (or whatever brand) is the best option, how many pallets should I buy? How do you supplement your wood? What manufactured log do you like?

BTW I saw some bricks at HD. forgot the brand, but I wonder if they sell by the pallet..

 

[kennyp2339]

Compressed wood bricks will be your friend this year, don't forget that steam is a cat killer, BK recommends burning wood 15% or lower in there stoves, I slid by last year with 18 - 20% moisture. Remember the idea behind BK efficiency is low and slow. If your burning higher moisture wood you would need to burn the load hotter and longer before you can dial the stove back to get a low, slow burn.
How much cherry do you have? If you have a cord of cherry to mix in with bricks then I would buy 3 pallets of bricks.

 

[mwhitnee]

Compressed wood bricks will be your friend this year, don't forget that steam is a cat killer, BK recommends burning wood 15% or lower in there stoves, I slid by last year with 18 - 20% moisture. Remember the idea behind BK efficiency is low and slow. If your burning higher moisture wood you would need to burn the load hotter and longer before you can dial the stove back to get a low, slow burn.
How much cherry do you have? If you have a cord of cherry to mix in with bricks then I would buy 3 pallets of bricks.

I have at least 3 cords of cherry.

 

[BigCountryNY]

If all of your cherry is in that MC range, then you could probably get 1-2 pallets of Bio Bricks and mix them in with your cherry to bring down MC in each load.