ChoppyChoppy
Tree Freak
Long story short....
I was playing with the moisture meter today on fresh cut bundle wood to get an idea of moisture, it's in the 25-30% area.
Does this even make sense? I expected it to peg out the meter.
The trees were cut summer 2018 and have been sitting in the yard. I processed them last week and they've been sitting in vented FIBCs outside.
It's not seasoned by any means. Before it all froze up it was wet enough to sometimes squeeze sap out in the splitter.
I'll pull one of the dry bundles (from late summer) apart tomorrow and re-split some to see what it the meter reads. As it sits, it's not registering anything (under 5%) which makes no sense.
I know 20% is the "magic" number, but this wood that is reading 25-30% I know won't burn very well. It's not "piss wet" but not far from.
I was playing with the moisture meter today on fresh cut bundle wood to get an idea of moisture, it's in the 25-30% area.
Does this even make sense? I expected it to peg out the meter.
The trees were cut summer 2018 and have been sitting in the yard. I processed them last week and they've been sitting in vented FIBCs outside.
It's not seasoned by any means. Before it all froze up it was wet enough to sometimes squeeze sap out in the splitter.
I'll pull one of the dry bundles (from late summer) apart tomorrow and re-split some to see what it the meter reads. As it sits, it's not registering anything (under 5%) which makes no sense.
I know 20% is the "magic" number, but this wood that is reading 25-30% I know won't burn very well. It's not "piss wet" but not far from.