CRThomas
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How much heat and air does it take to pull firewood down under 25 percent.
well i have some honey locust that i cut down in june-july.i split it right away and stacked it up.in sept.i covered it for 1 month.put it all in the basement last month. every split i check was 12 to 16 %.all the ash and maple same thing.it was very wet here in ct all summer.so dry times must vary a lot. k
I always shiver when people about drying wood in a kiln. Using energy to dry out fuel...to be burned.
It reminds me of farmers spending $5 a gallon on propane to dry out corn.
I always shiver when people about drying wood in a kiln. Using energy to dry out fuel...to be burned.
It reminds me of farmers spending $5 a gallon on propane to dry out corn.
Five dollar propane!!!!!! We have been at $1.65 for ag propane since June 1st!
I agree with this. I looked into a kiln to increase my wood sales volume. For the money it cost to own and then operate on I could hire a crew to cut and split a mess of firewood to air dry and be multiple years ahead in sales.
Five dollar propane!!!!!! We have been at $1.65 for ag propane since June 1st!
Around $1.[sup]85[/sup] here... and the highest I ever remember it was like $2.[sup]40[/sup] a few years ago. But I've also noticed more than one "5-dollar propane" comment here on the board. At first I thought maybe the poster was just guessing, or inflating the price to support an argument. After seeing several references to $5.[sup]00[/sup] propane I finally did a bit of research... and came away quite surprised... several areas "out east" are indeed paying close to $5.[sup]00[/sup] , and $4.[sup]00[/sup] appears to be close to the average along the eastern seaboard. HOLY CRAP! Y'all are gettin' corn-holed out there.
I was unable to find pricing for the left coast... left of the Rocky's.
Yep we sure are getting it....
Need to save some cash to get either a OWB or wood furnace and install some ducting
They call Ash the firewood for loving. It does make a perfect fire. Me and my wife only burn Ash start the fire about 6 to 7 o'clock
I always shiver when people about drying wood in a kiln. Using energy to dry out fuel...to be burned.
It reminds me of farmers spending $5 a gallon on propane to dry out corn.
But, we need to dry our corn, regardless of cost of fuel.
No sense in arguing with, or trying to explain certain things to, non farm country "urban" dwellers, it just ain't worth it sometimes. And it ain't that they are dense, or stupid... they've just never "needed" to make the same sort of choices, or lived where there are no choices for certain things. But, to put it simply... just explain that it costs you less to dry the corn (no matter what the cost) than it does to loose the crop. But then, sometimes when you explain that their response will be, "Why don't you just leave it in the field longer, so it will dry before you harvest it?" :msp_rolleyes:
See what I mean?
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