superherk
ArboristSite Lurker
shagbark
anyone know how long to season shagbark hickory? i was told 2 yrs............
anyone know how long to season shagbark hickory? i was told 2 yrs............
does wood season in winter
- Thread starter bassman1641
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
why?
Black. :monkey:
Diesel nut
ArboristSite Operative
why?
Steve NW WI
Unwanted Riff Raff.
Wood cut now will dry quite a bit by spring HERE. Your reults may vary, but the stuff I cut early winter/late fall normally shows checking before spring thaw.
OLDTIMER:" When green wood freezes solid, it don't dry a hell of a lot. "
Freeze dried coffee and the sad looking steak at the bottom of my freezer says different
woodman6666: thanks, life seems to work best this way
pook: "wood is thicker than cloth & u cant hang it on a clothesline"
Now there's a thought, screw eye in the end of each piece - anyone got any idea how many yards of clothesline/cord?
Freeze dried coffee and the sad looking steak at the bottom of my freezer says different
woodman6666: thanks, life seems to work best this way
pook: "wood is thicker than cloth & u cant hang it on a clothesline"
Now there's a thought, screw eye in the end of each piece - anyone got any idea how many yards of clothesline/cord?
Steve forgive me if this has been covered, but is that lovely lady your wife?
black roof radiates heat best...when it aint absorbing heat from the sun:rockn:Doc I believe the sun also scares any trolls that might be around.
branchbuzzer
Undiagnosed
Pretty close, in Hampton. Up a holler. The wrong side of the holler - the sun does not hit my house at all in the winter. I can get a couple hours tops of sun on my woodstacks if it's a clear day. There are plenty of springs and the moisture just hangs in here and stays. There isn't much wind either. So.... for all of you who say you gotta do this or gotta do that to keep your wood dry....it all DEPENDS on your situation. Not everyone has 8 hours of sun and 20+mph winds comin' sweepin' cross the plains (Sing it like you're in Oak-lahoma! ) every other day to help dry out their stacks if it rains/snows on them.
I have stuff stacked in the sometimes-sun, but even it has to be brought in and stacked next to the stove for a minimum of a week or two, preferably more, to burn real well. I had some oak that had been sitting split and stacked for 7 years, then inside an open air shelter for three, brought it in and it was sizzlin' like a slab of bacon. I have some wood stored in an almost air-tight garage, just so it can be not soaked - it's never super dry, but it's never wet either.
Last edited:
So true. Wichita is sunny and windy.Oak is dry in a year.
NeoTree
ArboristSite Guru
If I could I would build a big outbuilding with no sides on it, just a roof. If the wood gets rained on it's just more time mother nature has to spend drying it.
The surface moisture can still rot soft maple, and keeps bugs around in the deep piles.
But that's just me dreaming:biggrinbounce2:
The surface moisture can still rot soft maple, and keeps bugs around in the deep piles.
But that's just me dreaming:biggrinbounce2:
Believe it or not, a black roof over a wood shelter would likely work best. Black absorbs heat from the sun. In the winter, I suspect that might dry your firewood faster.
opcorn:black also radiates heat better so to cool the underside.http://www.physforum.com/index.php?showtopic=27393&hl=Believe it or not, a black roof over a wood shelter would likely work best. Black absorbs heat from the sun. In the winter, I suspect that might dry your firewood faster.
Last edited:
Well, I suppose. Maybe it's worth a study for federal funding--Optimal Firewood Shelter Roof Color. The DOE might be interested.
:jester:
branchbuzzer
Undiagnosed
Every woodburner has the same dream, it's usually a building about as long as a football field, greenhouse glass panes, huge fans, robots sorting, stacking and cataloguing the wood...
I scored a bunch of old tin roofing from an outbuilding teardown recently, add some junk plywood boards, maybe hump out some locust poles from the woods, some scrounged lumber cross supports.... I may just get to live the dream....
Last year in February I was burning hedge cut in December. I split and stacked it right after cutting. No sizzle or issues. The moisture tester said it was around 15%.
guessing u didnt read thru the link..........get it!Well, I suppose. Maybe it's worth a study for federal funding--Optimal Firewood Shelter Roof Color. The DOE might be interested.
I have been told by a lot of old-timers that hedge burns as well wet as dry.
Similar threads
