That's a lot of CherryView attachment 528355 Bark will fall off when you do split, and may season quicker when split. Don't expect to split and burn even at a year in log form, or even rounds. That is my experience in S.W. Michigan. This is Oak, 8' log form one year, rounds in full sun three months, very wet when split.
Cut green 8 to 10" diameter and smaller in 16"length rounds, oak , if it gets plenty of sunlight and air such as on an open dry hill will season well and be reasonably dry in 1 year. If it was dead a while and the bark slips off while handling and stacking it dries considerably quicker. Silver and red maple will dry somewhat quicker in the same conditions. Cherry I think is closer to the soft maples in dry time. Even if the bark doesn't slip at first, the ends dry and crack and the bark starts breaking up allowing air to dry the wood. Sure it takes longer then split wood and atmospheric conditions are more critical but if you have good conditions to put up wood to dry as such, why waste time splitting small rounds unless you need kindling or the wood to dry fast? Birch and some other woods with air tight bark usually rot from the middle out if not split no matter what and it happens with any wood if thy don't get enough air and sunlight after the tree is dead. Birch is good if it is all split and dried in good conditions.I hear lots of people saying that wood doesn't begin seasoning until the wood is split and stacked. What if the wood is smaller diameter 8-10" will it season than in log form?
Thanks for the replies guys. Anyone familiar with burning trembling aspen (poplar)? How long do you season for?
It absolutely will. I bought a dump truck load of pole wood, all maple and all 10-20" diameter at the butt and left it sit on a gravel pad for a year and a half and it was dry as a bone when I cut it. Only a few on the bottom were a little damp and it was there side that was making ground contact. They ended up cut and split in half on top of three stack at the end if this summer to make sure it's ready to burn.I hear lots of people saying that wood doesn't begin seasoning until the wood is split and stacked. What if the wood is smaller diameter 8-10" will it season than in log form?
Yup burned tons of it. Burns nice and hot just not for very long.Thanks for the replies guys. Anyone familiar with burning trembling aspen (poplar)? How long do you season for?
If your talking Poplar for firewood it turns to crap in a year in log form, cut rounds or split, doesn't matter.
In my experience, this couldn't be further from reality. When I cut to 16" and let them sit, they are way dryer than if I leave them in log length. A 100' log only has 2 ends to lose moisture from. A 100' log cut into 1' lengths now has 200 ends to lose moisture from. Way more surface area is exposed.log's don't know how long they are! 1 foot or 100 feet, logs will dry out in time. so if you have 1 foot log's or 100 foot log's and want them dry in a reasonable amount of time ? split them and keep them off the ground in the open! !! GOOD LUCK LIFTING THE 100 FOOT LOGS!!
sounds like walnut!!!!I don't care to mess with poplar. Burns fast, decays fast and leaves tons of ashes. Might be worth using in an outdoor wood burner as they have a large capacity and are set up where it is easy to empty ashes and the mess is outside.
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