In the summer/fall of 05 I fell into a nice bit of fire wood, a little too much in fact.
A local landfill undertook an expansion that required an area of land to be cleared of all trees. I lucked into permission to saw any dropped trees I wanted into firewood. I ended up with about 16-18 1ton dumps full of various hardwoods, mostly Ash,Mapel,Locust and Hedge Apple. I split about half last winter and was wondering if I should leave the rest whole to slow the seasoning process. I burn about 3 1/2 cords on a normal winter so it looks like I have about 4 years worth of wood!
Can wood be kept this long in a split state in a good moisture range for efficient heating? Can wood "over" dry?
I was going to split it all and put it under cover with open sides like I store all of the "next" years wood.
If kept off the ground and allowed to ventilate properly will this wood stay in a good condition for burning in 07,08 and 09?
I've been heating with wood for a couple years and this was a first for me.
Thanks, Jeff
A local landfill undertook an expansion that required an area of land to be cleared of all trees. I lucked into permission to saw any dropped trees I wanted into firewood. I ended up with about 16-18 1ton dumps full of various hardwoods, mostly Ash,Mapel,Locust and Hedge Apple. I split about half last winter and was wondering if I should leave the rest whole to slow the seasoning process. I burn about 3 1/2 cords on a normal winter so it looks like I have about 4 years worth of wood!
Can wood be kept this long in a split state in a good moisture range for efficient heating? Can wood "over" dry?
I was going to split it all and put it under cover with open sides like I store all of the "next" years wood.
If kept off the ground and allowed to ventilate properly will this wood stay in a good condition for burning in 07,08 and 09?
I've been heating with wood for a couple years and this was a first for me.
Thanks, Jeff