Drying Firewood

[CRThomas]

Thanks so the park police come and check you out. Can you sell firewood cut from trees in the park? Maybe that's what they are checking on if you can't

No so many firewood venders are not sell a rank or cord they have a gauge and you have to fill it up. Or if your selling wood from another state if I sell wood in Illinois it has to be grow in Illinois if I sell it in mo. It has to come from mo. They are cracking down on bulk firewood venders I sell a rack 4 x 4 for $20.00 people are buying them to see if they get what they pay for 2 of them hold a rank. Later

 

[turnkey4099]

Millikilometrophobia is the fear that your johnson measured in inches will correspond to the same number in centimeters. This was what was found to be the leading cause of why the US didn't conform to the metric system.

Would scare the heck out me.:laughing:

But Imperial or Metric you are still left with the problem of convincing her that 7 is really 10.

Harry K

 

[Short Game]

Just having wood is good.

 

[Danno1]

Do I sense a little metric fear?


Each to their own eh? :thumbsup:

Not really. I use both millimeters and decimal inches all day long. I was just trying to make a joke!


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[Johnp33]

Just having wood is good.

That is a nice supply you have there, and nice stacking. I am down to about 10 cords left, and am already looking for more. Come spring I will restock for the season after next. I was given a heads up on some great locations already. That is one of the benifits of being a mechanic.

 

[SensibleNick]

Not really. I use both millimeters and decimal inches all day long. I was just trying to make a joke!

That's cool and groovy Sir . I laughed.. .and still would have done if you were serious

 

[Tunguska]

Would that be 30 Degrees C, F or K? :laughing:

I know that -40 degrees C is pretty damned cold - so is -40 degrees F.

Good looking place you got there, Nick. Where's the sauna?

 

[SensibleNick]

I know that -40 degrees C is pretty damned cold - so is -40 degrees F.

Good looking place you got there, Nick. Where's the sauna?

Touché

Thanks ... no Sauna, but we (I) aim to build a log-fired hot-tub sunk into the ground just at the edge of the pond. (under the eves of the large beech tree to the right) An old photo - taken before we re-built the roof, extended the house and extended the garage ... and to keep on topic: I cut back the willows around the pond 3 years ago. We're still burning the wood that came out of them. It doesn't have much energy in it, but it burns well and doesn't mess up the chimney

 

[doddsjzi]

How long firewood will take to dry will depend on the temperature and relative humidity where you live. A poster from Texas mentioned that trees dead (or perhaps logs down) for 2--3 years would be dry, but that is not the case in the North Carolina mountains; I've seen logs down 5 or more years that were almost as wet as green when split.
Burning a mixture of green and dry wood will give a longer burn, but there are two disadvantages. First, a lot of the heat from the dry wood will be used in boiling the water in the green wood so that it can burn, reducing the stove temperature, and less of the dry wood's heat is available for heating your house. Second, this increases the chance of creosote buildup. But you can build up crosote even burning all dry wood if you keep the airflow reduced so much that the stove temperature is too low. Ideally, a fire with more airflow and less wood produces less crosote and a higher temperature than minimal airflow and lots of wood; of course, the stove full of wood will go without refilling longer.
The ariticle on covering wood stacks with clear polyethylene was interesting. If you leave a 1-2 inch gap at the bottom and a small opening at the top, drying is quicker because you get a chimney effect during the day, with cool drier air coming in at the bottom and hot moist air leaving at the top.

 

[doddsjzi]

My comment on the plastic- covered wood drying with a chimney effect when there are top and bottom openings assumes it's in the sun!