Does anyone season their wood anymore? I’m using stuff that was split more than five years ago.
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Does anyone season their wood anymore? I’m using stuff that was split more than five years ago.
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Yeah there's no "easy" way about it except some tips like those above make it easier. I dont think it's too bad but I've also been working construction for 20+years. I've got a pretty good setup here as it's about 2hrs/trip door to door to cut/load usually 1/2 to 1/3 cord. I usually try and split a good chunk of it and then slowly split the rest with an electric splitter throughout winter with coffee and weed.
Half cord in a taco? I hope you’re using airbags.
I’m seasoning my own wood. It’s all come off my little property from thinning and pine beetle kills. Pine, madrone, manzanita, Doug fir, incense cedar, and oak. Madrone is my favorite for heating. I have at least 2 more winter before I need to find another neighboring “wood lot,” head head into some public lands, or buy from a woodmonger.
smoke another one
If you are gona be close to power the electric splitters are awesume, way cheaper/way more convienent than a gas powered splitter
you can check wood with a moisture meter but we are not that far from where the pine beetle got started in Tweedsmuir so there is lots of dead wood around
I tried an electric splitter finally. I was great.
Yeah ^^ way better than gas powered IMO, for a few years I was splitting all the wood for a back country lodge with a 6 ton, instead of lining in a gas powered splitter the electric packed easily in the heli, never needed any fuel or maintenance.
We had a crew of 7 so a guy loading rounds, a guy stacking all the split and a guy pulling the lever for 2 days straight,
you can jam a piece of fire wood up against the safety button and let the hydralic pump run continuously
From your postings I assumed wood in Canada would be like a US emo child and cut itself.
I try to fill up the wood shed two bays every 2 years so at most have 4 years worth at least 3 years worth on hand in fall. So all wood has seen at least two summers.Quote:
Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn
As far as cutting wood in a day goes depending on slash pile can get 1.5 to just less than 2 cords in a day by my self. Sore next day for sure. Slash piles usually don't have a lot of stuff have to split so with two summers of seasoning I leave up to 6" unspilt. Here's a pic from the other days haul, abit has been stacked. Cut it in 4' lenghts to stack to get more wood in trailer. Should be close to 2 cords, mostly D Fir but if spruce was in way took it. Attachment 339154
I’m not sure how you could get by without seasoning wood unless you find a consistent honeypot stash of aged dead wood, like in an old burn. My deal is that the local national forest has an area where you can cut green piñon and juniper, so my stack has green stuff at the far end and I rotate through past years’ cutting that has seasoned. No way I could burn the stuff the year I cut it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn
I was just wondering because it seems like people are talking about putting up wood for this winter.
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I've still got some seasoned but I'll definitely be burning wood I cut this year. Not ideal but I've got a couple good spots of dead and slash piles.
I'm prob wrong but I feel with the new stoves that they burn so much more and efficiently that I'm not as concerned about creosote buildup. I also just pulled and cleaned the liner and was amazed how little buildup there was. Our stove runs all winter as it's our primary heat source. Chimney fires scare the living hell outta me.
Seems like most here are our west....Quote:
Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn
I'm on the EC, 3 acres of woods that hadn't been maintained in years. A 30” log is a bear to deal with but yields a lot of wood.
I try to season at least a year, the oak is better after 2. This winter will be burning a mix of oak, beech, maple and birch that's been stacked for 2 years. If I run low I've got birch that's will be about a year old by the time I get to it. Got a decent pile of oak that was dropped 4 years ago, bucked this spring and split this summer. Need to stack before snow flies.
I try to drop the dead/dying and in the way trees in the fall or spring.
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Originally Posted by ~mikey b
and the freeway dividers are planted with free range MJQuote:
Originally Posted by BobMc
“Seasoning” :)
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Watch for insects and bugs in the wood in that pile.Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
wow that is heavily paraphrased
should be"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." so a completely different meaning.
how about “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
Pretty good post, but a record-setting wrong thread location.Quote:
Originally Posted by DougW
Yeah. We get the widow for sure. I usually get dressed for the job. That pile (two former oak “sprouts”) is in its next stage of processing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nobody Famous
-limb/fell trees
-buck into manageable sizes
-do nothing for a year
-throw downhill (away from garage structure) during early wildfire evacuation near spot where trailer can back into (that’s where I’m at now)
-transport by trailer to processing/splitting spot
-process/buck/spit
-pile/stack for winter use
Deeper meaning in what I posted, I'd be cautious on bringing this wood into any indoor space on account of rot, pests, bugs, insects. If using for outdoor fire pit I'd have no hesitation storing (outdoors) and using.Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
jesus christ get a fucking life
For the first time read Nobody Famous' sig line and thought thats not rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
Ah, needed context.Quote:
Originally Posted by DougW
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.’
-Winston Churchill, House of Commons, 22 October 1945