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[guido]

Last year I started on the 8 foot log pile. Maybe 20 feet long, on utility poles, and at least 7 foot high.

It has been like the picture for a couple of years
I would call it seasoned. Some blocks are very light.

This year I did get to go to the pile again, and the covered pile came from the same pile.

No need to get seasoned ,

Guido

 

[caterpillar guy]

Both are woodchuck havens.

 

[jwal10]

Wood can be seasoned and still have high water content from condensation. Here we stack in ricks so the wind can blow threw or stack vertical like a teepee until fall, when we put what we need that winter, in a woodshed. Cover the rest until the rain quits in the spring....James

 

[Eman85]

If you want dry firewood it needs to be cut, split and stacked and then allow air circulation. If you want to be sure use a moisture meter. 1 year cut split and stacked and allowing good air circulation doesn't make for dry firewood for many species.

 

[bob p mn]

I will agree that the wood needs to be blocked up and split before it really dries, I have cut up wood that was cut to pulpwood length and sat in a pile like that for a couple years and still plenty of moisture in it after you take the first block off the end.

 

[Dopp Creek]

If you want dry firewood it needs to be cut, split and stacked and then allow air circulation. If you want to be sure use a moisture meter. 1 year cut split and stacked and allowing good air circulation doesn't make for dry firewood for many species.

What would you consider the % of moisture in dry/burnable wood to be? Below 30%? 20%?

 

[560Dennis]

Do nt they have pressure preservatives in poles ?

 

[Phillip Tibbetts]

What would you consider the % of moisture in dry/burnable wood to be? Below 30%? 20%?

Below 20%

 

[MKinON]

Do nt they have pressure preservatives in poles ?

Yes, that's why they're good to lay on the ground and stack your firewood on top of.