According to how hot you burn your fire !! I only use green wood because I dint like feeding my wood stove all the time & at night I cut the air off to it & shut the damper so when I wake I still have coals
There's no shortage of bad information out there... Maybe whoever came up with that lives here? Google Maps
My nephew was almost impossible to convince that wood should be dry. He'd say "if the wood is wet it'll burn longer and give more heat". I'd say pour some water in your gas tank so it'll burn slower and give you better mileage.
Wisdom from idiots means nothing. One of my favorites is not liking to burn dry wood. "Poof, and it is gone." I just figure the don't realize why a draft control is built on a stove. Yet, I truly believe most of it is simply being lazy. Not enough energy to get out to get wood until forced because they are running out.
The first OWB I bought was back in 1993. The dealer made it a point to advise NOT to listen about burning green or wet wood even though it is capable of it. He was a very conscientious dealer. I wish he could have talked all burners into this practice!
My stepdad: "I can burn anything I want in my OWB! Green or not, it'll burn!" Fast forward to 3 months later. Neighbors called the DEEP because the smell was so bad they thought he was burning trash. Resident state trooper shows up and issues him a citation.
When your wood is too wet to burn And you aint too quick to learn You try and try and it wont start It sorrta acts like a wet fart Hissing, bubbling, dripping and smoking Looks like Cheech and Chong a toking You do your best but it just wont burn Keep on trying cause you aint too quick to learn
I would have to agree with you. After all who wants to bust their back side to get firewood and then have to let it sit for 3 years before you can burn it. Some people get it and some don't.
I would have to agree with you. For several years I tried to explain to my daughter that standing dead was not dry enough to burn, it had to season before burning to get good heat from the wood
There's definitely some dead standing wood that is dry enough, but unless you have a moisture meter to confirm that is under 20% mc, you are better off to wait to burn that wood until it's been split and stacked for a while.
