That time of year again!

Sounds like some of the sellers here. Add read similar to his method.
"seasoned wood, trees were cut early spring or last fall , will cut , split & deliver all orders as they come in."

One says:
" get your orders in now while logs are still available. Comes to us in LOGS 2 Year Downed "
with a picture of a stack of birch logs, & rounds... water tight bark on the birch, wonder how it dried out ? ?
Can see the decay & punky wood starting to grow in the center of the logs

 

There's a brand spankin new firewood supplier out on the main road that I keep telling my honey I ought to stop by and see his op. Got a fancy processor and a lot of stacks of tree length stuff. Be curious to hear what his pitch is...

 

And, talk to the local... any local... fire dept. They'll be happy to talk about the causes of most woodstove related fires in front of the local TV stations. Of course, that's not as much fun as learning the good stuff on the FHC forum...

 

You guys are depressing with all this talk about fall. Not for another month easily!

 

I was cruising around the web earlier and actually read a conversation where a guy stated that he likes to leave his wood in log form and only split when he used it. He believes that it soaks up humidity from the air if its split.

 

I'm just thinking if they don't have sense enough to dry there wood properly then they probably don't have sense enough to know, to clean out the chimney every couple weeks from Burning that wet wood

 

I'll start hearing saws running in late September here.
Once we actually get a cold snap I start to see pickups coming down the mountain with a load of rounds.

 

Fixed that for ya, Dennis.

 

Not so fast, podner. I like to be warm. In summer, that's possible without having to burn up my hard-won stacks of wood. It's still not quite warm enough in here to sleep without covers...only 78. Later in the week it should be getting good in here, with highs forecast in the mid 90s. Ahhhh, blessed heat!

 

Looking forward to cooler temps. Really hot today.

A soon to be business partner just picked up a 660 with a 36 inch bar lightly used for $800. I gave him some advice on getting a shorter bar and larger sprocket, so we can go cut wood fast together. Wants to make a maple table and sell it for some strange reason. I just want to burn that wood myself.

I'm not 3 years ahead like most of you, but some of my wood is over a year old and the rest was all cut up late spring / early summer, so moisture will be in the 18-20% on the high side. No oak to worry about being too wet.

I think we're in for a cold one if this summer chill has any bearing on the future.

 

I saw an ad on craigslist a few weeks ago that was similar.

"Oak wood, seasoned for 2 years, ready to burn this season, $160/cord"

I actually went out and bought a moisture meter to check it out. Me, my maul and my new MM went to his house. All his "seasoned oak" was rounds; 6"- 16". I mentioned the fact that it probably wasn't dry inside. He assured me it was "bone dry and ready to burn." I asked if he would mind me splitting a couple pieces and checking it with my meter. He had never heard of a MM but told me to pick out anything I wanted and split it open. First one I tried was about 12." I took a few slabs off it and started testing. 34% . I said no thanks. He's still running his ad for seasoned oak.

 

The moisture meter is the cold hard facts.