After the tractor died....

I moved the trailer full of Oak in front of the shed with the Jeep.
Then, lucky me, it got snowed on.
Weather finally warmed a bit and most of the snow melted, so Christmas eve day I spent some time putting the wood in the shed.
It was very nicely soaked with melted snow and still had some snow and ice on it.
Right in front, the wind still hits it, and the temps have been in the 30's so the wood has actually lost a little of the surface moisture in the last 1.5 days.
I've been grabbing a couple splits at a time and standing them up next to the stove during the day. Takes a couple days to get the moisture dried out, but the wood is the last of the Oak log load I finished c/s/s in Nov. of '11, so it was dry before I decided to move it to the shed.
Not quite 1/3 cord remains of what was just a bit over 1/3 cord.

 

Good dark ends...enjoy the warmth!

 

Sometimes that happens. I'm always dealing with wet or snow covered wood.

 

Well, I've been past that for about 4-5 years now, so this has pizzed me off just a little. Pretend the marshmallow is firewood.
I shouldn't even need this wood, I just wanted to get it in the shed in case winter decides to throw us a curve.
It'll get dry just fine though, since it's really just "surface" wet.

I guess I could throw 'em in the stove all wet like that and slow the burn down.

 

Of course that only works until the creosote buildup puts the fire into warp drive

 

Sucks when that happens. It seems that the way oak is so reluctant to give up its moisture, it would be slow to drink water back in. The moistire only on the surface will dry pretty quickly. That's a really cool wood shed, Dave.

 

Sounds like you needed a tarp for a "Top cover"
Oak is porous & notorious for deep re-wetting .
Add one more gray hair for a lesson learned ! LOL

 

As usual, the "plan" went awry.
I didn't think I'd be waylaid by "life" while trying to get this done, so, no tarp.
I should know better.

 

I hate that when dry wood geats wet.

 

I'll just keep picking at it.
If I need to move it by spring (if there's any left, and it's still wet), there shouldn't be enough left to be a problem.

 

"Life isn't right, wrong or fair, Life is "
Everyone has those moments, some are worse than others.
Wet wood is a PIA, but at least that's fixable

I have lots of those gray hair development events,
even found out if you make the same mistake twice
the gray hair falls out.
I'm soon to be bald . LOL

 

Bingo.
I can still be pizzed. Just for a minute or two though.

 

That sucks

 

Well, it looks like it was really well seasoned before you left it out in the snow... I know your pain though - I let my poplar get rained on one day, and it's still too wet to burn. It's going on the campfire if I can't burn it March-April.

 

I was going to just let it stay out in the field stack until next fall.
That's where it's been for the last 3 years....uncovered.
When I moved it, most of the bark was loose, so I peeled a bunch off and tossed it.
It'll dry nicely next to the stove. Takes about 1.5-2 days, even for the large splits.

 

You'd be proud of me papadave ... I went all over the threads to find this one again (had tractor in the title)... cause I'm perty good at skiddin' off the tracks on juz about every post... so I could axe... how'd jooo make out with your tractor belt issue? You get it over to the shop yet?