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Stored firewood in garage 2 years....Still wet?

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  1. Grizzly Adam

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    I know I do!
     
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    Nope, in fact I've been using softwood off my uncovered stacks since the end of September. They're right around the 14-18% mark. I usually wait a day(ish) for the sun & wind to dry off the surface moisture, but it burns great!

    We've all seen wet pavement after a rainstorm - the sunny pavement dries first, then the shaded pavement. Same goes for your wood stacks! Add wind and time and all the gooder!:yes:
     
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    hmm good point, I will def have to try and use the gray wood thats been outside and see how it burns
     
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    Some Brits say Robert's your fathe's brother.... Good pair o' Slippers are many a hoarder's friend..... Just don't have the same ring to it:rofl: :lol:
     
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    If you're really concerned about the gray wood being wet - take a look at your favorite weather website & pay close attention to the 10 day forecast. When there's a good stretch of sunny weather - wait till the very last day of the sunny stretch and move your wood inside on that day. Voila! :thumbs:
     
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    Ok, so you moved the spy cam to the stacks?
    Oh, and I only wear my slappers to the stacks.
    I wear my slippers to the shed. Jeesh, get it right, man.:D
     
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    The water from snow and rain doesn't soak into the wood and keep it soaked, it dries quickly. It's the moisture that's trapped inside the wood that needs to dry.
     
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    Where ya been hiding out, WAT?
    You haven't been stalking papadave at his shed, no?:rofl: :lol:
     
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    Nicholas62388 , has anyone discussed wet/dry wood vs seasoned/unseasoned wood? I was schooled that wet wood=unseasoned. Dry wood= seasoned, I think it's different dialects in different parts of the country:) For us, its mostly the resin in the wood that needs to dissipate, not really the rain and snow (as once the resin and sap is gone it does not retain water for long). Yes, water/snow will steam or possibly boil, but its usually resin in the wood and sap in the bark that does the sizzle and snapping and popping in my experience anyway. Like Eric VW mentioned, try your grey logs first, the seasoned ones, and I bet you will be thrilled with faster light, and more heat!! Also, in my experience, the grey can be a good sign the resin and sap are dried.
     
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    Welcome aboard Nicholas....I can attest to the fact that uncovered wood will be dry almost for sure other than a little surface moisture. For 30 odd years I never covered my outside stacks and they always did just fine. In the last few I have been top covering even if for just the sake of keeping the leaves and junk out. But also because I am about 5 winters ahead so I want to protect my hard work.
     
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    Also another question I don't recall seeing is, how big are your pieces of wood? And how small are you splitting them? A 8 foot log can sit in the arid desert for 5 years and only be half as dry as the wood in most of the people's piles on this forum in a year
     
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    I appreciate All the input....my logs are split usually into 4 pieces from a 12 foot wide log...so each piece is like 10inches or so
     
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    How big are the logs to begin with? Give us a diameter. It seems odd to me that one would cut every log into quarters...
     
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    Like a 10-12inch round end of the log and their usually like 12 inches long lol normal sized cut log pieces that people use to split wood I thought
     
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    Are you leaving these pieces in rounds? Or splitting them? The more surface area exposed the better
     
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    We use all sized logs-- I recently split some maple 30" across. Got a lot of splits out of that!
     
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    He said he quarters the logs.
     
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    I happen to remember a special picture of Machria in his black socks and slippers:rofl: :lol:
     
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    Quarter lengths, for rounds? So a8 foot log will give you 4 2'pieces or quarter splits so one round will give you 4 pie slice pieces?
     
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