The RH in New England might be 95% in the middle of Summer on a hot day, it's not at night when the temp drops, it sure as hell isn't when it is 0ºF in January.
Take it back and tell him his drying method Does Not Work. Whatever that method is... Give him a lesson on drying wood. It may help him and others in the future!
Thanks bear 1998 Probably my biggest problem right now, is everyone I've talked to around here all tell me their wood has been seasoned 6 months to a year and most are selling hardwood oak mixes. I am sure eventually I will find a good connection for good seasoned wood, but then again I hope am never buying wood again! At least going forward I know to never buy without a MM and an axe to check it. Thanks bear 1998 & Canadian border VT that's a fine suggestion and one I will do for sure before I load her up with this soaked pine
I spoke with the fella who sold me the wood this morning via text and we worked it out! I am going to keep the wood and he's going to give me some of my money back! I am good with that and think it's fair on all sides. Last thing I wanted to do was haggle with this guy and or him think am trying to pull a fast one on him so I sent him a bunch of pic's with the MM in some of his splits. Was late to work this morning as I was scrambling to unload most of the wood from my truck. The deeper I got down to the middle of the pile was some serious black fuzzy mold and white mold on a lot of pieces. Luckily its not punky at all, only one piece was getting pretty punky but all others were good, just wet!! Another few months in those conditions in the shrink wrap that wood would have rotted and been no good! Hopefully I can salvage it!! Thanks again fella's.......lesson learned!
Leave it in the bed of your truck and drive back and forth to work haha it will be dry in no time j/k
ReelFaster .. look for another species besides Oak, just about anything drives faster than oak. These guys might think it's seasoned, but I've seen Oak take 4 years. I don't know anybody selling wood that holds it for 4 years.
Thanks Canadian border VT I've been trying to do that past few days!! I've been asking folks selling wood, what is the oldest wood you have besides oak! Problem is so much oak around here and most all are selling it! I do see some Cherry around as well but that gets a little pricey around here folks love it for smoking and get more $$ for it. I have a lead on a fella who claims he's got some oak seasoned 2 plus years, he said feel free to come by and check it out so I may just do that and split a piece or two and see what's the MM on it. If I can't find nothing that's ok, I'll just jog through with what I have. I have natural gas heat, and we can pick and choose when we want a nice cozy fire. I am in much better shaping going forward, I have a couple of cords of oak, a bit of cherry & Ash and now some pine now too
And I would also advise to never believe anyone who says the wood is seasoned. You want it dry, not seasoned. Methinks most of think if you cut it in this season (fall) it will be seasoned in the next (winter). Well, that is seasoned for a season...I guess.
No! No! No! If you are considering this shed for that pine, I definitely say NO! The part where it is up off the ground is super but when the wood is really wet, you don't even want slatted wood. You want it right out in the open air until it is dry.
But one can not compare wood that has been at the bottom of a lake with wood that has just been in a stack. That is far from the same thing.
And don't forget you can get the enviro bricks, or whatever they are called. Even if you use them to mix with some wood that is not quite ready, it could get you through the winter.
Thanks Dennis, never heard of them till now but going to make a pit stop and my local tractor supply to check them out!! Appreciate it! Thanks Dennis, Am on it!! Pine is not stacked in there yet (nor will be, thank you) and I have wood I can move into the shed and use that freed up rack out in the open for the pine....
ReelFaster....where are you located in South Jersey? I sell firewood and may have a little that isn't spoken for yet. I'm in 08088 zip
Depending on what kind of stove you have, you could do what I did with not quite seasoned wood. I had run out the winter before, and scrounged a whole line of maples. Obviously they weren't seasoned by the fall. I bought a hearth grate and set it on top of my stove. The smell of maple wood baking in the hearth grate was heavenly, it added extra moisture to the house, and after 2-4 hours of baking it was tinder dry and cracked on the outside and ready to burn. We made it through a winter this way, baking one load while burning the last baked load. The wood never got over 350 F because of the height above the stove, and because a Fisher stove has a split temperature top by design. I got more ash than usual when I swept the chimney , but nothing extreme. YMMV
Thanks Rowerwet some good advice and good idea!!! I have an insert and not much sticking out for a full split to sit nicely.
