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How do you know your wood’s dry?

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  1. J1m

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    When you throw your snow covered wood on a bed of coals and the wood catches before the snow melts!:thumbs::D

    Who needs a moisture meter? Haha!
     
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    That's one way, I guess buy not the best for the stove.
     
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    This is going to be a tough method to use in the summer. :D
     
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    Will frost from the freezer suffice ?
    Spread it on a split like hummus on flatbread ?
     
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    I think we're going to need to slab some snowballs in the winter and put it up in storage for the summer. 1/8 cord of snowballs outta do it. Just make sure the moisture content of the snowball is above 50 percent. None of that dry ice crap.
     
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    The moisture meter meter is a lot better at preventing wood that isn't dry from being put into the stove;)
     
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    Admittedly it wasn’t ideal - but we got 4” of unexpected snow overnight! I brushed off the loose snow. I run an OWB so i don’t think it did much harm.
     
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