Length of wood vs. drying time?

Yeah you're right when I cut down a dead ash I will immediately take a reading after bucking it up.
If its good and dry then I don't have to split the 6 to 8 inch rounds, I can just stack them as is, but if the piece was laying around for awhile you would have to make cut right in the middle to get an accurate reading

 

Yea BWS and I are all good, maybe we have burnt wood a little too long.

 

Not that far from you at all, I am just south of Peterson.

 

So, if the wood is short or long or built like a straw, who's on first?

 

How can that be, he stole 2nd ?

 

They drew straws to see who could be on first or second

 

Ever wonder which way the direction of a thread will go. ?
I started one about lodge pole pine & it morphed into old men's tools. LOL

 

That's it, shut it down and locked it up......old men talking bout their tools.

 

I believe you are wrong Dave." He" played short stop and " How can that be" was the poor fella that had to buy beers for his friends at the ball game and seen how much them drinks cost.

 

LOL

 

That is exactly where I'm at this year...not really but I like to run as if wolves were chasing me. I find I move with a little more enthusiasm! I've always cut a year out but I'm using up my stock quicker than I thought. It's a good thing I stumbled over here when I did. I won't make the same mistake twice!

 

On my original post the reason I was asking is because in the study there was a significant difference in the drying time between 16-14" splits. I remember because I thought it was very odd that there was such a difference with only 2" shorter. I also thought it was weird that 16" is considered the "standard" firewood length but 14" dried so much quicker but figured everyone went with 16" because it went with the standard unit of measure (cord) of firewood.

On a side note... Anybody else notice in firewood related videos on youtube that appear to be from Europe the length of wood rounds and splits seems to be quite a bit shorter than we are used to? Maybe in the 12-10" range? Shorter summers in higher lattitudes / altitude so quicker drying time???

 

So aside from dealing with more pieces of wood, is the disadvantage to big "chunks" slower burn times? I've never run a stove so I have no clue but I'm thinking a bunch of 6 to 10 inch cubes might be ideal. There's a lot of surface area there for drying. A lot of short "straws" if you will...

 

I get that, and I likely will get to the point where I have multiple years of wood on hand. But in theory, you could probably just keep a few months worth of chunks.

 

You will always end up with some chunks and "uglys" no matter what.
3 year plan does not work for everyone so faster drying tips are needed for the space challenged wood burners.

 

You also need to factor in drying time differences in the summer vs. winter. If the 'few months' are July and August you might be able to pull it off given optimal drying conditions. You will get significantly different results with wood cut on Jan 1 if you hope to burn it in March.