Question: Does sycamore give off it moisture pretty slow? or does it absorb moisture? I've had the sycamore stacked on top since early summer, and its still sloppy wet... I figured it would have been dryer than that. Oh well, try it next year...
I wouldn't know it if I saw it. Don't believe I have ever burned it Chvymn99. I just looked it up on the BTU chart and it looks like it is around 17.9 mbtu/cord. Better than my White Pine 13.2, but not as much at my White Ash 21.6.
Yep, but it was free and I got to play with my big saws in it... I just figured it was good daytime burns or shoulder season burns.
Best price in town. I use White Pine at the lower end of the BTU spectrum all winter long. Just mix it with the Ash and then go straight Ash when things are real cold. Works gooder.
I had some last year that had dried for a full year inside a shed, and it was almost "light with a match" dry by that point.
Sycamore is not bad but I wouldn't use it for the really cold temps we're having now. It does take about a year in my experience and should be covered. I have gotten some for free in the past from different people's property. I would not go out of my way to cut it and I certainly wouldn't pay for it. I have some that is going to be burned next October.
Sycamore is kinda like a sponge. It takes a while to dry but continues to absorb moisture. Got to get it covered
About a year. You will know when it's dry, it's a lot lighter than when you split it... It burns good when it's dry for shoulder season. It's one of the few trees I don't mind cutting from my property. I consider it a bit of a weed tree.
Get it covered as soon as you split it or it will never dry. Once split and covered it takes a year or less to be bone dry.
In my opinion sycamore dries faster than cherry, bout the same btu's..i would not pass it up...kinda pia if yur splittn by hand but it can be done
