I need the time to dry for each of these types of wood. Making a new resource. Myrtle, Oregon (Pepperwood) Juniper, Rocky Mtn Sorrel (Sourwood) Eucalyptus (Red Gum) Alder, Red or White Catalpa (Catawba) Fir, Concolor (White) Fir, Balsam Dogwood, Pacific Holly, American Ilex Bamboo Persimmon, American Balsa
Wow what a list! Black birch is 16-18 months. Oak is just way to long. Need NE tulip poplar, 4 months.
Kind of impossible to find a number for a species- depends a lot of location and conditions - how wet/dry, wind, etc. - best to just push a 3 year plan or more and not worry about species - but, I know you want to have a list for a resource for minimal time/species for reasonable, quality burning. Cheers!
Hedge, Persimmon, Hickory, all oak , Locust, Honey and black, Mulberry, Sugar Maple, all fruit trees[ like apple crab and so on], Red bud, Hackberry and Elm are put in my racks for 4 year. Cherry, walnut- black and English, Maple-Silver ,Cedar[red], Ash ,Cottonwood , Poplar and pine[ white and red] are 2 years. These is what I have burned and this is how I stack and keep them.
i thought the answer was three years for anything on this list. right Backwoods Savage ? two year Ash work great for me last year
I've had good luck with black birch after a year (working on getting further ahead) for me it dries faster than Red Maple. A big factor with any of this is how big the splits are. A small oak split might be dry in a year (say 2" sq kindling basically) but a good sized 8" chunk is going to need a few years. Edit: Maybe we should try to put together some kind of collaborative study to gather some real data and track weights of different kinds of wood. Not to pick on TurboDiesel (your post is right above mine so that's what I'm looking at) but two year old ash is going to be pretty dry as it is one of the fastest drying woods and giving it two years it'll be more than fine, heck most wood is going to be pretty dry after two years. Maybe if we can get some real data on how fast different types of wood dry we could build something really valuable, especially for people who are just starting out of have limited storage space.
I'll take a shot at some that I have experience with, but as mentioned there a lot of variables with conditions Osage Orange (Hedge) Hop Hornbeam (Ironwood) 2 yrs Persimmon, American Hickory, Shagbark 2yrs Dogwood, Pacific Holly, American Birch, Black Oak, White 3 to 4 yrs Madrone, Pacific (Arbutus) Oak, Post 3 yrs Locust, Honey 2 yrs Hickory, Bitternut 2 yrs Beech, Blue (Ironwood) 2 yrs Mulberry Locust, Black 2 yrs Maple, Sugar 2 yrs Beech, American 2 yrs Oak, Oregon (Garry) Oak, Bur (Mossycup) Oak, Red 3 to 4 yrs Birch, Yellow Ash, White 1 yr Myrtle, Oregon (Pepperwood) Apple 2 yrs Ash, Green Maple, Black Walnut, Black 1 yr Maple, Red 1yr Ash, Oregon Birch, White (Paper) Tamarack (Larch) Birch, GrayHackberry Juniper, Rocky Mtn Cherry, Black 1yr Coffeetree, Kentucky Sorrel (Sourwood) Elm, Red 1 to 2 yrs Eucalyptus (Red Gum) Elm, American 1 to 2 yrs Sycamore, American Maple, Big Leaf Elm, White (Russian) Ash, Black Boxelder (Maple Ash) Pine, Norway (Red) Fir, Douglas Maple, Silver 1 yr Pine, Pitch Pine, Lodgepole Hemlock Spruce, Black Catalpa (Catawba) Pine, Ponderosa Alder, Red or White Pine, Jack (Canadian) Spruce, Sitka Pine, White (Idaho) Willow (don't bother throw it down the hollar) Fir, Concolor (White)] Basswood (Linden) Aspen, American (Poplar) 1 yr Butternut (White Walnut) Pine, White (Eastern) Fir, Balsam Cottonwood (Poplar) 1 yr Spruce, Engelmann Cedar, Eastern (Redcedar) Buckeye, Ohio 1yr Cedar, White (Whitecedar) 1 yr Bamboo Balsa [/quote]
OK, here is what I have been working on. It is sortable, just click the header at the top. Still searching for dry times. Firewood BTU & Drying Chart | Firewood Hoarders Club
The same: 2 years burnable, pretty good burning wood 3 years & it's prime & perfect for catalytic stoves That's in Alaska Will vary depending on your climate Top cover is a must. Even need to split the 3" stuff, with the water tight bark, it'l get punky if not split.
OK, these are the ones left: Myrtle, Oregon (Pepperwood) Juniper, Rocky Mtn Sorrel (Sourwood) Eucalyptus (Red Gum) Spruce, Black Spruce, Sitka Alder, Red or White Catalpa (Catawba) Fir, Concolor (White) Basswood Fir, Balsam Spruce, Engelmann Dogwood, Pacific Holly, American Ilex Bamboo Persimmon, American Balsa
We are down to just the expert woods now. Sorrel Balsa Bamboo Alder, Red or White Dogwood, Pacific Holly, American Eucalyptus (Red Gum) Myrtle, Oregon (Pepperwood)
Wow, that is a great resource. Probably everyone has differing opinions about how long to dry, but having the ability to compare is great! Greg
