In the Woodshed......How long can it sit???

Went into my woodshed today to take some time and restock a few of my designated wood are's...About half way through I came to realize that unless February & March are absolutely brutally cold....there is no way I'm going to use everything in the woodshed. Probably be left with about 4 face cords in the back of the shed. With that in mind...Should I rotate it out or just leave it and restock in front of it? How long can I let it go before getting concerned about it?...

 

It should be fine inevitability

 

Near forever as long as it stays dry.

 

I guess that's a matter of personal taste to some degree. But the wood should be good for several years as long as it's stored dry.

I mean; houses built from wood lasts a while, doesn't they?

 

I think I'll be in the same situation come springtime, and I've wondered whether I should use my energy to rotate it, or not.
Me being me, I'll probably load some wood into the empty side, then restack the leftover in front of that.
That wood was also leftover last year, so it's time for it to burn. All Oak.

 

My problem is, if I just restock in front of it....All winter long I'll be saying to myself.."I should have rotated it!"

 

It should be fine....unless it's birch.

 

this is truly a good problem to have... my wood is too old and dry... it burns better hotter with almost no creosote

it will be fine but if it makes ya feel better put it to front... go ahead... what type is it... when my great uncle passed he had some 10 yeor old stuff in sugar shack... it was still good. ..

 

Its a good mix of Silver Maple,Ash, Black Cherry, along with a little Oak & Hickory.

 

When I build a real firewood storage shed I'm either storing front to back or the back wall will also be a front.

 

Yeah that's what I plan to do as well. Either not put a front or back on and just leave it open or put a door on both front and back.

 

I have top covered wood outside that's been sitting for 5 years and it burns great! I've burned buried locust posts that were 50+ years old. I've also burned firewood that sat in a barn for better than 20 years.

 

So your saying my Grandsons who I don't even have yet can use it?....Haha...

 

I'am in the same boat, so this season will see the all the wood being used in the woodshed then operation redesign will commence. Instead of using and refilling the whole shed which hold 6 plus cords, I will divide it into two down the center and use each half per year. I use approx 3 cord per season so it should work out close.:stacke: plus :stacke: =

bob

 

Can you work down one side or the other and stick in a divider if need be do you can pull and refill with some sequence? I can pull from both ends on mine which is perfect. Worst case, just burn it and be very warm!!!! Kidding of course. Good luck

 

If they put you in a home before you use it all up. Put their names on the splits so they can't fight over them. LOL

 

Red oak gets worms in it that continue to burrow and make sawdust years after being cut and split. I have some four year old oak in my basement right now and when I pick a piece up there's little piles of sawdust on the piece it was sitting on.
I don't necessarily know if that's bad or not but it doesn't look too good.