I have normally stacked my wood flat on the top, this is the wood out in front of my wood shed. The other day i decided to stack it round on the top, this way i can cover it and the rain will run off instead of pooling on top when its covered. I threw a bunch up on top, then climbed up to round it off. The amount of heat coming up and though out the wood from the inside of the wood was pretty amazing. It was really radiating upward. I stack it with a space in between each row, for good circulation, and its not tight stacked, meaning i do leave some gaps for circulation. The wood i put on top, had been in the shade for at least 2 months and was hardly cracked on the ends. We've had some GREAT wood drying weather here, in the high 80's and into the high 90+ temps, so within about 2 days the wood from the shaded area had really opened up on the ends. Its mostly fir, maple,some alder with some white oak as well. Of course the oak is still a long way's from drying.
Thanks for reviving this one, problem is that the pdf expired so I’m unable to read this bit of writing. Bummer.
Chop the link up and you can find it... http://www.lignomatusa.com Go to the site Bottom right "informative papers" Download papers Drying lumber You're welcome
The best tool for determining the dryness of firewood is a multi-year calendar. You had to know that was coming!
