If its not too far away its worth going to look at in my opinion...might be fine, might be junk...hard to say from pictures. My gut feeling is that most of it is fine, might need "dried out" from rain as was already mentioned...and that can happen in a few weeks if you have a spot that gets some good sun and breeze as long as it doesn't get rained on again. (except the real punky stuff, that takes awhile to dry out, and then is probably only worthy of firepit fuel) Oh, and welcome to FHC!
You’ll find most wood for sale is not seasoned well. Would recommend buying next years now but realize you have limited storage area. Not trying to be a downer but,,,, “Wood stoves are like children, easy to get but now you have to figure out how to feed it”. I crack myself up sometimes, can’t help it. Eventually you’ll need to find a source of seasoned wood. It’ll be worth the effort, promise
Welcome aboard chemiee Some good advice on the wood. Definitely seems like you'll have a bit tougher time getting wood than many of the rest of us. But I'm sure if you keep vigilant, you'll be able to find what you need.
First of all welcome. You will find many knowledgeable and friendly people here. I read the link and did not see where it said 20-25%. If that wood is kiln dried and only 20-25%, they just waved the splits in front of the kiln. I don't burn kiln dried so I can't really say what the moisture content would be, but would think it should be less than 11-12%. As far as the pictures go, I would get it split, stacked and covered as soon as I could. You may want to read Primer on Woodburning. A lot of good information. Primer on Woodburning by Backwoods Savage
Chemlee, try giving Dank Firewood in Massapequa a call. They say on their website they deliver to Suffolk, Nassau & Queens. I just had 2 face cords delivered a few weeks ago. Some splits are big so I'm respliting today. What I like about them is they actually delivered 2 face cords of wood. I measured my racks after stacking and There's a bit more. The only down side is some of the wood is still on the heavy/wet side, that's kind of the deal when ordering "seasoned" firewood. I still have a solid face cord from them left over from last year, I'll be starting with that for my fireplace this winter. Good luck.
I went to pick up the wood. It turned out to be pine! I read that some people don’t like it but I think it is better than nothing. The ones I got were less than %20 moisture content. I did not get the punky ones. Another downside is they are short rounds and irregular shapes.
Pine is fine. Sure not the best but it works as long as it’s seasoned. It’ll burn faster than hardwood but your particular stove should do nicely. Just an FYI. Split open a round and measure the moisture content. You may be doing that already just throwing it out there. Sooooooo, when are you going to make a fire? we like pics here.
eh, pine's OK it's just a pain to load the stove so often irregular lengths just allows you to play reverse Jenga and hone spatial relationship skills - stacking and loading the stove. LOL
Spatial thinking is expertise of my better half and kids so I’ll get help from them I just found another post but farther. What is opinion of the experts in the forum about this wood? Poster says he doesnt know what kind of wood it is and how old it is. It is left from previous owner of the house. What is your opinion? Does it worth to get it? What kind of wood do you think it is? Thanks again all.
The weather is today 80. I am waiting to drop it to 50s Quick question: not in the pine woods I got but for some oak woods, when I split and take the reading it shows say %27-28 but next day it drops to %21-22. Is it normal? Or something is wrong with my readings?
The top one looks like cherry . Can’t tell with the bottom stack. If close enough, I’d get both. You have a saw and a way to split everything? Excuse me if I missed that in a post. Those readings seem normal. Just means it’s not dry yet. You should be getting sub 20% on a fresh split. The surface wood gives up the moisture the fastest.
I'm not very good with wood ident yet, so can't help much in that aspect of hoarding. That wood looks like it's been there for a few years, may still be ok though.
Its really hard to tell from those pics...makes me think Oak though...again, the stuff in the pile may be punky junk? The log is probably still good. The moisture reading is pretty normal...sometimes the pins just make better contact than others, so you will get varying readings. The meter is reading resistance. Different spots will be different MC too. As for as watching CL for free wood...if you have a smart phone, just set it up to give you an alert whenever a new free wood post pops up.
Great thinking brenndatomu Here's a thread that ReelFaster put up for everyone. Firewood Craigslist Alerts
That wood looks like it's probably burnable, Go get it , I don't know what it is .Hard to tell With Wood that old and gray , If you have the budget you could get you some eco bricks Like these at tractor supply , There are also other places that sell this type of fuel . RedStone Wood Fuel, Pack of 6, ECOBRICK at Tractor Supply Co.
