Thanks! I'm very happy with it so far it will burn all night just with poplar! Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk
I got a bunch of popular logs from a friend who took out a tree line last winter, I bucked and split it in spring left it in a big pile till time allowed to stack it, no issues with rot or turning bad That said, we were very dry all summer, would get it stacked and covered as many of these fine people have mentioned
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Welcome aboard dylantdyck and starfish4078 Nice to see new members popping up now. dylantdyck if that poplar gets and stays wet, you'll be disappointed at how fast it deteriorates. Get after it!
Welcome to the best forum on the web dylantdyck and starfish4078! I think Ashwatcher pretty well summed it up
Years if you split it, stack it and keep it relatively dry. Left in rounds especially long ones, especially a heap of long ones, it could rot. Left in rounds especially long ones, especially a heap of long ones, you've got a haven for termites and carpenter ants if either of those nasty critters exist there. Short rounds will dry, but it is usually slow as molasses in a Canadian January.
Each species of wood dries differently. Some people will cut, split, and stack oak in a nice sunny and windy spot, keep it top covered and it can still take 3 years ± to dry to <20% moisture... I have some aspen or white poplar that I got for free. I cut split and stacked about a year and a half ago. It's been drying in a a covered rack and is ready to burn. Many hardware stores carry an inexpensive moisture meter. Most people here will tell you to try and burn wood with a moisture content of under 20%. You'll get better stove performance, and a cleaner chimney with dryer wood!! I don't think many people will tell you that your wood will get too dry if you split it and it sits around a long time before you burn it. More than likely you'll try and burn too wet of wood... Keep your wood dry and off the ground and it will be fine for many, many years.... Good luck and welcome! A couple of my top covered oak piles.......
My father restored old log cabins. He restored several cabins from the 1850s. He rarely had to replace a poplar log unless the roof leaked. If kept dry it will last a long time. Plus the bugs don’t like poplar if it’s kept dry. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thankyou very much I thought I was gonna be blackballed after that popular comment...I've been in the cariboo since July...I've never even seen a chainsaw before....I've been well trained now I can fall a tree use a maul and mark split and stack wood....I've been in Saskatchewan for the last 15 years and wanted a mountain experience..... Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk
I'm not sure this is the way to go. I have noticed that leaving whole logs with bark on them can turn punky as soon as a year since they stay soggy and start to rot. Some woods are worse than others with ash and maple being the worst, not sure how bad poplar is but I have seen it get punky on me. I would suggest trying to buck them and at least split them once in half. One disclaimer though is you live in a more arid climate than me on the east coast and so this may not be so much a problem for you. would be curious what others think. Just don't want all that wood to get funky on you.
Nope i don't that's forsure but on one hand growing up we used a wood boiler and we always left the trees in full length until we burnt it in 3 foot lengths but im sure it was wetter than it should have been but it never went bad. But i will start bucking and splitting it in spring. Everything is frozen right now. Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk
Different animal, and that was at least a few years ago, I'm sure. Modern burning appliances have changed and really prefer DRY wood to burn well. You may be OK with that Poplar if you get on it as soon as the weather changes next spring to be able to burn it by next fall. I still prefer a full year for Poplar though.
Ya this year i bought 5 cords and it was cut and split in late spring early summer and it is all under 20% moisture so far but it was a very hot and dry summer Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk
It was also piled on the ground and not covered but this year i will be it properly Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk
