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Argument...wood is going to go bad or not ?

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  1. FatBoy85

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    Depends on where you live though.
     
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    Maybe you're pushing too hard trying to cram them in.
    If you just split the wood 30 seconds ago there's no reason to push the pins in deep at all
     
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    The organisms that break down wood need oxygen.
     
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    I have heard wood needs to be at about 25% moisture by weight to rot. Anything above or below won't. The trouble happens when it keeps running back and forth over that point
     
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  5. Nicholas62388

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    Man what a great thread thanks for all the tips and advice lol and it looks like I’ll be buying a moisture meter.
     
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    General came out with a newer version of their firewood moisture meter without pins, just place it on the wood and it reads 3/4" below the surface. The pins on my Stihl MM are starting to bend a bit as well. My next meter will be a surface contact version.
     
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  7. FatBoy85

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    Yeah I may have oopsed.
     
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    Updated photo of some wood covered and some not lol . One of these days I’m gonna reorganize every pallet I have and build a nice shed so I don’t have 83726262 pallets on my property.
     

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    that pile of rock looks familiar
     
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    Eh. I know where you're going, and there's truth to the end results, but if you really want to know the exact moisture content, you'll need a moisture meter. Otherwise you're just guessing, but using the 3 year plan it's a very educated guess.
     
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    Exactly
     
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    I really I'm not sure the pinless meters would work on firewood very well , they are basically for flat surfaces , the sensor is on the back of the meter and needs to contact the surface fully
     
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    If you've got a smart phone, look into the Ryobi phoneworx moisture meter. You can use it as a simple mm, or use it to catalog with date, pictures, species etc. It's not very expensive either. Under $25

    Ryobi Phone Works Moisture Meter-ES3000 - The Home Depot
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    The moisture difference between 32 °F and 68 °F is only about 3%


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    Hey HFRock, do you happen to have a correction chart for telling the % of moisture inaccuracy between shades of 'grayishness' of wood, or the difference between a 'clank' and a 'clunk' when you bang pieces of wood together? ;)
     
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    Never ran across one of those but ya gotta be careful while clankin cuz you can clank a finger too :eek::D
     
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    That's good there's more than 1 choice. They have a bit of differences though. The general costs more, but can be used as a stand alone tool. The Ryobi looks to have more options of how to record and track data, but it requires a phone, or tablet. The general one is Bluetooth, so that is nice.
     
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    Ok im not good at reading charts lol....If i end up buying a moisture meter, what is an ideal moisture content suppose to be for very seasoned dry wood?
     
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    You don't have to worry about that chart, 20% and under is the magic number .
     
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