fire wood near Pittsburgh . Pa.

Well my stove is in and I would like to use good dry wood . my pile was not covered this year , so I will get some at a fair price if any is nearby. I have a truck to pick up . Thanks in advance

 

If you can only find semi dry wood see if you can get some Northern Idaho Energy Logs to mix in with the wood.They burn super hot and will dry out the wood.

 

Well this isn't ready to burn, but you do want to go get it!

 

For sure, try to take advantage of that. ^ If you can only get a little dry stuff to burn, bring in some of your wet stuff and stack it near the stove to help pull moisture out.

 

Just FYI crash55 , the wood in the ad I posted above is Locust...probably 1 of the top 3 most coveted firewoods that you can get! And there is a ton of it!
As far as dry wood to burn now, a couple things you can do...1, look for Ash, that tends to be drier when first cut, and gives up its moisture quickly, also, with all the EAB killed ash trees around, many guys are cutting dead standing, or dead fall ash that is often times ready to burn right away...look for Ash!
2, you can pick up free pallets from many stores/factories (some even advertise them on FBMP) and you can quickly cut those up with a circular saw into firewood size pieces...and they are usually very dry, sometimes you can even find oak pallets!
To cut them up, run the saw down each side of the stringers to cut the slats loose (gotta do both sides) then cut the stringers in 2 or 3 pieces (between the nails!) BAM, dry firewood in about 3 minutes!
Just mix that in with some of your drier firewood then...running a whole load of pallet wood would probably overfire most stoves (unless its a model with VERY good air control...and many don't)

 

I have been getting kiln dried wood from firewood fellows near me . This spring I will start hoarding for next year . I agree pallet make great kindling