I'm been itching lately, and not from an allergic reaction from our local insects or plants. I see that holz hausen in the backyard, I've been dying to know how dry some of those splits are. After mowing the lawn, I grabbed a fairly loose piece from under one of the shingles... carefully. I was scared that pulling the wrong one would result in the most terrifying game of Jenga I've ever played. Luckily everything held firm. I split a piece and it reads 15.3% on the insides. I'm happy with that, to say the least. It was stacked in March of 2020, and this is red oak after all. Now, this was a piece from the outside ring, and I'm still interested to see the moisture content of the interior pieces, which is mostly comprised of chunks, shorts, and the temperamental knotty piece that didn't want to split. I'll post those results in a month or so. How's the readings on your stacks looking lately?
Havent checked any of mine. Have a one cord bin of high btu nuggets (black & honey locust, sugar maple mostly) from Summer 2020 and wondering what they read. Also have a one cord stack of honey locust the same age and will check that too. Im thinking the inner wood on your HH should be higher MC, but at least the outer is ready to burn. Is that gonna be your first to burn when SS ends?
This will be the first stuff in the fire. All red oak for this season. Next winter I'll have a better mix of maple, ash and oak, but this year I'm lousy with the red stuff!
My readings consist of red oak that's been stacked since 2018. I hope your readings meet your expectations!
Holz hausens for the win! I actually love looking at "regular" stacked wood too. Something about looking at all that wood ready (or soon to be ready) to go is very satisfying.
Havent checked any stacks but I did a few readings on Black Birch and Beech logs I was cutting and splitting this summer. Logs had been down two years. Just over 20% right off the splitter. It was a good year for drying. On the other end of the spectrum I cut and split a dead red oak cut down late spring, early summer. Now that was much wetter than expected. No readings but it was drooling water going through the splitter. I’m interested to see what the middle on your Holzhausen reads too.
My wife and children make fun of me for standing in the back yard staring at my wood piles. It is very satisfying.
