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How much wood is it?

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by RCBS, Sep 19, 2023.

  1. RCBS

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    Most I've ever personally taken part in was a *solid 3/4 cord load of fresh cut blocust rounds (tightly stacked) on an 81 Chevy 2500. We couldn't go any higher as we didn't have any stakes. It was cab height in the middle. The old Chevy handled it like a champ honestly.
     
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    Here what I see local to me:
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    Most of the wood around me is fresh split or close to it. They say dry or seasoned, but only because it was stacked in logs or rounds for a week.
     
  5. RCBS

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    I very very rarely see dry wood for sale. Once in a while. I'm not even sure mine is ready yet. I need to get the moisture meter out. I may have to wait until next season if I want to sell ready to burn stuff.

    It does seem that many people do not know or do not care about moisture content in firewood. If I advestise mine, it will show a picture of the moisture meter in a piece of the wood for sale. I can offer single specie cords of hickory and red oak. I have some sugar maple, white oak/red oak and cherry mixed. I'm considering getting a few trailer loads of Hedge this winter. I never see it for sale around me and have access to all I want of it (green standing).
     
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    :drool: You're a lucky man. Id go for it. I get a premium for my barkless dead black locust. Is it a one year drying wood when green?
     
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    Ingress/egress is kinda crummy on the property. Also have a bridge out that turns a 4 mile one way run into 10 miles one way with construction traffic lights. I'm unsure on drying time where I am. I split some early last fall, so I'll check and see where it's at. Been sitting out in the sun all summer. Just a little stack I got when I went to feel the place out. Owner was supposed to doze a whole patch of it over. Had planned to cut after they made their piles. He's changed his mind and exited the goat market. lol Extra pasture not needed now, so the dozer is being sold off.
     
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