This isn’t new wood, it’s been hanging around the yard for about year plus now. I actually don’t know what it is but one of my ID’s has it likely as Winged Elm. Horkn you might remember it since you’re the one who helped me with that. Anyways I have this stacked and split but not covered. All ok, it wasn’t intended to be stove wood anyways. Well check this out. The fresh split side. The reverse side which shows sun exposure. Huh?!?!?
that is why there is the three year plan- you could be reading condensation in that layer on the surface which is why it is recomended to split a split open and then use the meter on the fresh face provided that temps of the wood are around room temperature through out the piece being tested.
I'm gonna guess decaying wood that can hold moisture like a sponge. Unless of course you ascribe to the notion that wood is not hygroscopic, in which case, never mind.
I’m open to that of course and I am wondering if this is the reason why it is so wet, it was half rotten but a hair and a half to split too! Not so much now but being a cultivar likely has something to do with it? That was the fresh split face in the first and last pictures.
I agree that it looks punky and so it has soaked up plenty of water. I'd be interested to see the moisture content of a similar piece that's solid. Mike is right, get it out of the rain and it'll shed that water content pretty quick.
Luckily this wood is destined for another purpose and the weather is to be quite nice for the next week. It hasn’t been raining terribly but this wood went nowhere.
It sat out in the rain for the last 8 months. What did you expect? The weather man says we should go 7 days without rain now and it'll be our longest dry stretch of the year so far.
I’m actually trying to help my lady burn her black locust stumps down as far as we can and this kinda junk wood is best for that since I’m reserving “premium” splits for the home heat.
Yeah I’m still learning here. Also I’ve got other wood thats been in one of those big apple/fruit bins. Plenty dried out. So I had to ask why this applies even when its split and stacked.
For sure that is why I say, cover, cover and cover that wood. Especially in your area. But that wood is not so far gone that it will still burn...once it has been dried.
Still looking around for cheap cover. Likely if I move, wood will come with me and a wood shed will likely be built. End of the wood resoakings. Did cover up most of it this year. Except this tiny pile. Not even an 1:8th of a cord.
