Wood moisture readings

No doubt. I'll burn it if it's under 20%.

 

I never said you're doing it wrong.

No, you don't need to know the actual MC of the wood.

You know it's dry enough, and that's all that matters.

Now, my point is that anyone that says their 3 year plan is the best MM. Well I get the point , but any amount of years of wood won't tell you the actual MC of wood.
If you want that figure, you need a MM, because MM's measure moisture. That's what MM's do. The MM is simply a tool to have dry wood to keep you warm ( when used as wood burners do). The 3 year plan's end result is a supply of wood that will keep you warm.

 

Another huge benefit to being years ahead on wood.

 

For the life of me I can't figure out what the issue is, we all agree we want to burn the driest wood possible.

 

It can be a great learning tool. For newbies and oldies.
For some of us oldies it just reaffirms what we already know/learned empirically.
You do have to be careful with data though. Applied inappropriately to a proposition can get ya down a long twisty wrong road.

The odds of having "too dry" wood is pretty darned slim, IMO. At least around here under normal warehousing conditions.

There's a long list of advantages to covering wood stacks. None of them mean you have to or need to. If you have the time and resources then use that time and resources. If you don't, don't. The world isn't going to stop spinning either way.
My way works for me doesn't mean it's the only way nor the best way for someone else living somewhere else with different circumstances.

 

I've had fun with my meter. I split softwood kindling and leave it in a stack close to the stove. Watching the mc drop and it's burning performance is fun. Drops from 18 to 8 percent. Gets a shoulder season burn underway in no time.

 

Backwoods Savage keep teaching another great advantage is in case injury, illness or life happens. You are still good!

 

I am calm, nobody and I mean nobody is saying the 3 year plan is not a good plan, at least I have never read any one post that.
Nobody ever said you were wrong with how you do it, not sure why you are so defensive.
So many variables to drying wood not sure how anyone can put a specific time frame on it, how you stack it and where you live make a big difference in drying time.
If you are just starting out you need to get an idea how long it takes for some types of wood to dry plus if it's dead it would be nice to know how dry it is when cut, not sure many people would want to wait 3 years before you start burning.
How about when someone wants to buy wood, not going to take any ones word for how dry it is so a MM comes in handy.
I do know what the problem is BWS and I take exception to you stating otherwise like I am stupid or something.

 

I did not and dont plan on it why are you telling me to be calm, you will know when I am not.
May I remind you of the title of the thread.
"Wood Moisture Readings"

 

For the record I am going to repeat this one more time.
The 3 year plan is a great idea and I have never stated any thing else, all sorts of things that can interfere with your wood cutting so with extra wood on hand you can ride through it and keep the house warm.
Edit-I was doing the 3 or 4 year plan long before I had a computer.