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S.A. Boggs
10-02-2023, 03:09
No one was offering firewood and now there is a glut on the market. Problem is that it is not properly seasoned. Some guys think that 6 months is good enough, it isn't. With our 4 stoves I do about 10 cords or more per season and I have a gadget that tells me what the moisture content is. I reject any load that I randomly check and if it is over 20% no go. Also, there are regulations on offering wood that is routinely ignored unless someone squawks.
Sam
dogtag
10-02-2023, 04:17
Burning unseasoned wood fouls up the flu with creosote.
My wood is 2+ years old as I mainly use a Pellet stove.
S.A. Boggs
10-02-2023, 04:47
I have some wood left over from a couple of season's ago that need split. We mainly use saw dust blocks with pellet starters. Cost is similar to wood and burns hotter and longer.
Sam
dogtag
10-03-2023, 01:34
Seasoned wood is hard to split. Best done when wet.
JimF
10-04-2023, 06:33
Seasoned wood is hard to split. Best done when wet.

Yup . . . .

Green wood splits like glass! (Especially red oak)
Allen
10-04-2023, 07:46
Seasoned wood is hard to split. Best done when wet.

Agree and it's far easier to cut when wet but with a gas powered wood splitter would it matter so much?
bruce
10-04-2023, 09:23
In a different day and age, I cut and split and sold enough firewood to pay most of my way through night college and then university. Graduated debt free. Used a 16 lb. sledge hammer, a couple of wedges and my much loved 4lb. Kelly Perfect True Temper axe. Still have the KP. Sharp as a razor. Have used it since to split wood for church members and family. Guess if I were now selling it, I'd worry about aging/drying, etc. However, most folks have just been happy to get wood that was delivered reasonably seasoned, cut, split, stacked for a price that didn't require a second-mortgage. I still don't mind splitting out a bunch of wood for someone. It helps them and for me, it brings back some good memories. Must say, green beats dry for splitting. And, a good quality powered splitter is really nice. But, if you got to get a tree out in the woods, best way is to go ahead and split it out then haul it. No trash to fiddle with. JMHO. Sincerely. bruce.