I bought a MM from HD and it arrived today. It was cheap and I wanted to get an idea what my moisture levels are.
MOST of my stuff was cut as dead standing, the only green wood I got was ash and hackberry.
The hackberry and ash that I split about 8 weeks ago is 22% on a FRESH split of a large wedge!
The Ash is about the same.
My oak... a FRESH split of a round that was 2 feet across...27-30%
Checked a few Oak wedges that were pretty large and I was concerned but almost all were 22-25%
The surprise was the CSS walnut and Mullberry.... each were 25%. after sitting CSS for about 4 weeks.
I didn't expect ANY of this stuff to be "dry" but I figured the huge rounds might be higher, and some of the splits would be lower, but I am happy with my Ash and Hackberry for the fall, and I think I will re-split my oak and mullberry to bring it down to acceptable levels!
![Bought a moisture meter.... happily surprised. Bought a moisture meter.... happily surprised.](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi73.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi230%2Fbigdonniebrasco%2FIMG_20130627_192220_zpsb0c14bd3.jpg&hash=52d46444f9546f58ba301568820db7a5)
![Bought a moisture meter.... happily surprised. Bought a moisture meter.... happily surprised.](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi73.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi230%2Fbigdonniebrasco%2FIMG_20130627_194726_zps545c95cc.jpg&hash=116fd94ebb2e1296846508ee722d5fb7)
MOST of my stuff was cut as dead standing, the only green wood I got was ash and hackberry.
The hackberry and ash that I split about 8 weeks ago is 22% on a FRESH split of a large wedge!
The Ash is about the same.
My oak... a FRESH split of a round that was 2 feet across...27-30%
Checked a few Oak wedges that were pretty large and I was concerned but almost all were 22-25%
The surprise was the CSS walnut and Mullberry.... each were 25%. after sitting CSS for about 4 weeks.
I didn't expect ANY of this stuff to be "dry" but I figured the huge rounds might be higher, and some of the splits would be lower, but I am happy with my Ash and Hackberry for the fall, and I think I will re-split my oak and mullberry to bring it down to acceptable levels!
![Bought a moisture meter.... happily surprised. Bought a moisture meter.... happily surprised.](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi73.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi230%2Fbigdonniebrasco%2FIMG_20130627_192220_zpsb0c14bd3.jpg&hash=52d46444f9546f58ba301568820db7a5)
![Bought a moisture meter.... happily surprised. Bought a moisture meter.... happily surprised.](/talk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi73.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi230%2Fbigdonniebrasco%2FIMG_20130627_194726_zps545c95cc.jpg&hash=116fd94ebb2e1296846508ee722d5fb7)