Hi all,
I got a nice load of wood from my dad's neighbor this past weekend. Said it had been cut down about 3 months back. Can't tell exactly what it is, but it's very heavy. The ends showed the wood splitting apart from itself, so I thought "well, some drying has occurred".
These came in .5-4" thick variations, as well as some 12"-20" thick trunk pieces i'll split for next year.
So I got my stove up to 600 degrees, got a nice coal bed, and used some .5-1" thick pieces in the process. Those did great.
Then I threw a 2"-4" pile on top of the coals....smolder....30 minutes go by.
I opened up the air all the way to get it spark....smolder, smolder, smolder....
90 minutes when by, full air open, and then it finally lit for me. Of course, it only lit for like 10 minutes and then went back to smoldering.
Holy cow. Now that's green wood!
I've used some wood I'm fairly certain is 25-35% M.C., and it's done ok. But if the difference between 30-50% M.C. is that severe, I can't wait to see the difference between 30% and 15%!
Joe
I got a nice load of wood from my dad's neighbor this past weekend. Said it had been cut down about 3 months back. Can't tell exactly what it is, but it's very heavy. The ends showed the wood splitting apart from itself, so I thought "well, some drying has occurred".
These came in .5-4" thick variations, as well as some 12"-20" thick trunk pieces i'll split for next year.
So I got my stove up to 600 degrees, got a nice coal bed, and used some .5-1" thick pieces in the process. Those did great.
Then I threw a 2"-4" pile on top of the coals....smolder....30 minutes go by.
I opened up the air all the way to get it spark....smolder, smolder, smolder....
90 minutes when by, full air open, and then it finally lit for me. Of course, it only lit for like 10 minutes and then went back to smoldering.
Holy cow. Now that's green wood!
I've used some wood I'm fairly certain is 25-35% M.C., and it's done ok. But if the difference between 30-50% M.C. is that severe, I can't wait to see the difference between 30% and 15%!
Joe