Apprentice_GM said:
Todd" date="1240683758 said:
iceman" date="1240281885 said:
Todd" date="1240276613 said:
Apprentice_GM" date="1240244444 said:
myzamboni" date="1240132416 said:
[quote author="iskiatomic" date="1240117954"]Great job. I understand this method of stacking will dry wood faster. I don't think I have the patience for this method. Please let us know how this worked out.
KC
Nope, it won't dry faster. The main advantages are aesthetics and the ability to store a lot of wood in a small footprint.
iskiatomic - I am doing an experiment to determine which (if any) method of stacking seasons wood faster. See my signature for link.
myzamboni - I tend to agree with you, but do you have any facts / references / data to back up this statement? I'm spending a lot of time and effort on my experiment and would be happy to ditch it if already proven . . .
Don't mean to butt in here, but I have done the experiment and myzamboni is right. I had two HH's and one 26' long row in the same area, and I found no difference in drying time according to my moisture meter. The Holz is a great way to stack a lot of wood in a small area.
so the answer would be yes then??????
if a ROW 26' feet long seasons as fast as a hh then the hh wins..... 26' in 1 row is at most 2 cds a small hh should be almost 3 cds
but did the hh get as much sun and wind as the row?
so vs a cd 4x4x8 stacked.. a hh might just season faster.. but a 7' dia hh should get 2.5-3 cds which is a smaller print than a 6x8x8 so in theory its packed "tighter" (smaller ft print) and seasons just as fast vs larger print
so yes you are right about lotta wood smaller area but ........... i dunno just guessing
would give us more detail on your experiment please
My HH was about 2.5 cords and the single row was about 1.5 cords. I was taking moisture measurement samples from both and they were similar all year long, but I couldn't retrieve a sample from inside the HH til winter when I burned it. The splits inside the HH were good and dry when I got to them.
Todd, were you splitting or cutting the splits from both ricks (rows) and HH before measuring with the meter? I have found a big difference between outside exposed parts of the seasoned wood and the core. Did you perchance weigh any splits before and after seasoning? Weight is a much more accurate measure of moisture loss, and you don't need to re-split or cut.
I am anxious to see the results of my experiment, just waiting for the seasoning to happen, but if as you say the HH seasons as quick as the ricks, I am impressed, as intuitively I would have thought the ricks, with more exposure to sun and wind, would dry faster - especially compared to those internal splits in the HH. Also, over how long did you run your experiment?
I have been noticing a large difference in MC on the sunny and non sunny sides of the ricks and HH, although I am only penetrating 6mm / 1/4" into the wood with a cheapie MC meter.
Also, just out of interest, what type of wood were you seasoning?