How long does oak firewood take to dry/season?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2022
- How long does oak firewood take to dry/season? In this firewood video I talk about how long it takes for oak firewood to dry/season after splitting. I then have Bill of @backspingraphics help me put a @IronOakSawmill sticker (that he made) on to my old but revered red tailgate from my former delivery truck. If you would like to order JPF merchandise or have Bill custom make merchandise for your channel or business, feel free to contact him here:
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This was helpful. It’s true oak takes long to season, but when it’s ready you can’t find a better firewood.
If you own a hydraulic splitter, you can drastically lower drying times by simply splitting in smaller sizes. I split mine down to the size of a 2by 6.
My standard split size is 4”-6”
Good job Joe for the explanation of Red Oak. Thanks Bill for putting up our sticker. It looks great. Take care you too
Thought you'd be happy to be next to Larry H.
Instead of bigger shocks go with helper springs. Very easy to do yourself, they bolt on the axel. Made a world of difference in what I can haul.
You are 100 percent correct. I like the bolt on ‘Helwg’ brand helper springs, because your truck will still ride normal until you load it heavy.
I think that's what my mechanic is going to do?
Great job Joe! Can’t wait to see the new truck👍👍
Went to the Secretary of State today to transfer title, register it and get plates but I guess you just can't walk in and need to make an appointment again. I thought they were all caught up after the KungFlu BS
Ive never had any trouble seasoning oak. I tryin split mine 4" square or so. I cut it in the early spring,usually wind blown down trees. I do stack mine about 1ft off the ground and also stack it to where the wind blows through it west to east. I dont ever cover it unless we're expecting snow,and its in a sunny location. Mine goes from green to 15% moisture by late fall. I just use a moisture meter from lowes,but ive been doin it that way for 17 years. When i clean my chimney,its never to aweful. I clean it once a year. When i burn i tryin make it a point to get the fire up to around 600 degrees on the stove pipe thermometer a few times a day to tryin help keep creasote to a minimum. Seems to work fairly well. Everybody does it differently and thats just my experiences.
Oh yeah if done properly like you do it it can be done in 6 months with a full summer
Really glad to hear about your truck.
Yeah no more on working around other peoples schedules.
I’m pretty happy for you to get your own wheels again! Way to go!
Yean no more being at the mercy of other people's schedule.
Awesome guys. Thank you. Nice home next to Larry H. AND a nice location on the splitter.
Starting to run out of room on the tailgate for stickers.
JOE I'm a FIREWOOD processor like you here in mizzou. Red oak has 65 percent moisture when cut green. It's the longest to dry FIREWOOD there's period. We cut on some properties that have standing dead red oaks that have been dead 8 to 10cyears or more. All the firewood you can burn but the trunk pieces!
We like white oak it takes about 8 months to burn if green around here. Standing dead and backless there's no better wood to burn except locast and hedge Hickory nice too. About 6 to 8 months here you can burn the Hickory.
Great videos keep up the good work!@
Yeah I just sold all of my white oak that was stored for a year single row stacked and I was surprised how dry it was
Nice video Joe, looks like the knee is slowly getting better. Take care
Yeah could be months before I can get back to 100%
Thanks. Yep your right😊
Full play & 👍 I used to laugh. When we ran our airbnb. We would leave dry wood. If they ran out we had racks of wood. Often they would grab green over seasoned. I'd see green red oak that never burned. We would tell them what wood to grab. A couple of them said they thought the other wood looked nicer lol. Your right the feel of water is noticeable.
Any wood will burn if you get the fire hot enough Josh
Joe it is amazing how long it takes oak to season even down here in Virginia. I hope your knee heals soon, 3 weeks ago I had shoulder surgery, I'm having a hard time not trying to run the splitter but I'm in a sling. Going to try to hire a high school guy next week to see if we can get some splitting done. Keep on splitting!!
Thanks John. Yeah you need to have like a field on flat ground and stacking the wood in single rows and have the top covered.
You nailed it they are several factors where I live my oak is ready in a little under a year it’s in constant sunlight and it’s a lot hotter down here. I also don’t like to get any wood while the leaves are on it unless it’s easy to get that crap takes forever to dry.
Exactly Shawn, if the trees are cut down it should be like in December - February when there are no leaves or sap flowing but still will take a while
99% of the wood in Tennessee is red or green oak. Healthy tree, cut, split, and properly stacked in a sunny windy environment takes two full years to season properly and read below 18%. You can get anything to burn ,although most people get pissed when their fire is smothered in smoke and reaks of cat urine because it's wet.
Two full years sounds about right in those conditions.
I don’t get much dead standing oak. It’s usually super green and has to dry FOREVER! Nice sticker collection you’re getting!
Yep that's why Joe at Ohio Wood Burner doesn't like it. Starting to run out of room on the tailgate for stickers.
Takes more room and a little gumption but Lincoln-log stack (criss cross) your wood for much better air circulation, faster drying, and less critters.
You're probably right.
I put air bags on the rear of my gmc , I don’t regret it , never sacks out at all fully loaded , fill them up with a compressor .
I'm not sure how I feel about air bags?
@@JoesFirewoodVideosII rear air bags are awesome for heavy loads.
Check out Firestone airbags .
Oak is like a gauge. If it is dry among mixed firewood units, then everything else around it is dry
Yeah it's nice to mix it with drier hardwoods like cherry or ash.
love "pros" who stack on the ground...lol
Wow, I just spit a pile of fallen fresh oaks and stacked them on a makeshift rack, it gets very hot here in Texas over 100+ during the summer but I'm guessing they won't be ready for another 24months
Should dry faster in that environment
Great tip there Young Man 😎👍 hopefully you will get better with your knee issue now how long is the time span does it take for water oak to dry out for it to be used for fire wood
Pretty sure I went over that in the video.
@@JoesFirewoodVideosII I'll look at it.again to see that part
Joe Get well Soon,
Sorry but while Sunny Days help in drying, Winter is best for rapid moisture extraction(SPLIT hand size.)
I try, as much as possible, to split the Bark off to reduce moisture retention.
Also, whenever possible, leave the top uncovered. Cover(top only) as winter approaches.
I do like that your stacks are relatively loose to allow for better air flow.
Quick question, white oak (if that’s a thing) about how long till ready? Brought down to big oaks (said they were white) last summer, chopped and stacked direct sunlight for about a year now
I believe that white oak takes longer than red oak to dry?
@@JoesFirewoodVideosII oof great lol
does seasoned oak ( like barkless trees on the ground wet) thats wet dry fast once split. seems too
Yes Josh it sure does. I have a video on the difference between wet wood and green wood where wet wood dries much faster.
@@JoesFirewoodVideosII idf your gonna cut green trees for next year is it better to do it before leaves come on? was thinking maybe less moisture in it.
Hi Joe
First again Dean.
Ash maple hickory, shag and scale. Oak comes in the last coat. It takes too damn long to season and it’s no fun to split.
Yeah I am not a fan of oak that's cut green because of how long it takes to dry.
Green oak splits like butter. Splitting maple is for the birds. Maple and elm are ridiculous to split.
I had oak break my splitter but it burn like a dream I let mine sit out in the sun for 6 months got it down to 22 percent moisture and with the woodstove I got it would last for 14 plus hours it gets cold in Western New York
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My mechanic knows what he's doing
Hey do you get a better cut out of the “thanks” feature on TH-cam or “stars” on Facebook. I’d rather help where you get the most out of it.
This is the message that I PM'd you about
sup joe
Put airbags on the truck
Leaning towards leaf springs Bryan
Hello joe
2nd comment.
Split that green stuff down to small pieces, and put it in the sun.
Not much sun around here.
@ 1:45 "it's a bit heavier. Um... it's a bigger log, so ya. @2:01 "it's heavy." Um... ya, it's even bigger. @3:55 "looks like it's holding a ton of moisture." Great! I'll just "look" at my wood. Thanks for this - now I know my firewood!
I been selling red oak 70 a cord
$70/cord??? You are giving it away for nothing. We are getting $150 per face cord in Michigan
are you stacking on the ground?
Absolutely not
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You like that
You should have the king paint the new jpf truck
No thanks.
Ah but, if you let that Red oak dry ......