seasoning in net bags

[bigchiz81]

I have a fair amount of ash and beech ready to be stacked my question is if I was to fill net sacks then pile them up on pallets with a tarp over the top not covering the sides or front and back would it season just as well without being in the sacks ?

[Logsnstuff]

I have a fair amount of ash and beech ready to be stacked my question is if I was to fill net sacks then pile them up on pallets with a tarp over the top not covering the sides or front and back would it season just as well without being in the sacks ?

 

you will need to watch for them degrading.

[muldonach]

I have a fair amount of ash and beech ready to be stacked my question is if I was to fill net sacks then pile them up on pallets with a tarp over the top not covering the sides or front and back would it season just as well without being in the sacks ?

 

No - the sacks allow air to circulate through the stack better than a large loose pile.

 

You can use various stratagems to stack bulk logs and several have been illustrated on here - heras fence panels or pallet walls spring to mind.

 

Cheers

mac

[bigchiz81]

Cheers mul thanks for the advice

[Logit]

I left a few log nets in direct sunlight one summer and at the end of the summer they just fell apart. I would guess that they were not UV stabilised. It would probably be worth asking your supplier if your log nets are UV stabilised or not. I would imagine that since most log nets are just use once and are often used up fairly quickly, then to keep costs down, UV stabilisers are probably not used in many cases. I have also had cheap tarpaulins fall apart after a few months in the sun, so I only buy UV stabilised ones now from Tarpaflex and they have been fine. I would imagine that even sun from the side over a summer could be enough to weaken a log net too much. I might do a test one day of putting some log nets inside a fully vented UV stabilised big log bag to see if the log bag could provide enough of a sun screen and yet allowed the air through, just an idea.

[Yeti]

this year much to my alarm I had stowed away 300 nets last year of hardwood,i packed them as tight as I could with as much wood as possible, I dint factor that the timber would shrink so much upon seasoning thus leaving me with seriously saggy under filled looking nets which I had to re open up and add another 2 or 3 logs. Was bit of a ball ache. Also rats seem to like knowing the damn things to so keep a keen eye out.

[bigchiz81]

Will do. Did the wood season ok though ?