Is this log dry, ready to burn?

[briquette_seller]

Larch log, Looks dry, sounds dry, but......

 

Moisture reading around the outside of the log is zero.

 

Split the log in half and taken moisture reading throughout, excluding the very centre, generally at 10% moisture, highest reading was 18%, this was taken less than an inch off centre.

 

Very centre of the log reads 28%.

 

Thoughts/opinions?

[Stubby]

26 minutes ago, briquette_seller said:

Larch log, Looks dry, sounds dry, but......

 

Moisture reading around the outside of the log is zero.

 

Split the log in half and taken moisture reading throughout, excluding the very centre, generally at 10% moisture, highest reading was 18%, this was taken less than an inch off centre.

 

Very centre of the log reads 28%.

 

Thoughts/opinions?

Yes .

[Mark Bolam]

No.

I have called DEFRA.

[gdh]

More than dry enough, I split some 0% oak last week and that was 30 in the centre. It will go dryer but it's ever diminishing returns and people already complain it burns too fast. 

[Steve Bullman]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

No.

I have called DEFRA.

Cut out the middle man and go straight to Sadiq 

[Mark Bolam]

Good call.

Can you PM his number please mate?

[Steve Bullman]

I don’t share my homies numbers, sorry

[ash_smith123]

I can get the outside of the logs to zero in a few hours in the kiln, doesn't mean it's dry. Readings should be taken from the middle of the split face

[Mark Bolam]

How deep are you lads putting the prongs in?

I’m a miserable, pessimistic bastard by nature, so I’ll force them in to get the biggest number I can.

[gdh]

I normally measure with a hard push on the end grain with the occasional push in the bark which is usually the wettest point but more inconsistent.