De Barking timber for seasoning

[Vigen Tigen]

Felling willow for storing prior to chopping for logs. My question is how much bark do I need to strip off to facilitate the seasoning process? (the Willow is extremely wet as they are growing by a riverbank) 

[david lawrence]

Log it up and split it as you go if possible

willow can get quite stringy and awkward once’s it’s dry

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Vigen Tigen said:

Felling willow for storing prior to chopping for logs. My question is how much bark do I need to strip off to facilitate the seasoning process? (the Willow is extremely wet as they are growing by a riverbank) 

Back in the day when 10ft turnery poles were seasoned stacked upright like tepee poles we would gouge one stripe for 3" diameter 2 for  v4" and 3 for 6". Horrible job after one summer never did it again.

 

Cut and split them and be done.

[Squaredy]

5 hours ago, Vigen Tigen said:

Felling willow for storing prior to chopping for logs. My question is how much bark do I need to strip off to facilitate the seasoning process? (the Willow is extremely wet as they are growing by a riverbank) 

All logs will season best when cut and split.  This is the way to go and then keep them covered and in a windy spot.

[Stere]

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storing prior to chopping for logs.

 

Not a sensible idea.

 

 

[josharb87]

There are times when this is a good idea, or has benefits at least - we’ve been thinning and restoring woodland around old charcoal pits, mainly birch regrowth 10-20cm diameter and getting on for 15 meters long. Plus spruce

 

When limbing we’ve been scraping 2-3 sides of the whole length of the stems with the chain then stacking like in the photos. 5-6m long stems.

 

they’ll be given a year or so to dry, and be lighter then moved by hand to the nearby bothy where visitors can cut and split themselves 

 

 

[AHPP]

11 minutes ago, josharb87 said:

There are times when this is a good idea, or has benefits at least - we’ve been thinning and restoring woodland around old charcoal pits, mainly birch regrowth 10-20cm diameter and getting on for 15 meters long. Plus spruce

 

When limbing we’ve been scraping 2-3 sides of the whole length of the stems with the chain then stacking like in the photos. 5-6m long stems.

 

they’ll be given a year or so to dry, and be lighter then moved by hand to the nearby bothy where visitors can cut and split themselves 

 

 

Are you paid by the cube or the hour?

[josharb87]

3 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Are you paid by the cube or the hour?

Neither

[Stere]

Birch here would just go rotten I think   your climate must be less wet maybe

 

In a "celtic rainforest"  type enviro wood left out doesn't do well seasoning

 

 

 

Thoose stacks look cool though.

[sandspider]

I stripe logs that are too thin to be worth splitting, but too thick to dry quick enough on their own. Just run the saw chain down the full length, making sure you get through the cambium layer so moisture can get out. You could do it two or three times if you can be bothered. I think striping helps but usually only have time to do it once.