Definition of "seasoned"?

[Taupotreeman]

We burn a lot of Euc over here in NZ. I usually find that it takes a good 18 months for it to burn well and if you can leave it a bit longer all the better. Make sure it's split wet though as it can turn as hard as concrete when it's dry and tends to explode on some hydraulic splitters. Had one chunk fly off at speed and nearly took out my crown jewels. Stuff like Birch you can burn green but it'll soot up the chimney so chimneys need to be cleaned out more regularly. If it's wet most wood will burn eventually but most of the energy is used up drying the wood out so the heat output is low.

[Frank]

some woods burn well even when green - like ash - so seasoning is almost irrelevant - sweet chestnut on the other hand (which is what we sell) needs a good 3 years of proper seasoning

but if you left birch out to season for three years - it would have probably rotted away - or in the case of the laurel probably re-rooted itself

 

if it's dry and it burns - sell it

 

Depends on where you store the wood.

 

Saying that seasoning wood is almost irrelevant is a joke. Right?

[ad15]

We burn a lot of Euc over here in NZ. I usually find that it takes a good 18 months for it to burn well and if you can leave it a bit longer all the better. Make sure it's split wet though as it can turn as hard as concrete when it's dry and tends to explode on some hydraulic splitters. Had one chunk fly off at speed and nearly took out my crown jewels. Stuff like Birch you can burn green but it'll soot up the chimney so chimneys need to be cleaned out more regularly. If it's wet most wood will burn eventually but most of the energy is used up drying the wood out so the heat output is low.

 

WOW,,, a log that takes 18 months to burn...

 

can you send me one please,,,

[Taupotreeman]

If you can find a ship big enough to carry it

[djbobbins]

Incidentally, I heard somewhere that eucalyptus shouldn't be burned in appliances with short chimneys (i.e. where people might end up inhaling the smoke) because it's hallucinogenic - can anyone back this up or is it an urban myth?!

[djbobbins]

We burn a lot of Euc over here in NZ. I usually find that it takes a good 18 months for it to burn well and if you can leave it a bit longer all the better. Make sure it's split wet though as it can turn as hard as concrete when it's dry and tends to explode on some hydraulic splitters. Had one chunk fly off at speed and nearly took out my crown jewels. Stuff like Birch you can burn green but it'll soot up the chimney so chimneys need to be cleaned out more regularly. If it's wet most wood will burn eventually but most of the energy is used up drying the wood out so the heat output is low.

 

I felled a couple of eucs, both about 40'. Split one fairly wet and stacked the other in rings to dry. I was splitting by hand (maul, pair of wedges and a 14lb persuading hammer). The dry stuff split only after a few good thwacks from the sledgehammer... not to be repeated!