Do you put your wood in bags or in a pile?

[ash_smith123]

Hi,

I was just wondering what you do when processing your firewood?

We split into a M3 vented bag and put it on a pallet outside covered.

I have heard that alot of people just pile the wood up in a shed/under cover but every time we have tried that it just seems to go moldy very quickly. we have tried inside, outside no covered and outside covered.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

[Stubby]

Its godda breath . Really that's the top and bottom of it .

[delabodge]

same as you, in vented bags, on pallets, with pallets inbetween 1st and 2nd layer, works a treat,,

[ash_smith123]

It does work a treat but we are able to use the telehandler on the farm

Less and less now so moving them about is tricky. We dont have much hardstanding so when its wet its very muddy! I have seen people with 10m by 10m piles and just wonder what the wood is like in the middle!

[Goaty]

If its fresh cut I pile it. Then turn it with loader to air it. The problem with bagging immediatley I think is potential vermin activity. As I only do 20-30 cube a year, It not to bad. Plus double handling some want small bags others take the larger sacks.

[ThrustSSC]

Its godda breath . Really that's the top and bottom of it .

 

Stubby has hit the nail on the head. I stacked my first 25 tons by hand and it seasoned beautifully, but it was a LOT of work. Since then I've used bags - just as effective, far less effort.

 

Those piling up green wood indoors and leaving it to go mouldy are simply building themselved the foundations of a reputation for a poor-quality product!

[woody paul]

Partly dry as cordwood then log and store in potato boxes, stacked 3 high cover top 1 with tin to keep rain out.

[Alycidon]

Last year I did about 50 cube into bags and another 100 cube or so into a heap surrounded by the bags, ie the bags made a retaining wall. Stored in a shed with one long open side. All seasoned well, but, all my customers wanted product in bags (I have now discontinued bulk), so we were refilling bags with a teleporter when they came back. No real probs with that but once you get well down the pile the volume of crap, (chips, bark etc) is large, about 30%, I finished up filling the last 20 bags by hand.

 

This year I am only processing straight into bags.

 

A

[gensetsteve]

If our beech has been left in the cord for a year and we process into a large pile through the spring normally no problem. If you process into large piles late summer onwards for following year guaranteed mould.

[Rob D]

It does work a treat but we are able to use the telehandler on the farm

Less and less now so moving them about is tricky. We dont have much hardstanding so when its wet its very muddy! I have seen people with 10m by 10m piles and just wonder what the wood is like in the middle!

 

 

It'll be a lot wetter in the middle! unless covered, off the ground in a very windy place!