storage

[Stephen Blair]

i am bagging up logs in 1 ton bags, they are standard non vented ones, will they dry ok or will they get mouldy?i dont have indoor storage this is my only option, they will get covered with a tarp allowing air underneath to circulate:001_smile:

[Chris Sheppard]

There's a fairly good chance they'll go mouldy in the standard bags - I tried it even with fairly well seasoned timber and they still went manky as they jsut don't get the air they need.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Yes I've tried it like Chris and they went really mouldy

[Stephen Blair]

Yes I've tried it like Chris and they went really mouldy

 

oh boxxocks, i must have about 50 now all stacked up, i will try and punt them as next years, i take it the vented ones are ok?

[Dean Lofthouse]

oh boxxocks, i must have about 50 now all stacked up, i will try and punt them as next years, i take it the vented ones are ok?

 

Just get a stanley knife and cut some slots in them

[Stephen Blair]

Just get a stanley knife and cut some slots in them

 

i did think of that but was worried they would rip when getting hiabed

[Mesterh]

Gotta be worth a try on at least one bag, although health and safety could be a concern

 

Are the vented bags expensive ? any ideas

[Stephen Blair]

Gotta be worth a try on at least one bag, although health and safety could be a concern

 

Are the vented bags expensive ? any ideas

 

i am a one man band spike pruning cowboy mate, that now does firewood oops woodfuel. i wont let health and safety get in the way of my log drying process. i am building a big pyramid just now for a laugh:001_tongue:

[Chris Sheppard]

No direct experience of the vented ones but heard plenty of good about them - it's still possible to get a bit of mould if theyre stacked a bit tight.

 

Not sure how you process your logs Stevie but if it was me I'd bust everything up in long lengths with that cracker thingy you have and stack them up in long billets - almost can watch them dry and put a tarp or something jsut alon the top to keep the worst off.

 

Before I bought a processor I was always jsut working out of the wood and used to billet everything up and stack it off the ground along the side of the track with no cover - rain never did it any real harm.

Edited February 20, 2009 by Chris Sheppard

[Stephen Blair]

No direct experience of the vented ones but heard plenty of good about them - it's still possible to get a bit of mould if theyre stacked a bit tight.

 

Not sure how you process your logs Stevie but if it was me I'd bust everything up in long lengths with that cracker thingy you have and stack them up in long billets - almost can watch them dry and put a tarp or something jsut alon the top to keep the worst off.

 

Before I bought a processor I was always jsut working out of the wood and used to billet everything up and stack it off the ground along the side of the track with no cover - rain never did it any real harm.

 

thats what i did mate, splitt them with the cracker about 6 months ago in 8-12 foot lenghts, dry as a bone. so most of the wood is pretty well seasoned but i would hate to deliver them next year and they were mouldy