Does firewood actually dry in cord form?!!!

[openspaceman]

so what is the benefit in leaving to season in the round?

 

Cash flow, you don't have to fund the labour of splitting and handling for the six months and more before you sell it.

[18 stoner]

Cash flow, you don't have to fund the labour of splitting and handling for the six months and more before you sell it.

 

Mmmm, yet the outlay of probably twice as much cord on a stack due to the extra seasoning time will be a high cost.

[openspaceman]

Mmmm, yet the outlay of probably twice as much cord on a stack due to the extra seasoning time will be a high cost.

 

Do you fancy doing the sums for comparison?

[18 stoner]

Do you fancy doing the sums for comparison?

 

Haha, I was going to ask if someone else fancied that job, then deleted it!

 

Dare say there wont be much in it really, but other factors do come into the equation too such as yard space, method, speed (and space) for final seasoning etc.

 

Will be a huge calculation if anyone fancies it:001_rolleyes:

[openspaceman]

 

Dare say there wont be much in it really, but other factors do come into the equation too such as yard space, method, speed (and space) for final seasoning etc.

 

Will be a huge calculation if anyone fancies it:001_rolleyes:

 

Space should be fairly well common to both, I'm guessing the processor will be about the same speed so the parameters we need to decide on are cost per cord on site, time of purchase, time of sale. Anything else?

[Alycidon]

Isn't wood a lot easier to process when green and dries a lot quicker, so what is the benefit in leaving to season in the round?

 

In an ideal world I would process as it came in and store processed, but life and health issues tend to get in the way when you get older.

 

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[Marc Lewis]

Isn't wood a lot easier to process when green and dries a lot quicker, so what is the benefit in leaving to season in the round?

 

Also if you are limited to under cover storage. Cord can be stacked outside.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

In an ideal world I would process as it came in and store processed, but life and health issues tend to get in the way when you get older.

 

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So true; hand-balling 300+ loads last year did me in so overall production mechanisation had to change. Need another tractor with loader and bucket!

 

Also if you are limited to under cover storage. Cord can be stacked outside.

 

Essential to cover in black plastic too..

[County 764]

I process cord once its semi seasoned then store it under cover in a big agricultural building with a concrete floor until seasoned then hand fill cubic meter bags prior to delivery. But need to speed up the bagging process was thinking of making a hopper which could be filled with the loader. anybody got a way of avoiding mould on the logs?

[18 stoner]

I process cord once its semi seasoned then store it under cover in a big agricultural building with a concrete floor until seasoned then hand fill cubic meter bags prior to delivery. But need to speed up the bagging process was thinking of making a hopper which could be filled with the loader. anybody got a way of avoiding mould on the logs?

 

Probably happening while in the building?

 

It's almost always due to lack of air. I doubt you'll be able to get much more air into the building without major work, so the other alternative is to process into vented bags and place in the shed with room between them. Probably wont cure it, but being in smaller volumes it may get a little more air in.