How long does oak firewood take to dry/season?

How long does oak firewood take to dry/season? In this firewood video I talk about how long it takes for oak firewood to dry/season after splitting. I then have Bill of @backspingraphics help me put a @IronOakSawmill sticker (that he made) on to my old but revered red tailgate from my former delivery truck. If you would like to order JPF merchandise or have Bill custom make merchandise for your channel or business, feel free to contact him here:

[davidwelty]

This was helpful. It’s true oak takes long to season, but when it’s ready you can’t find a better firewood.

[fman]

@ 1:45 "it's a bit heavier. Um... it's a bigger log, so ya. @2:01 "it's heavy." Um... ya, it's even bigger. @3:55 "looks like it's holding a ton of moisture." Great! I'll just "look" at my wood. Thanks for this - now I know my firewood!

[debfromthemill]

Good job Joe for the explanation of Red Oak. Thanks Bill for putting up our sticker. It looks great. Take care you too

[rosewoodsteel]

Every wood seller I've delt with in my area ensured me that they had seasoned firewood. My experience is it is seasoned by the wind blowing through it on the trip around the beltway.

[IronOakSawmill]

Awesome guys. Thank you. Nice home next to Larry H. AND a nice location on the splitter.

[scottlindell]

I’m pretty happy for you to get your own wheels again! Way to go!

[larrykluckoutdoors]

Nice video Joe, looks like the knee is slowly getting better. Take care

[outdoorsinthe]

Great job Joe! Can’t wait to see the new truck👍👍

[shawnmullinsoutdoors]

You nailed it they are several factors where I live my oak is ready in a little under a year it’s in constant sunlight and it’s a lot hotter down here. I also don’t like to get any wood while the leaves are on it unless it’s easy to get that crap takes forever to dry.

[tomjensen]

If you own a hydraulic splitter, you can drastically lower drying times by simply splitting in smaller sizes. I split mine down to the size of a 2by 6.

[johnwallisky]

Joe it is amazing how long it takes oak to season even down here in Virginia. I hope your knee heals soon, 3 weeks ago I had shoulder surgery, I'm having a hard time not trying to run the splitter but I'm in a sling. Going to try to hire a high school guy next week to see if we can get some splitting done. Keep on splitting!!

[adventurerhoades]

Full play & 👍 I used to laugh. When we ran our airbnb. We would leave dry wood. If they ran out we had racks of wood. Often they would grab green over seasoned. I'd see green red oak that never burned. We would tell them what wood to grab. A couple of them said they thought the other wood looked nicer lol. Your right the feel of water is noticeable.

[ciphercode]

Ive never had any trouble seasoning oak. I tryin split mine 4" square or so. I cut it in the early spring, usually wind blown down trees. I do stack mine about 1ft off the ground and also stack it to where the wind blows through it west to east. I dont ever cover it unless we're expecting snow, and its in a sunny location. Mine goes from green to 15% moisture by late fall. I just use a moisture meter from lowes, but ive been doin it that way for 17 years. When i clean my chimney, its never to aweful. I clean it once a year. When i burn i tryin make it a point to get the fire up to around 600 degrees on the stove pipe thermometer a few times a day to tryin help keep creasote to a minimum. Seems to work fairly well. Everybody does it differently and thats just my experiences.

[TimStout]

Instead of bigger shocks go with helper springs. Very easy to do yourself, they bolt on the axel. Made a world of difference in what I can haul.

[bossforever]

JOE I'm a FIREWOOD processor like you here in mizzou. Red oak has 65 percent moisture when cut green. It's the longest to dry FIREWOOD there's period. We cut on some properties that have standing dead red oaks that have been dead 8 to 10cyears or more. All the firewood you can burn but the trunk pieces!

[KNLFirewood]

I don’t get much dead standing oak. It’s usually super green and has to dry FOREVER! Nice sticker collection you’re getting!

[dingusfuzzklonnkt]

99% of the wood in Tennessee is red or green oak. Healthy tree, cut, split, and properly stacked in a sunny windy environment takes two full years to season properly and read below 18%. You can get anything to burn, although most people get pissed when their fire is smothered in smoke and reaks of cat urine because it's wet.

[robertmailhos]

Great tip there Young Man 😎👍 hopefully you will get better with your knee issue now how long is the time span does it take for water oak to dry out for it to be used for fire wood

[gboz]

I put air bags on the rear of my gmc, I don’t regret it, never sacks out at all fully loaded, fill them up with a compressor .

[raycaster]

Takes more room and a little gumption but Lincoln-log stack (criss cross) your wood for much better air circulation, faster drying, and less critters.