Drying Firewood FAST!

Greetings! Just about all homesteads are going to have some need for firewood, even those not using it as a primary heat source. That wood burns best when dry is no secret, so let's talk about how to get it in that condition as rapidly as possible!

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0:00 Importance of fire on a homestead
2:33 Time of year to cut
4:26 How NOT to maintain firewood
6:45 Stacking method 1
9:20 Stacking method 2
14:30 How to buy fire wood
18:40 recapping moisture and time of year

[kb]

Glad your still at it. Keep spreading the knowledge brother

[lamarwilliams]

Glad that I stuck around and watched the whole video. I think that at all the videos on drying wood. Yours was to the point and you made it longer only to get a good video. Great job!!!! Have you ever left firewood in a hot space ( close to the stove or in a attic) in the summer to get wood to dry faster. When I camp. I burn a lot off green wood. Then place hot coals/ embers in the camp stove. Have you tried this method. Just in case you run out of dry wood. You have a option.

[jasonfoster]

I cut in the winter because the ticks are too bad to get out in the brush and fields during the Spring, Summer and Fall here in NW Arkansas.

[thinktanktim]

I found the best way to dry it is drop the tree after it I fully leafed out, make sure it is fully separated from the trunk. Leave it with the leaves on, preferably with the leaves in full sun, and as soon as all the leaves dry out and fall off the whole tree will be very dry. Next year hoping to test with a moisture meter

[robertschmidt]

Sometimes a cord isn't stacked 4'x4'x8' so it's hard to tell if it is a cord or not. A cord of wood is 128 cubic feet. A gallon is 128 fl oz. An easy way to remember is a quart (of beer for example) is 32 oz, four quarts equal one gallon. 32 x 4 = 128.

[searchingforwings]

A face cord is 1/3 of a cord. It has an official measurement of 8' long 4' tall and 16" wide.
A face cord is a regional term typically midwest

[limitlesschoices]

I bought a chinese diesel heater to dry my firewood.

[ltester]

Could you just microwave a log before you burn it

[bornforfreetaxtothedeath..]

Firewood slabs is cheap option, but its allot off cutting, and u buying 60% actual wood, and 40% bark ratio...
I suppose it depends on what aplliance u will intend to use it...