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Old 07-24-2012, 07:04 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by bigdog View Post
Starting to look for firewood dealers for the coming winter....

I know, I know I'm rushing things, and it's still summer BUt I like to get ahead of myself a little......

Anyway, called a firewood supplier in the Lakes region, who has firewood, and asked if he had 'seasoned' firewood, and response was 'No'.

However, he said he has a lot of firewood which was cut green back in early April, and said it would be fully seasoned, and ready to burn by Nov.

Now if I do the math, that's about 7 months drying time.... I honestly don't consider 7 months of drying time, 'seasoned firewood' !
BTW, the wood he has is mainly: Birch, Maple, Beech (no oak wood)

In the past I've burned mostly 'oak', and wouldn't burn anything less than 1 yr seasoned, but maybe oak takes longer to dry out, not sure?

What are thoughts of Forum members about this?

As always, thanks for your feedback, much appreciated !

Bigdog
By the way, did you get any firewood as yet??? If so, how does it look and happy burning this fall and winter.

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