Just cut 30-foot tall 1.5 foot diameter oak (how long to dry out?)

Jul 08, 2011 44 Replies

I'll make it easy for the number-crunching part of your brain.

Split half of it now and half when it has dried. Then you'll know which you prefer, you'll have accrued half of the benefit whichever way proves easier, and we'll be saved from the insufferable poll taking.

R

Despite your unerring wit, I think that's a GREAT idea!

Not here. Although, with a 26 ton splitter, I really don't notice any difference. None of it is hard to split. The dry does pop and fly more than the wet, though.

Steve

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I thought that might appeal to your half split wit.

R

Not in my experience. Dry, especially straight grained like oak, just pops apart. Wet wood tends to be stringier and stops the maul. IMO, frozen is best, dry close, wet can be nasty, unless you have a powered splitter.

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