Difference between seasoned and unseasoned firewood

[octapotamus]

Thank you for the good video!

[KoalPilot]

So why do you have the ear protectors on ? do they work better for the video ?

And what do you season your wood with ? our neighbor like Italian seasoning fo r the aroma when they do cooking on their wood stove !

[Bently100]

Sorry, I guess I missed something- what is the difference in seasoned vs unseasoned with regard to burning????

[rusda2]

@Bently100 the conventional wisdom says that you want to burn seasoned wood because burning un seasoned (also known as "green") wood is a chimney/flue fire hazard because of the abundance of creosote made by burning un seasoned wood. the creossote can build up and obstruct the flue pipe & catch fire and burn your house down. some people burn green wood saying as long as you regularly clean out your pipe with a sweeps brush it's perfectly safe. others say not safe under any circumstances.

[mdocod]

your "seasoned" wood there looks great. It doesn't look punked at all to me. It should burn very nicely and produce plenty of heat. You might want to split some of those larger rounds in half to get a cleaner/hotter burn from them. Otherwise all looks well. Lots of people give "pine" crap. In many places in the country, that is all that is available and it works just fine. Just make sure to sweep your chimney at least once a season properly.

[joetherocku2ube]

Hi... Thanks for the info... also note that wood that is more than 2 years old will loose its ability to produce BTU by a significant percent. There is an optimum %MC that one should try to achieve... 7 months seasoned is great for hardwoods. I would never burn pine in my house unless someone gave it to me for free. Good luck. Joe

[learydeere]

looks like its all pine



[rpalmeri]

You can get an inexpensive moisture meter on Amazon for less than $70. Measure less than 20% and you're good to go!

[deernutOO]

Don't be misled by the color. Cracks in the ends means only one thing for sure, and that would be the very end of the firewood piece is dried out. Says nothing about the wood further from the ends. Seasoned in the real world means less than 20% moisture content (based on oven-dry weight). Pine, shown in this video, will dry faster than hardwood such as oak. But give the lady A for effort. As country living continues, she will get smarter fast.

[nuclearthreat545]

I have wood right now.....

[diesel4life7410]

dont get me wrong i do like how your putting a good effort into this video and im glad to see your trying to help ppl but i notest alot of that wood is soft wood and hardwood takes a longer time to discolor not meaning its still green in fact i have some hardwood out back thats dry logs that i have just cut and its bright whight and yellow but yet the logs have been cut for about 2years i have been selling firewood for 15 years

[woodscritter]

Seasoned/unseasoned is meaningless and unquantifiable. Except now in Ohio, where "seasoned" is now specified to be <50% moisture-content (MC).

Now, were you to talk simply of %MC, you would be in the real-world. No such thing as "too dry" with an EPA (efficient) stove.

You can't really tell by the color, darling.

[captainpegs07]

If it's too dry, though, it burns up too quick.

[603mac]

I've got piles. They are seasoned though.

[FrostedFlakesify]

what if you dont have seasoned wood for the winter but only unseasoned? is it still burnable or do i find another means of heat?

[Kheldarren]

@FrostedFlakesify You can still burn it, but it won't burn as well and can build up creosote quite a bit, so you'll want to watch to be sure it doesn't build too much.

[1969626]

you do bring up a good point about seasoned wood people need to know that burning unseasoned wood can be done but it's not a good idea becose the moisture & sap / reason hasent dryed out of the wood and burning it will deposit a layer of cresote a lought faster then it you burnt seasoned wood if you get enoughf cresote it can catch fire it the chimany it's possable that a cresote fire can burn down your house it's advisable to get the chimany checked before each seasion begins

[PokerOnTour]

You placed your green atop of dry. I would have made a new pile to distingi

sh.

[40markava]

Elevate your stacks 6" of the ground to avoid the bottom layer from rotting and get termites and other critters!

[aguineapig]

thumbs up if you think mttcraft27 is just trying to get some ass by sounding mature

[BourneAccident]

@aguineapig - LOL! Good one!

[DaveTPC]

Nice stack

[200xowner]

Damn! Your hot.

[Crafty502]

what about overseasoned wood?



[PokerOnTour]

@Crafty502 as long as it is not rotted from weather, be fine

[terrymilby]

SHE SAID " WOOD "

[mttcraft27]

Its really bad that an attractive female cant post a video without everyone making sexual comments. Darling I would like to apologize for everyone for the rude comments.

[4micaman]

@mttcraft27 Couldn't agree more, Matt!

[americannable]

@mttcraft27 and then theres the people who cant mind there own buisness

[spinaway]

ive Got Wood

[fstwrtr]

cute little Canadian hottie

[DoobieDude56]

I got some seasoned wood for ya.

[kenfo0]

while you are right about those two piles, wood does not have to look ancient to be dry enough to burn efficiently. if stored in a breezy spot, softer woods can be ready in as little as 6months. Hard woods a little longer. One way to know when it's ready is that the bark comes off easily. You could also weigh various species before/after and figure it. If it hisses when you burn, it is way to wet. You will build more creosote and won't get nearly as much heat from the wood.

[LarsonsMom]

I always buy next years wood, this year. So I can stack the new one, and let it age a year. I loosely stack it, in the full sun. Dries like a charm, and the chipmunks have a nice home too!

[kenfo0]

@LarsonsMom if you are buying wood, why wouldn't you just buy it seasoned?

[LarsonsMom]

@kenfo0 cheaper to buy green wood. I can usually find a landscaper in the area that is still cash hungry after doing jobs of storm cleanups

[kenfo0]

@LarsonsMom ok. thx. i burn a lot of poplar...it is plentiful, people want to get rid of it free, and it is easy to work with. I am fortunate to have a field across from my property, so I get a breeze coming or going all day. Takes about 4 months to cure it, when sheltered from rain.

[Konig1985]

The girl is so cute! I don't mind buying a fireplace insert from her so she can come over to clean

[dhunter48951]

hmmm, talk wood wow, he he

[cummins60]

hot

[siscotree]

UH...why did you put the new wood on top of the old wood. You know you have to dig it out

[richprint29]

Its great to see a girl so interested in the particulars of firewood. My wife couldn't care less. She doesn't appreciate all the thought that goes into heating our home. And yes seasoned wood is key to good heat and long burn times. The worst is when you buy "seasoned " wood and find out it's green. Anyway nice video

[makoshark26]

mmmm

[surfflyfish4striper]

you are beautiful.

[MrThisIsMeToo]

@fire1169101 Stop reading BS and get out in the real world. Are you aware that Europe burns 90% pine? Guess what! No chimney fires. I burn 14 cords of wood a year. 6- 9 of it pine. Guess what? No chimney fires. The only ones scared of pine are people who actually never heated with wood and read something about it once. Get out and learn by doing instead of reading some BS.

[FletchBZMMT]

@MrThisIsMeToo Yup burn PINE all winter, everyone here does! Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. For those who care ~ creosote is the resin that coats your chimney. This can EASILY be remedied by simply letting your stove/fireplace run "full throttle" for the first half hour to an hour after you start it. This allows enough heat to go up the flu, and it burns up the resin. Otherwise a chimney sweep will be needed more often. Since most everyone here know this it's NO Biggie.

[kenfo0]

@FletchBZMMT yeah....it drives me crazy. people around here FREAK OUT about burning pine. as long as it is well seasoned and you burn it hot like you said, there is no issue. Also, unless you have a monster of a house, it is NOTHING to get on the roof and sweep your chimney once a month during burn season. It takes me a total on 1 minute from getting the ladder to being on my roof. Sweeping is a joke....moving a brush up and down is not rocket science. only downside to pine, it burns quick.

[MrThisIsMeToo]

@fire1169101 Why? Because you have no clue that burning pine is perfectly safe?

[stihl460bertha]

what else do u know about wood

[blakefollett]

That's cause she's splitting wood, kinda giving me some wood.

[dean147100]

that's a tight little ass!

[MrLeonard55]

Such a babe.

[MrLeonard55]

Excellent video.

[1dnk1]

eh?

[25loggingchris]

I agree with nojokevids, you can dry firewood in log length, but it will take a while. I had around 200 cords of seasoned wood laying in 20ft. log lengths and it took around 2-3 years to be dry when you cut it open it was cracked, nice and light, but not black, only on the ends was it black. Light a match and would go like lightning

[NoJokeVids]

The discoloring does not always mean that the wood is seasoned. You can seaon logs for firewood and it will look pretty "unseasoned" when you cut and split it. The key thing to keep in mind is the woods water content. When you season wood you are really just drying it out for a cleaner burn. Either way looks like you have enough wood for a season or few.

[basebell6]

oh yay now that i know you have youtube videos i cant wait to watch them all !! i love how you say "out" and "about" b/c you are SO CANADIAN!!!!!! :)