Just wondering what % dryness everyone is looking for in there wood. I've got wood ranging from 8% to 16%. What's the nominal percentage ?
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Just wondering what % dryness everyone is looking for in there wood. I've got wood ranging from 8% to 16%. What's the nominal percentage ?
8-16 is good. I burn anything under 20 percent.
Jake
smoky lake 2x6 drop flue SSR on homemade arch
235 taps on 2 gast 1550s and lappiere releasers
24x12 sugar house
2019 Kubota L2501 work horse
I have never checked my wood moisture. Everything we burn is dead ash and well seasoned.
1986-2002 2x6 Leader evaporator 150 taps drop tubes
Life happens
2015 130 taps drop tubes and sap sacs
2016 225 taps drop tubes and sap sacs
2017 300+? MicRO single membrane
2019 325 taps 81 gallons made, most ever for us
2020 2x6 Smoky Lake evaporator 400 taps with 160 on a guzzler pump
2021..... a lot more line and vacuum
Same - under 20% is what I’m aiming for.
2022 is season 7
2016: 20 taps on buckets, 4 gallons on a borrowed 2x3.
2017: 32 taps on buckets, 8 gallons of syrup, on a "loaner" Lapierre 19x48.
2018: 80 taps. First time tubing. New 10x12 sugar shack, Lapierre 2x5. Made 17 gallons
2019: 100 taps. 22 gallons. Added a small RO 50 gph.
2020: 145 taps, 30 gallons, sold half. Murphy cup is a great addition.
2021: tapped Feb 23, 150 taps, 35 gallons.
2022: 200 taps. I lost 50, added 100. Having fun but short season?
When checking the moisture content do not check it in the end grain. That gives a false reading. Split a piece of wood in half and check it in the center. That will give you a true reading.
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