Why Medieval Firewood Dried in 6 Months While Yours Takes 2 Years

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• JI

  @jimthomas1989 · 6 months ago · pinned

  WOW &nbsp;! &nbsp;I burn fresh cut green wood &nbsp;about 2 &nbsp;or 3 weeks &nbsp;cut &nbsp;, I simply bring it in the house about 4 feet away from the stove , I then burn &nbsp;wood and &nbsp;dry out the &nbsp;pieces I just bought &nbsp;in &nbsp;, I have even cut and burnt it the same day , I have actually seen steam coming out of my chimmy &nbsp;and &nbsp;I can hear the wood hissing in the stove &nbsp;! <br>Today is March 1st, 2026 and &nbsp;it&apos;s in my Wood Furnace right now as I&apos;m writing this &nbsp;! &nbsp;I been doing it for 30 plus years !

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• TH

  @theyuha · 7 months ago

  Almost all of the wood I cut is dead when i cut it. I always split it right away. I am ahead enough in my firewood I do not have to burn it that year.

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• MI

  @mitchellgurney4390 · 6 months ago

  I just take standing dead trees , and cleanup alot of the deadfall around my homestead

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• TH

  @thesmiths2675 · 1 month ago

  My grandpa and my dad would use about 2 cords every winter and it was usually cut down about 2 weeks before they started using it. <br>Then at Christmas my Grandpa would burn all the wrapping paper at once to burn all the kreosote out of the chimney. There would be actual flames shooting out the top of it.

• ST

  @stephencharman9604 · 4 months ago

  This all makes sense. It explains why a large tree I cut down last year, split a few months ago then packed in my woodshed is still way too green to burn. Luckily, with winter fast approaching, I have quite a few dead trees on my 6 acre property that I can cut down (leaving plenty for wildlife plus dead timber on the floor which I won&apos;t touch).

• MV

  @mvblitzyo · 6 months ago

  36 plus years as an arborist and with trial and error stumbling through life. your video compacted my over then forty years real life experience in a fun easy to follow video that average teenager would enjoy understanding the science

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• TH

  @TheNorthern-Lig7t · 5 months ago

  I&apos;ll say this, your animations are very well done!

• TE

  @terryhollands2794 · 6 months ago

  I &nbsp;heat primarily with wood, &nbsp;I hope to learn something new.

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• GD

  @gdll9247 · 7 months ago

  Good video confirming what I do is correct. &nbsp;I do not girdle trees but wood is cut to 20 or 30 inches, split, then stacked on a pallet in an open store that gets full sun during the summer. It is open to the wind and the roof keeps the rain off. &nbsp;If a lot of rain is due I can put up plastic sheets and then when the wood has dried the sheets can go up again. &nbsp;I have had wood dry to 20% in 3-4 months.

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• JA

  @jasperaj1 · 6 months ago

  I used to sell firewood in Germany for years and had a moisture meter. Properly sorted for drying the firewood I prepared was dry by August to September when set in February or March of the same year. Moisture meter read 12 to 14%.

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• MR

  @mrbumblehill4596 · 6 months ago

  I proved some of this this burning season. I had some extra wide pallets come my way and double stacked the wood there. It also was the longest stacked wood that I had. That pile gave me nothing but problems, too wet, you could feel it in the weight of the pieces as you picked them up. Very interesting video, thanks for the content.

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• CH

  @christophertiredofbs8514 · 5 months ago

  My firewood dries in six months 6” x 18” length of red oak… It’s in a woodshed I made with a corrugated plastic roof. It gets in a circulation stays dry and is baking in the sun all summer long.