Bark up or down?

[Trx250r180]

most of my firewood is doug fir or hemlock ,the bark seems to peel off when i split it ,should i be putting the bark on top of my stack afterwords to keep it dry ?

 

[WOODSMAN416]

If you have nice, uniform pieces you can stack bark to bark and wedge to wedge. The stacks may well be considered fine art!:msp_biggrin:

 

[Cheesecutter]

most of my firewood is doug fir or hemlock ,the bark seems to peel off when i split it ,should i be putting the bark on top of my stack afterwords to keep it dry ?

I wouldn't, that seems like it would be a mess and a place for bugs yo hide.

 

[turnkey4099]

Well if the stack has a rain guard then it makes no difference.
With no rain guard bark on top so it acts like shingles on a roof.

Wood gets wet quick but bark sheds water so IMO the stack would stay drier bark on top.

errm...wood soaks up water from the ends, hardly at all from the sides so it really doesn't make all that much difference. I used to run out of my inside wood late in the season. Hauling ffrom the outside stacks, if it was a bit wet on top, I'd just throw aside the top layer or two and be into dry wood.

Harry K

 

[haveawoody]

turnkey4099,

Yep that's about the same thought I had, not much difference.
I guess if your in a high annual rainfall location it might make more difference but really not a great deal.
Me I top cover my stacks and whatever goes however works for me

 

[Jeremy102579]

bark down on everything except bark up on top 2 rows (if not covered with tarp)to help shed water away.

 

[Blazin]

Oh this thread is..... Ah forget it.

 

[Blazin]

Ah what the hell, why not..... Who the #### cares about the ####ing bark or which way it's ####ing stacked, it's ####ing wood, cover the ####ing top if you can't sleep at ####ing night worrying about your wood. There I said it

 

[Trx250r180]

Ah what the hell, why not..... Who the #### cares about the ####ing bark or which way it's ####ing stacked, it's ####ing wood, cover the ####ing top if you can't sleep at ####ing night worrying about your wood. There I said it

so your a bark up guy then

 

[Blazin]

so your a bark up guy then

Only when wearing a thong when stacking, other than that it's random

 

[dave_376]

for the most part I keep the bark up. I really pay attention to the bark on the top 3 pieces in the stack. If I find a slab piece with a lot of bark I save it for the very top of the stack. I keep my stacks uncovered until september then tarp them, hopefully I will be moving all of my wood into a shed.

 

[flashhole]

Just stand the pieces on end. That way it doesn't matter.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Only when wearing a thong when stacking, other than that it's random

Nothing is random.

 

[BrokenToys]

Where is the "Beer" option?

 

[TreeTangler]

Ah what the hell, why not..... Who the #### cares about the ####ing bark or which way it's ####ing stacked, it's ####ing wood, cover the ####ing top if you can't sleep at ####ing night worrying about your wood. There I said it

Eh, maybe have a beer. Maybe have one less. It really shouldn't bug you that bad. From the responces that have been posted, apparently more than one person cares about how their wood is stacked. We all have bad days but try to keep the ole chin up eh?

 

[stihl sawing]

Only when wearing a thong when stacking, other than that it's random

Woodsman says you always wear a thong.

 

[zogger]

Pieces large enough to split out heartwood with zero bark go on separate piles. This is the A1 primo wood. So..no bark, just gets stacked. Next tier, is splits with bark, totally random until the top maybe four rows, then all bark up as much as possible. Next tier wood, even though it is real good this way, as long as you can wait two or three seasons for good drying, is all small rounds, bark intact, so..its bark everywhere except the cut ends!

 

[H 2 H]

I go both ways

I put a piece in the fire place with the bark up then the next one I go bark down

 

[Mastermind]

I go both ways

I put a piece in the fire place with the bark up then the next one I go bark down

I heard that about you. :msp_mellow:

 

[baroil92]

I ask the chickens and they didn't care either up or down doesn't matter

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