firewood seasoning naturally

[Collins B]

Hello all,

I’m pretty sure this has been discussed, but what’s the best way to naturally season firewood? Do you leave it in piles off the conveyor? Do you stack it on pallets? Talking about commercial amounts like 50-100 cords.

 

[Mad Professor]

Not commercial amounts, but I stack double rows about as high as my chin. Off the ground, either pallets or junk limbs for support.

On top I use doubled/tripled over lumber covers I can get for free. On top of piles I have ~4' lengths of cut branches under and over (fatter/heavier ones) the cover so it keeps the rain off, and wind from blowing off the cover. Dries out well/fast with great air circulation.

 

[DavidInTexas]

I see many different methods for seasoning I live in east Texas on about 15 acres of land I was thinking of putting up a car port type roof to keep the rain off the wood, but this also keeps the sun off the wood . I know...get a retractable roof LOL. I was thinking of using those IBC totes people talk about, I see them on marketplace for $20 each for the metal with sides. Makes it easy to move the wood up to the house in the fall. I do have 13' metal awning around the house to store the wood in the fall, but I do not want to keep it there Also instead of the IBCZ totes, I have a few hundred feed of old 3" pipe to keep it off the ground if not using the totes.

Is it better to keep in sun or covered up with something like a metal carport roof?