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Best way to air dry wood

forestlover · 2017-10-01 13:51:25

Going to have a load of beech, ash & oak to dry in the next few weeks. Any one have options on whats the best method to air dry? We are based in a forest so the wood will be coming back here to be dried. We have an area with a clearing that isnt as humid as the rest of the forest with very few trees surrounding it. We have…

01-10-2017 01:51PM

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forestlover

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Going to have a load of beech, ash & oak to dry in the next few weeks. Any one have options on whats the best method to air dry? We are based in a forest so the wood will be coming back here to be dried. We have an area with a clearing that isnt as humid as the rest of the forest with very few trees surrounding it. We have no experience with drying wood so any advice on methods would be great

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shootermcgee

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A bit labour intensive but I find if you take off the bark it halves the drying time also tarp the top of it while leaving the sides open should work

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