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[trz]

Bark up or bark down?

[CountryBoyJohn]

Bark down the bottom layer. I personally don't care beyond that.

[sceptre74]

I was always told to put the bark up. Water is supposed to run off instead of soaking in.

[MattyNH]

Don't matter to me.. Whatever fits best while stacking....My wood has always been out of the elements .. In the past, It was stacked on pallets then tarped.. Now the pole shed..wood sits on crush stone

[mlappin]

I was always told to put the bark up. Water is supposed to run off instead of soaking in.

That was how I always did it when selling camp fire wood. Very lucrative until the state stuck their noses in and started requiring permits and blah blah blah.

Always tried to stack bark side up, then ran into a info sheet from a state extension office that claimed to stack it bark down. Don't think it really matters if it's covered.

[LittleJohn]

Before use of pallets & JD tractor with forks

..would stack all firewood bark up, with a couple of runners on the ground - so wood did not sit directly on dirt

[JTS717]

I have always laid down old pallets and stacked it however it fits best, bark up down or on the side.  I leave in uncovered out in a small opening in the woods behind the house, two years if the tree was live or one year if it was dead.  This may not be the best way but I have never had problems with wood not drying or smoky fires.

[DIESEL SMOKE]

I was told years ago by an old timer that it does not matter. Cut firewood drys from the ends via the sievecells / tubes. When wet wood burns it releases moisture from the end although alittle steam does come from the sides. Dry wood changes color from the ends much more than the sides. I thought it made sense, do you?

[jrider]

I was told years ago by an old timer that it does not matter. Cut firewood drys from the ends via the sievecells / tubes. When wet wood burns it releases moisture from the end although alittle steam does come from the sides. Dry wood changes color from the ends much more than the sides. I thought it made sense, do you?

If cut wood only dried from the ends, splitting wouldn't speed up the drying process.