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[intensedrive]

I'm not sure what to expect out of this year's wood, I have 18 month seasoned hardwood split 13 cords worth.  I have been burning 4 seasions all the wood was wet, I mean 5 day old cut wood.  The wood burned but I had many headaches, throwing a pile of green wood in the morning on the ash bed would drop the boiler temp way down and took hours to recover, cold house.  It took so much up keep to make sure the fire was roaring before adding the wood.  I burned 15 cords of green last year, I'm curious to find out how much seasoned wood I burn in comparison.  I hope it makes my life easier.

[coolidge]

Depends on the type of wood you are burning. White/ soft maple, ash, white birch should be good and dry.
Oak, I think that takes ten years to dry.

[Pointblank]

If it was stacked so it could dry, you should see a big improvement across the board. You'll use less wood, it should smoke a lot  less, and the stove will perform much better for you.

And ya, oak takes forever to dry. Got a pile split and stacked in full sun for 18 months now and many pieces are still over 25% mc.