Another smoking wood thread

[dean]

Seeing the post down below made me think a bit. My father in law has 1000 acres of fruit trees. That is where I get most of my wood. I asked him if he would be interested in selling it online and he said no one would want that crap! He said come up to the farm and look around! We have cherry, pear, peach, apple and more. I am sure I could sell it cheaper than some others.

 

[R_Sanchez]

Personally I would go for the peach and the pear. They are not something I have seen locally.

 

[Sean H]

I'd recommend selling all of the wood types. Lure people in with the pear and peach, which are not commonly available, and have the cherry and apple ready as add-ons. If you can undercut some of the more popular competitors by just a little, I'd imagine you can sell your share of wood.

Just don't discount the time you'll spend cutting it up, curing it, etc. You don't want to find out that you're only netting about a dollar per hour of your labor, right?

 

[dean]

I wonder how long it has to "cure" for? I have heard that green wood gives more smoke and some prefer this. I know that you want to have it in a bag with holes in it or it could get moldy.

 

[A Cleland]

At least 1 season. Other than that, it will not be dried thouroughly, and put off a "bitter" smelling smoke.

 

[George Curtis]

where you are will present some problems. shipping. so you will probably be limited to that.

 

[Geir Widar]

The time it takes to dry wood is dependent of several factors. First of all, is it cut when the wood is full or sap or not? Huge difference.
Next the temperature and the relative humidity, then the length of the wood pieces, as well as if they are split or not, and how you store the wood during drying. Large bins/small bins, under roof/without roof, and so on. The easiest way to find out, is to buy a reliable moisture measurement device.

If you want to sell quality wood, go for max moisture content between 15 to 18%.

 

[dean]

Thanks for the info guys!