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New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 4 Wood moisture content at the end of the trials at different distances from the log end

From: Determining the effect of storage conditions on the natural drying of radiata pine logs for energy use

Length

Summer

Winter

cm

MCwb1,2

SD

 

MCwb1,2

SD

 

30

24.1

5.0

A

48.0

6.3

C

60

27.8

6.7

B

44.2

8.6

C

90

28.0

7.5

B

47.8

7.1

C

  1. 1At 24 weeks for the summer trial and 17 weeks for the winter trial.
  2. 2Initial moisture content was 53.2% for the summer trial and 57.7% for the winter trial (all treatments).
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