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HARDWOOD DRY KILN OPERATION A MANUAL FOR OPERATORS OF SMALL DRY KILNS

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Make sure that tops of the air-drying pile foundations are at least 12” above the ground, and preferably 18” above the ground. This helps keep the bottom boards away from the higher relative humidity that occurs at ground level. Vegetation such as weeds and grass will promote the retention of humidity; remove it. Be careful to place a bolster directly beneath each line of stickers. Keeping the bolsters aligned with the stickers is another simple step you can take to help prevent warp. Here’s a good example of how to stack air-drying lumber (Figure 32): Figure 32. This is a good example of how to stack air-drying lumber. The piles are supported by doubled bolsters and there is no vegetation. The fork truck operator placed the piles directly atop the bolsters and the stickers are nicely aligned with the bolsters and the packs above. At this location the lumber is drying under a shed roof, but stack covers could be used as well. Here’s an example of lumber with stack covers in the open air: 60

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