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THumphr wrote:

I've got some dead standing timber tat I'm going to be cutting out of
my fence row. Does this need to be treated as green wet wood or can I
turn as is?

It's neither wet and green nor dry and seasoned. Standing deadwood is
often somewhat brittle, and may have lots of checking going on as well.
As with most free wood, turn some and pay attention to what happens.

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