Here in Arkansas, we burn mostly Oak and soem Hickory for firewood. I have noticed that those types of trees are not as prevelent in some areas of our country. What do people in your area burn for firewood?
Oak and Hickory here the same as you. We also cut and burn Ash and Hackberry.
Pine, Aspen, and Juniper (the best firewood around these parts when we can get it).
Loyal
Oak, Black Locust, Maple, Hickory
Oak, cedar and almond from the valley.
Lodge pole pine. aka Poor mans oak
Buying it buy the truck load. 20-30 cords at a time. All beetle kill.
Oak, hickory, and elm, and once in a while an odd ball tree, like apple, cherry etc.
Almond burns hot and clean and there seems to be a supply of it (old orchards). My wife prefers almond fires because they are hypoallergenic (very clean).
Bear in mind it will warp cast iron grates.
When I lived in the country, I burned mostly dead black locust. Takes a sharp chain on your saw to cut it but it puts out a lot of heat and doesn't leave much ash compared with oak and especially hickory.
Also, it splits easier than a lot of other hardwoods. No wood fires for me now though. I still miss having a spot in my house that I can have as warm as I wanted to make it with having the gas or electric meter humming.
Ash, Oak, Maple, Beech mostly.
I hate to cut wood, but I love splitting ash with a mall. It damn near explodes.
Rick
"oak and maple if dry and old,
will keep away a winters cold,
Elm it burns like graveyard mould,
even it's very flames are cold...
But ashwood wet and ashwood dry,
a king shall warm his slippers by."
From an old poem that I got from John McPhee's essay "Firewood"...
Around here...lots of oak...hickory....and I burned 2 big honey locust trees I had to cut down in my back yard...hot fires...last a looong time. And persimmon...that burn HOT and quick...blew out the glass doors on my fireplace one time with it...
But elm...no way...
As a famous Missouri surveyor, told me "don't put that elm on the fire! It will put the fire out!"
All Oak in the fireplace, the mesquite gets saved for the pit.
Randy
Anything that I can get for free.
Around here that is mostly oak, maple, cherry, and locust, among others.
> Here in Arkansas, we burn mostly Oak and soem Hickory for firewood. I have noticed that those types of trees are not as prevelent in some areas of our country. What do people in your area burn for firewood?
Sounds to me like they burned the Oak and Hickory. That's why "those types of trees are not as prevalent in some areas of the country." Could be... I'm just sayin'...
;o)
JBS
oak, apple, cherry - though cherry can be pretty smoky
Duraflame logs from Kmart.:-)
Steve,
Do you cut your own or have it delivered?
DDSM
😉 :beer:
(red?)
Oak (Red & White), hickory and sometimes pecan when available.
Spruce and Birch. Spruce burns hotter, and you can find standing dead. Birch harder wood, rots when dead standing, but cured 1 year when cut green is a nice hardwood.
Dan, I have a fire place but have never used it. We have a very energy efecent house, and the fireplace would probable send hot air from the furnace up the chimney. I want to put an insert in it, but that is not the top home improvement at this time. My next project is a new roof. When I get an insert, I will cut some wood, and buy a little.
