Johny Utah
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I have a ton of willow that I can harvest. Is it a good choice to burn for heat and clean burning.
takes forever to dry(few years) and burns very dirty
Take Harry's word here. You're in Utah, and Harry (turnkey4099) is in SE WA, similar climates. Boogieman is in a much more humid climate, and willow is a very high moisture wood that takes a lot of drying, it will lose well over 1/2 it's weight between green and seasoned. That's gonna take a lot longer in NY than in UT where the average humidity is way lower.
Not picking on ya boogie, but "here" is always different from "there".
I cant help at all, never burned the stuff.
I have a ton of willow that I can harvest. Is it a good choice to burn for heat and clean burning.
Yes it is a fine choice. The only negative is that as one of the lower btu per cubic foot woods you will need more of it than you would if it were something denser like oak. If you are used to burning something lighter like evergreen trees than this isn't even that big a deal. If it is solid, I will absolutely chop it up and put it in the stacks along with the other woods. It dries fine.
If you are burning wood from a forest it is your duty to not waste the wood. Letting willow rot just because it is willow is wasteful.
I find that willow burns and seasons just like cottonwood. Do a search for cottonwood and you'll find lots of threads that will relate to this topic.
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