Jim...legitimate...question...
You guys on the west coast burn pine for firewood??
Here on east coast...you'd have to be desperate to use pine for firewood...
too much creosote...ya can't give small stuff away...
I was thinking those little logs were headed to the mill...
Thanks for any reply...
J2F
Pine = heavy creosote is an east coast urban legend brought on by too many fools tossing lots of green pine into their fireplaces and woodstoves. Burn ANY green wood and you're going to get lots of creosote...the problem is not wiht pine, its with people exercising poor judgement by burning unseasoned wood.
Creosote is caused by low temp combustion of wood. The water in the unseasoned wood keeps the temps low and as it boils off it takes sap and wood oils along with it...as it rises in the chimney it cools, condenses and some of it winds up sticking to the sides and hardening, over time it builds up in spots inside the chimney, reducing the potential airflow and draft.
Burn unseasoned oak, maple, birch or beech in your stove and you'll get creosote all over the place, just as you would with pine...probably alot more per unit volume of wood burnt because of how much moisture alot of the harder woods can hold.
Pine just needs to be split and seasoned properly. Been using it as shoulder season wood for years without any issues.
I do agree though, that its hard to give away pine in the northeast...but there really is nothing wrong with pine at all.
Those pecker poles dont add up to much wood at the end of the day
Nice thing is though that he can just grab one and pck up a log and move it...try doing that with a 15" thick 8' long oak log. Easy to split, easy to move, real easy to buck too.
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