burning hemlock

[treeman82]

I wound up giving this one lady a big load of hemlock logs this past spring to burn. I tried to talk her out of it, but she wanted the wood man. What harm can possibly come out of burning hemlock? For some reason I thought it was poisonous.

 

[Sprig]

LOL. No. No more poisonous than most deciduous trees, less than some I'd imagine (less btu's too, but it burns just ok). Been reading any Socrates lately?

:rockn: :rockn:

 

[tawilson]

I'd have a lot of dead campers now if it was. All they have is burns from it popping and throwing coals at them. It's a real fun wood in a campfire.

 

[.aspx]

It's good for a coal base but from what I've read about it; burning long-term (by itself) creates more creosote in the chimney because of it's high-resin content.

Why people choose to burn it long-term is beyond me. Knew a guy that paid ~ $800 for a 5-7 cord log truck load of Hemlock when I could of got him a 10-12 cord load of Cherry, Maple, Alder, & Birch for just over $700.

 

[MRCONRAN]

I remember talking to a fellow from the far north some time back he said all they had to burn was pine. No hardwoods that far north in Canada. I would think it would be fine if it was dry
Just my 2 cents