Moss Man
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In your humble opinion, which species is the best all around firewood?
I vote for Oak.
I vote for Oak.
All Around Best Firewood
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pwl
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In my area of Central NY, the best is probably white oak, if you can get it. What I settle for is maple, ash and cherry.
In my area of Central NY, the best is probably white oak, if you can get it. What I settle for is maple, ash and cherry.
Nailsbeats
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Hickory and White Oak are great, but my vote is Hard (Sugar) Maple.
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Oak and Hickory. l'd like to try some Sugar Maple but not much in these parts.
They are very hard to find, but my favorite is the osage loakustberry.
Burns real hot, splits easily, coals last forever., A trash tree, people that don't know any better give it away or pay me to cut them down.
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Burns real hot, splits easily, coals last forever., A trash tree, people that don't know any better give it away or pay me to cut them down.
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Ok, a real answer:
Any locust, any mulberry, and osage orange are all hotter burning and last longer than oak. They are also a bit harder to start a fire with, and they are more difficult to process into firewood.
Any locust, any mulberry, and osage orange are all hotter burning and last longer than oak. They are also a bit harder to start a fire with, and they are more difficult to process into firewood.
I vote for free.
Seriously, hickory is pretty good. Have not really burned that much oak because there is not that much where I cut. This year I have about 80% cherry which is okay and smells good, but doesn't throw the heat or coals that hickory does.
Seriously, hickory is pretty good. Have not really burned that much oak because there is not that much where I cut. This year I have about 80% cherry which is okay and smells good, but doesn't throw the heat or coals that hickory does.
AOD
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Best woods
Hickory
Osage
White Oak
Most abundant (here at least)
Sugar maple
Silver maple
Norway maple
Red Maple
Ash
Cherry
They all burn good, I usually dont waste time with silver maple if something better is available, but it still burns. I don't like burning elm if I can help it though, its just nasty stuff.
Hickory
Osage
White Oak
Most abundant (here at least)
Sugar maple
Silver maple
Norway maple
Red Maple
Ash
Cherry
They all burn good, I usually dont waste time with silver maple if something better is available, but it still burns. I don't like burning elm if I can help it though, its just nasty stuff.
Wood Scrounge
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My favorites
Osage = Hot
White Oak = hot and Common (for me)
Black Birch = easy starting
Osage = Hot
White Oak = hot and Common (for me)
Black Birch = easy starting
Mkarlson
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My vote would be for cherry. You will be hard pressed to find a hardwood that seasons relatively fast, splits fairly easy, and is as easy on your saw as cherry. Throw in the fact it lights and burns well with a nice aroma and you have the perfect firewood.
But then its just my opinion
But then its just my opinion
Moss Man
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There is a lot of variance by region, some of these species I have never heard of.
The most popular here are:
Red and White Oak
Sugar and White Maple
Cherry
Hornbeam
Beech
Yellow and White Birch
Ash
The most popular here are:
Red and White Oak
Sugar and White Maple
Cherry
Hornbeam
Beech
Yellow and White Birch
Ash
b1rdman
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My vote would be for cherry. You will be hard pressed to find a hardwood that seasons relatively fast, splits fairly easy, and is as easy on your saw as cherry. Throw in the fact it lights and burns well with a nice aroma and you have the perfect firewood.
But then its just my opinion
Yeah...that's a good one for sure.
I want to say red oak because of the availability around here, BTU's , and sweet splitting but it does take some time to season. Plus, it pains me a tad to take the acorns away from the deer herd.
I'm going to go with Ash. Abundant (on my property), splits easy, burns green, middle of the road BTU's, no foul odors. It's the whole package.
This is a really hard question.
Spotted Owl
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In my area, our favorites are
1. Madrone - Fair avalibility - Very excellent burning
2. Oak - Rare finds are used like Scrooge spends money
3. Doug - Very common good fuel
4. Alder - Very common good fuel
Thats about all we have around these parts, besides vine maple which is used mostly in the smoke house.
Owl
1. Madrone - Fair avalibility - Very excellent burning
2. Oak - Rare finds are used like Scrooge spends money
3. Doug - Very common good fuel
4. Alder - Very common good fuel
Thats about all we have around these parts, besides vine maple which is used mostly in the smoke house.
Owl
cjnspecial
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Red oak....easy to split, abudant and takes less time to season than some of the other hardwoods(hickory, live oak, white oak) around here.
AOD
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You guys that burn osage, does that stuff ever damage your grates? I wouldn't burn that stuff in a plain steel stove unless it had firebrick. I had a cheap Made in China sand cast grate and Osage burned through half of that thing!
Same here.
chainsawaddict
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Ash!
Least sap of all the hardwoods, so it seasons quickly. The tree is mostly trunk, so there isnt a log of limbing. It splits easily, and is pretty common throughout the country.
KNOT a lot of NOTS
Least sap of all the hardwoods, so it seasons quickly. The tree is mostly trunk, so there isnt a log of limbing. It splits easily, and is pretty common throughout the country.
KNOT a lot of NOTS
NDtreehugger
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Yup Ash
Drys fast, burns with good heat and last,
Drys fast, burns with good heat and last,
