Time to burn the good stuff, whats your preference?

[12vdzl]

Crap.

That will be here in about 4 hours...only colder.
Got another 4" of snow since 10pm.
Still 74 in here,and on the same load I put in around 7pm.

Might just grab some Sassafrass for the morning..

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

According to weather.net it's 15 here. Add in wind chill we're down to 9. I'll load the boiler for it's next 12 hr run and it'll stay 73 here in this old farmhouse. I think we have about 2 to 3 inches total snow on the ground.

 

[Slvrmple72]

Silver Maple

lots of it!

I sold all of the good stuff for cash and since the Silver burns a little bit better than the cash it was my only option. That and the funny look from the store clerk when I tried to use a couple of pcs of firewood to pay for that loaf of bread....

 

[wdchuck]

Black locust, white oak, ash.

Sold the hickory/mix to a guy up from Ill.


Needed the cash to pay the LP guy.....gas appliances.

 

[23putts]

Shortleaf Pine in the day when i'm home, oak during the night.

My neighbor cut and skidded over 10 full cords of pine a couple hundred yards from my house. Its laying there in logs and easy to get to. He won't burn it in his insert, but my Taylor likes it just fine.

 

[SWI Don]

Red elm & Walnut. That's what's in the row I working on. The oak is all buried under / behind what I burning now. It was -15 here this morning. I don't know that I am going out splitting today.

Don

 

[wigglesworth]

Right now, im burning a little locust and some shag bark. Nice and warm, but my house sux, so I loose a lot of heat. Next up is some insulation and new windows. How often you guys gettin up to fill the stove in these single digit nights?

 

[woodfarmer]

Beech is best

 

[slinger]

Balmy 9F here this am. I loaded my stove 14 hours ago w/ cherry/hickory/ash and I think there was a stick or 2 of maple.

My fav's
1 Hedge
2 Hickory
3 Oak
4 Locust
5 whatevers dry and close to the OWB!
:smoking:

 

[Booshcat]

Red oak is the best we have here for the cold shoulder of winter.
Luckily we dont generally have long spells of sub freezing weather.
Being close to the coast has a few advantages.

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

shagbark has really impressed me, it'll make me walk right past the stacks of ash, oak, locust, and mullberry on a night like this w/single digit temps.

You'll take hickory over oak or locust?


Suit yourself. I like my hickory (what little I can get), but no way will it give me as much heat as oak or locust.

 

[jcappe]

I broke into my good stuff this morning. Locust,White Oak and some hickory. Thermo on my truck said -13 on the way to work.

 

[reccutter]

Dry seasoned pine,cause I'll be right next to the stove feeding it every 28 minutes.

 

[boostnut]

You'll take hickory over oak or locust?


Suit yourself. I like my hickory (what little I can get), but no way will it give me as much heat as oak or locust.

Call me crazy but this stuff is top notch. Must be from the fertile soil it was growing in (cattle feed lot)

 

[WVwoodsman]

I've been concerned about my wood usage in my owb and am currently burning oak. Since I have had access to limited wood around my area (log yard closing) I have turned to the dark side. I'm mixing antricite coal with my wood. I'm very happy, but I had to buy it.

 

[slinger]

Call me crazy but this stuff is top notch. Must be from the fertile soil it was growing in (cattle feed lot)

Depending on what source you read hickory and locust are neck and neck for heat value. Hickory more btu's than oak. Osage orange ahead of most temperate wood species.

I can't tell any difference among oak, locust, and hickory in my OWB.

I could in my appalachain insert. hickory (shagbark) my favorite.

A piece of hedge at night made nice coals in the insert overnight. Had to be careful about using too much.... burns HOT!

 

[builder1101]

Natural gas, but thats all I have. I'm so jealous of you guys. I think I can actually hear the money leaving my account.

or dollar bills flying out the vents and hitting you in the face...

my mom didn't think it was funny when i tapped bills to the vent, and she heard them flopping in the air...

 

[outdoorlivin247]

I'll take oak any day, mostly because of the low ash it leaves.

That is why I love Oak...Mixing it w/ Hickory right now...

Hickory is great, but it will leave the fire box full of coals and ashes...

 

[logbutcher]

My heart goes out to you and others who live in the frozen north and have nothing but conifers to burn. Y'all would be astounded at how much primo firewood is pushed into piles and burned or simply left to rot on log decks around here.

Sometimes life isn't fair. We have an endless supply of the finest firewood anyone could want, and no one really needs it except for a brief time.

BTW, it's supposed to get cool around here in the next few days dropping down to the teens. Yep, I know that's lame compared to the minus 30 some of you see, but the ole wood stove feels pretty good anyway.

Not to worry about us here Cav, we do pretty well. Appreciate the heart anyhow.

Not so bad, since we're not really north north like the Yukon, or Palinland where ONLY conifers grow. We do have some oaks, some beech ( diseased ), and yes, plenty of conifers that we only burn during the "shoulder' times above 40 F, or in the Snorkel hot tub. Most of this coastal woodland hardwood is Paper/White Birch, and Red Maple. Go inland 10-15 miles then the zone grows more oak, and some Hard Maple.

Life isn't fair, or not fair. Like one of my guys used to say when we were all scared @%$&less: "first you live, then you die." Remember, we live in the finest place in the world.....no exceptions.

JMNSHO

 

[Steve NW WI]

About a 50/50 mix of ironwood and my usual mix of elm, oak, cherry, and maple when it gets below zero. Sure makes all that work scavenging that "small stuff" worth it.

Twas -27 this AM outside a friend's cabin up north, and we were kept plenty warm burning some birch, maple, and pine, but also pretty busy feeding the small woodstove and fireplace. Once I get the pics off my camera, I'll start another post on that adventure.

 

[bowtechmadman]

Mostly ash and maple right now...that's what's next in the pile.