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We have been logging a place for firewood that has mostly dead and dying lodgepole pine, most are small and very limby, usually only get about one 25’ log with a 4” top so a bigger tree is a real treat. I could see a taller tree sticking up above the others a ways away so me and the hydraulic chainsaw went after it to try and stop the small tree burn outView attachment 958006Joy has returned for a moment :)

It was a 26 incher!:DView attachment 958011 Almost didn’t fit in the processor, lol

But Nate , if you cut pine into firewood yours and your neighbors chimlee will catch on fire and burn your other neighbors house down :crazy2:




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But Nate , if you cut pine into firewood yours and your neighbors chimlee will catch on fire and burn your other neighbors house down :crazy2:




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We just sell it to other people, getting too crowded anyway:innocent::laugh:

Lodgepole pine is my favorite firewood, well besides spruce ;)
 
How are they different to burn?
Lodgepole seems to put out more heat, and once it gets to coal stage stays that way longer than any wood I’ve tried, so fire doesn’t go out if we are away for awhile. But do get more ash build up in the stove quicker. Spruce burns more evenly and cleaner with less ash buildup, but not as hot and shorter burn times. Both very nice to work with, easy splitting, not too heavy and usually not many limbs.
 
I do have to be careful with lodgepole, in our stove anyway, can get too hot pretty quick if I leave it turned up too long, like just a few minutes. Red fir isn’t that way, most times I can leave stove (pacific energy) turned up all way and never get into the danger zone. Spruce is kinda in the middle.
 
Lodgepole pine is my favorite firewood, well besides spruce ;)

Lodgepole is popular here too, except almost everybody calls it Tamarack. Apparently it was misidentified long ago, there’s even a Tamarack Lodge surrounded by lodgepole. That’s near Tamarack Ridge and Tamarack Creek, but no tamarack around whatsoever.
 
But do get more ash build up in the stove quicker.

The biggest reason people here like lodgepole is it hardly leaves any ash. I haven’t heard of anyone burning spruce, so we can’t make that comparison. There’s hardly any spruce here.
 
We just sell it to other people, getting too crowded anyway:innocent::laugh:

Lodgepole pine is my favorite firewood, well besides spruce ;)
About 1\2 of what a burn every year is lodge pole. I go up to the mountains every year and cut standing beetle kill.
It is a good firewood for out west.
 
You use that goose neck trailer with the big winch on the front don’t you?
That was with my BIL and he likes to get those big spruce trees. That was his rig. I have the saws for that so I did all the felling and then rigging the cable on the ground so he could winch the logs up. He is older than I am.
When I go for lodge pole I go with just my wife so I do most of the work by myself.
 
I do have to be careful with lodgepole, in our stove anyway, can get too hot pretty quick if I leave it turned up too long, like just a few minutes. Red fir isn’t that way, most times I can leave stove (pacific energy) turned up all way and never get into the danger zone. Spruce is kinda in the middle.
What size firebox do you have.
How hot does yours get and where do you have the temp gauge at.
I left mine go too long last night:crazy2:. Went out and grabbed 3 smaller rounds of hard maple(about 3") that was cut this fall and put it on top. It took a while, but it cooled down so the inside wasn't glowing red. Nice the way the Pacific Energy stoves baffle system is set up so it can heat up and expand at a different rate than the rest of the unit.
 
Last couple of days we've been single digits over night and only in the teens during the day. Kind of could for the Midwest. So, I've been mixing in a piece of Hedge in with my Oak. Every now and then, I get a whiff of smoke from down drafts and it smells like BBQ. Anyone ever smoke meat with Hedge. I just ate, but I'm craving BBQ now.
 
Lodgepole is popular here too, except almost everybody calls it Tamarack. Apparently it was misidentified long ago, there’s even a Tamarack Lodge surrounded by lodgepole. That’s near Tamarack Ridge and Tamarack Creek, but no tamarack around whatsoever.
Maybe it is tamarack if there’s no ash, lol. Tamarack is considered the best firewood by most people around here. We have a few around but not much. I’ve heard other people say it doesn’t have much ash too, not sure what their comparing it to but I know in our stove ash builds up much quicker with lodgepole.
 
That was with my BIL and he likes to get those big spruce trees. That was his rig. I have the saws for that so I did all the felling and then rigging the cable on the ground so he could winch the logs up. He is older than I am.
When I go for lodge pole I go with just my wife so I do most of the work by myself.
Oh ok, I wasn’t sure, looked like a nice set up. My buddy is always trying to get the biggest loads and biggest trees, I told him I was thinking about getting a smaller pickup, less work and can go more often that way, lol.
 
Oh ok, I wasn’t sure, looked like a nice set up. My buddy is always trying to get the biggest loads and biggest trees, I told him I was thinking about getting a smaller pickup, less work and can go more often that way, lol.
That sounds just like my BIL. The only thing is He does not have any saws big enough for big trees.
 
What size firebox do you have.
How hot does yours get and where do you have the temp gauge at.
I left mine go too long last night:crazy2:. Went out and grabbed 3 smaller rounds of hard maple(about 3") that was cut this fall and put it on top. It took a while, but it cooled down so the inside wasn't glowing red. Nice the way the Pacific Energy stoves baffle system is set up so it can heat up and expand at a different rate than the rest of the unit.
I’m not sure, it’s this one3F0E55CF-84FB-4792-A659-617E96F4BA2E.jpegYou can see temp gauge on pipe about a foot up. It’s a double wall non insulated pipe there, if gauge gets much above 500 it starts smelling kinda like cat pee, smells hot, lol.
Sure like the stove though, seems very well made and works great, really like the glass in the door.
 
I’m not sure, it’s this oneView attachment 958290You can see temp gauge on pipe about a foot up. It’s a double wall non insulated pipe there, if gauge gets much above 500 it starts smelling kinda like cat pee, smells hot, lol.
Sure like the stove though, seems very well made and works great, really like the glass in the door.
I started running two gauges on mine. As long as they are close to each other I assume all is well. Got to thinking one day if you only had one gauge you would not know if it failed. The safety net was worth the eight bucks. I usually burn between 400 and 600.
 
I’m not sure, it’s this oneView attachment 958290You can see temp gauge on pipe about a foot up. It’s a double wall non insulated pipe there, if gauge gets much above 500 it starts smelling kinda like cat pee, smells hot, lol.
Sure like the stove though, seems very well made and works great, really like the glass in the door.
From what I know the PA line of stoves only come in three sizes; small, medium, and large. Ours is the medium.
We like the window too, although ours has some fancy cast on the glass so you can't see as much of the flame.
I have the gauge on the top left about where the middle of your pan on the left is. Mine will get up to 675 when it's real hot, it was higher last night :surprised3:, when the baffle is glowing red its a bit too hot :yes:. Normal range is 350-650.
 
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