cbr929rr
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An area i have to clear has several locust trees and some people say it is pure garbage and will never burn. Should I pass on these trees?
An area i have to clear has several locust trees and some people say it is pure garbage and will never burn. Should I pass on these trees?
Awesome wood. Burns very hot and leaves good coals. Try to cut it while its live. If it lays dead, the longer it is down the closer it gets to cutting like concrete. I cut some down limbs over the weekend and went through a chain and a half on less than a tank of gas. A good 8 ft. truck load though.
I still have some scars from particularly nasty thorn punctures.
the longer it is down the closer it gets to cutting like concrete
The stuff leaves way too much ash for my liking
In my book, locust is the gold standard for firewood. 'burns hot, coals well, and is easy to start back up in the morning. I have found that it creates less ash than the red oak I burn, but the ashes are "fluffier", so I have to open the stove door very slowly to keep them from coming back out.
I just finished up burning half a cord of locust that a friend had (cut too long for his stove). Even the wife noticed how the fires were burning longer when she was home during the day.
I've got my eye on a land clearing job going on right now where they're piling up several cords of logs along the curb. I'm hoping they intend to give it away once I have a chance to talk to them.
They are mistaken or trying to put one over on you. It is one of the best woods you could get to burn.An area i have to clear has several locust trees and some people say it is pure garbage and will never burn. Should I pass on these trees?
Locust... creates too much ash ???? I think you are thinking of some other type of wood, or your wood is not seasoned properly. Locust burns hot and coals up cherry red. Tough to find anything that is better burning. Might be a bit sparky though if you're in an open burn.
An area i have to clear has several locust trees and some people say it is pure garbage and will never burn. Should I pass on these trees?
Nope, it is Black Locust, cut it myself, and 2 years seasoned. I'm just lazy when it comes to dumping out the ash. And I agree with everybody that it does burn for quite a while, longest out of the wood I have. If I can make some money off the stuff, I'll sell it, and let somebody else burn the Black Gold, and I will have a fat wallet for a while, that is until my old lady wants some new curtains...
PM me when you get into a mess of Locust, I'll help you cut and split for my portion!
Stop hanging out with stupid people. You will learn that there are people in this world that are completely incapable of burning wood properly.
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