Love the Ironbark

[Matt Hogden]

Love the Shindys

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[L34]

Nice hot wood the old ironbark.

 

[Matt Hogden]

Nice hot wood the old ironbark.

I had a mate from Alabama stay with us here in OZ for a couple of years about 20 years ago. He was blown away by the heat that came off Iron bark. He still talks about it today.

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[AUSSIE1]

Our dense heavy hardwoods really pump the BTU’s that other countries would be in envy of. Im burning Redbox ATM.

 

[motorhead99999]

I have never heard of ironbark. I burn quite a bit of ironwood. Also burns nice and hot

 

[AUSSIE1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironbark

 

[trains]

Sugar Gum is keeping us warm this winter.
Sod to split and handle, but burns hot and clean.

https://www.thegreenyard.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Firewood-Properties1.pdf

 

[Huskybill]

Here in the states it’s hickory, white oak, red oak for cold nights, but any birch species will burn hot, but doesn’t last long to bring the house up to temp. Then the higher btu woods take over, nothing like the warmth of wood. I been burning wood since 1979.

 

[Matt Hogden]

Sugar Gum is keeping us warm this winter.
Sod to split and handle, but burns hot and clean.

https://www.thegreenyard.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Firewood-Properties1.pdf

Wow the Iron bark has 97% of heat/density. No wonder it's as hot as coal lol

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[L34]

Any of you guys burn bluegum?Havn't tried myself.
Or mixing in wattle.Ash is a b$!ch though.
I burn 99% pepmint.

 

[Ando81]

I’ve heard that wattle is a but like redgum, it burns hot but burns quickly. It’s good for kindling as it warms up quickly [emoji1305]

 

[AUSSIE1]

Any of you guys burn bluegum?Havn't tried myself.
Or mixing in wattle.Ash is a b$!ch though.
I burn 99% pepmint.

Yeah i burn mostly peppermint. So available and brilliant to manage. Some stringy, redbox and yellowbox.

Bluegum i hear is very ashy. Makes sense seeing as it grows more in the gullies and wetter spots.

 

[AUSSIE1]

I’ve heard that wattle is a but like redgum, it burns hot but burns quickly. It’s good for kindling as it warms up quickly [emoji1305]

Yeah burning wattle isnt such a bad thing. Like going camping and looking for firewood. Its astounding that most people dont even consider it for the campfire. Hope they dont catch on!

 

[L34]

Don't think we have red or yellow box in Tassie.
White top,brown top and stringy yes.

 

[AUSSIE1]

Don't think we have red or yellow box in Tassie.
White top,brown top and stringy yes.

Its tuff stuff. Burns not only really hot but about twice as long as stringy.

 

[Ando81]

Red box would be my favourite firewood, closely followed by yellow box. They’re both very heavy, dense wood but they both provide fantastic heat [emoji1305]

 

[scallywag]

Any of you guys burn blue gum?

Blue gum burns o.k, not as good as Red gum but better than Manna gum or Candlebark, I'd say it burns as good as Red stringy, it's also easy to split.

 

[L34]

Easy green or dry?
I was led to believe blue here in Tassy was near impossible to split dry.
As I said I have never tried it.

 

[scallywag]

Easy green or dry?
I was led to believe blue here in Tassy was near impossible to split dry.
As I said I have never tried it.

The last Blue gum I cut was dry and about 10" in diameter, also very straight grained... Even though that wood was particularly easy to split I've never come across Blue gum that I'd consider tough to split, perhaps some of the species of Blue gum are different in Tassy?

 

[scallywag]

I've got some Grey Box that's defied a 50 ton splitter.