Pine is for suckas!

[jrider]

Because everyone around here thinks pine will burn your house down, they pay to get rid of it. These 2 loads cost the guy $500. Was 10 miles from home and took just over a tank of gas to finish cutting what wasn't cut. Backed right up to them, cut and loaded

 

[svk]

Good for you. Amazing that people still believing that hogwash with the amount of info on the internet dispelling it.

 

[DoHomerSimpson]

All the old beliefs about pine burning your house down have been well debunked alright.

If you can get pine for free, it's a good option unless you can get suitable hardwoods for free also.

Once felled, the effort and cost involved in processing each cubic foot of pine will be similar to that required to process a hardwood. Yet, you will only get 50% of the heat output from each cubic foot of the pine. So, a lot depends on how much time you have available and how much of a price/value you put on it. Of course, if you can get paid to take it away as well then you're on a winner!

 

[svk]

The only knock on pine is the mess caused by sap when dealing with fresh wood and the bark that falls off everywhere once dry. Otherwise it smells good and most of it splits easy.

 

[DoHomerSimpson]

The only knock on pine is the mess caused by sap when dealing with fresh wood and the bark that falls off everywhere once dry. Otherwise it smells good and most of it splits easy.

Of course the messy bark makes a great firestarter once it's been dried..

 

[jrider]

Much of this will go into the owb along with the bark.

 

[svk]

Of course the messy bark makes a great firestarter once it's been dried..

Yeah but I prefer birch scrap for that. Don't like all of the shale and dust from pine. But I do not pass up pine when it is scroungable.

 

[Dieseldash]

I got pine in the stove right now.

 

[Jakers]

the newer EPA stoves really like softwoods like pine. they still burn a good long time and give off excellent heat without the un-burnt coals building up so bad. i burn a lot of it

 

[jrider]

Some of the older pine he had cut up is heating my house right now.

 

[sirbuildalot]

I'd mix a little pine in with the hardwoods at a time, or use it straight for the warmer shoulder season days.

 

[panolo]

I got about 6 cords sitting up north from the last storm this year. Just got to make the trip to grab it. Most of it is Tamarack which I have never burnt but the old timer that has the property next to my Uncles say it's pretty decent firewood. Said if he didn't have 6 years worth ready to roll he'd of snatched it on me. Also said it was rarer to see stands of tamarack where it wasn't that wet. Never really paid much attention because pines are usually yard trees in my area.

 

[svk]

I got about 6 cords sitting up north from the last storm this year. Just got to make the trip to grab it. Most of it is Tamarack which I have never burnt but the old timer that has the property next to my Uncles say it's pretty decent firewood. Said if he didn't have 6 years worth ready to roll he'd of snatched it on me. Also said it was rarer to see stands of tamarack where it wasn't that wet. Never really paid much attention because pines are usually yard trees in my area.

Tamarack is fantastic. It has a reputation of burning out stoves (such as barrel stoves or those made with low quality metal) but if you have a good stove and do not overfire it works really well. It is my favorite for sauna fires because it provides immediate heat and also burns as long as mid grade hardwoods like maple and birch. I had cut a half cord of oak that I will not be replacing when it is gone as it burns too slow in the sauna so you either need to use something else to get the fire going or plan to let the sauna heat longer.

It normally grows in swamps or bogs so is often hard to get. Loggers will often mix it with hardwood and sell it to OWB users.

Where exactly is up north?

 

[panolo]

Tamarack is fantastic. It has a reputation of burning out stoves (such as barrel stoves or those made with low quality metal) but if you have a good stove and do not overfire it works really well. It is my favorite for sauna fires because it provides immediate heat and also burns as long as mid grade hardwoods like maple and birch. I had cut a half cord of oak that I will not be replacing when it is gone as it burns too slow in the sauna so you either need to use something else to get the fire going or plan to let the sauna heat longer.

It normally grows in swamps or bogs so is often hard to get. Loggers will often mix it with hardwood and sell it to OWB users.

Where exactly is up north?

In between Gheen and Greaney. He owns a few hundred acres up that way. Don't think he would have lost many trees but the couple sections to the west had been logged and I don't think many of those trees had ever seen wind.

 

[svk]

Small world

 

[panolo]

Small world

He lives more towards Buyck/Crane Lake but over the years he flipped some land to acquire more. I think he got this piece when he sold a beautiful 80+ just outside Cotton that ran along the whiteface river. I had a fantastic deer stand that looked down at the river and was nestled in some pines. Probably my favorite place in the world.

 

[svk]

He lives more towards Buyck/Crane Lake but over the years he flipped some land to acquire more. I think he got this piece when he sold a beautiful 80+ just outside Cotton that ran along the whiteface river. I had a fantastic deer stand that looked down at the river and was nestled in some pines. Probably my favorite place in the world.

We used to catfish on the Whiteface just west of Cotton. My FIL's family came from Toivola the next township over.

You can always tell who the tourists are when they ask for directions to Boo-sick.

 

[panolo]

Ain't that the truth! I never fished the river much. His place was east. We didn't venture towards Toivola much except for the few years when there were no deer. Drove around and bs'ed with some locals. Used to love going to Susies sweet shop for breakfast. They used to come out and chuckle when we would kill a couple of the breakfast specials apiece.

He's been in Buyck for awhile now. My cousin moved up about 7-8 years ago and works in Cook at some place that makes hard wood floors or something. Pretty good gig up there. When the VRT was for sale a number of years ago my dad and his biz partner contemplated hard on it but instead partnered up on a ranch in Wyoming. Often wondered if they would have pulled the trigger if I would have ended up living there.

 

[crowbuster]

The only knock on pine is the mess caused by sap when dealing with fresh wood and the bark that falls off everywhere once dry. Otherwise it smells good and most of it splits easy.

and the old saying tougher than a pine knot holds true !

 

[Marine5068]

the newer EPA stoves really like softwoods like pine. they still burn a good long time and give off excellent heat without the un-burnt coals building up so bad. i burn a lot of it

What kind of newer stove do you own?
My Drolet loves longer burns of softwoods too.
I always start the fires with softwood. Pine, Spruce, Fir.