huntingdog that was a good story on the new type stove, What did you have before that? Sounds like the outfit you have know wood cut your wood way down ? I have a moma bear. woody stover sounds like you have got it right !! and like everybody gained more wood smarts. All green wood people to me are like people that might forget and leave the hot water running and the lights on while they were gone on a week hunting trip lol Keep building them stacks.
I'd imagine everyone was burning marginal wood in the beginning - if like me originally having an open fireplace my first winter in this house I'd go out and cut a dead standing oak bust it with the maul and bring it up on the porch. Shoot some times I'd have 6-8 splits standing on end in the fire box to help get it dried out before throwing on fire, but I was burning propane with the sweet gas starter this open hearth had installed in it. I wouldn't get any creosote though as the open hearth has so much extra air volume(really just sucking heat out of the house) The first year with the Clydesdale I struggled with marginal wood, worked to get ahead and now can comfortably c/s/s my replacement wood in 4-5days - burned a bit extra this past cold winter so I'm upping my wood preps to 4cord/year. really kicked myself for getting into some oak for next year this past winter, it's offset with plenty of extra shoulder wood seasoned an extra year.
It was years ago, and cant find quote. But while trying to Google, did find a reasonably helpful chart. With the exception that they say red oak is hard to split, which makes me wonder.... Likely it has been posted on the forum somewhere before, so delete if so. http://mb-soft.com/juca/print/firewood.html See ya, Greg
For sure. Once I saw that soft maple is not easy to split, that fully convinced me whoever made the chart knows nothing about wood. I expect the rest is about the same but won't bother looking when they make those mistakes.
Not exactly sure of its botanical classification,only cut a small amount.Do know its in between Silver Maple & Sugar Maple far as density/hardness/heat value goes.
