Pretty much only have red oak, red (swamp) maple and (eastern white) pine to choose from. I tend to save the red oak for real cold weather. (have more white oak than red oak this year but that's not common) Every now and then I'll get a poplar/aspen of some sort, black cherry, hemlock, yellow birch, beech. There are a few other species around of course but I've never cut, split, stacked, burned any.
Ash, oak, beech and sycamore are very popular here. We also have a few different conifers which are easier to scrounge, because just like over the pond, there’s lots of old wives tales about not burning softwood.
I'm surprised at the number of people who have Elm stacked after all the comments I've read about it being difficult to split. Perhaps its just 1 or 2 varieties?
When my lower back gets better, I would consider a 1/2 way meet up between us and offload a 6.5’ truck bed full from mine to yours... remember, I’m just up the road a piece, in Wiffle, VA.
I have a bunch of Sycamore on my place, no way i would use it to burn (it does make beautiful wood when quarter sawn). Mine dont split, they just shred to pieces lol. For me its red oak and sugar maple. I have a little pignut hickory, black cherry, white ash, walnut, and red maple and white oak in my stacks too,
Mulberry Oak Locust Hickory I put mulberry above oak because in my experience it's better in every way. Oaks just much easier to get around here.
Thank you that is a very kind offer. Is there a wood you want in exchange? My buddy tells there is a farm in low gap or fancy gap that is loaded with monster Shagbark.
Varies each year This year, black cherry, ash, black locust and oak (mostly white). Like The Wood Wolverine said, we live in an area with an abudance of species and great area to be a burner and a hoarder.
Not much hardwood variety here in the PNW. Was surprised to see apple on one of the responses. I’m assuming this just be in orchard country. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Doug Fir, Madrone , fruitwoods and some times Maple or Western Ash. Our Big Leaf Maple is not even as good as Fir though. There is a lot of what they call Gambel Oak, a type of White Oak that grows larger than normal around here. It makes great firewood but requires a long seasoning time so I avoid it because I don't have the room for slow curing wood!
This year it will be Beech, Ash, Maple & More Maple..... All depends on the rotation of the stacks year over year.
I was listening to a radio program today about a cabinet maker who couldn't get maple wood to make cabinets.He was asked where does the Maple come from and he thought it came from Oregon and Washington but you folks say Maple is hard to come by.Was that cabinet maker wrong about Maple coming from your area for lumber ?
I end up with the limb wood for my freestanding wood stove. The bigger pieces go in to Dads and brothers boilers. If we can lift em and get em in the boilers they dont even get split. If they are needing split the Bobcat skidsteer has a big splitter on the front and it will split anything. Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk
Around here, oak (red/white/black) is the most abundant. Hickory is prized for burning and aroma. Locust. Sugar Maple. Bonus types are Ash, and Hedge (hedge being the highest btu's). But it's not as abundant for me.
