So my son-in-laws father was over for a load of wood today, I was in the field helping with harvest so I told him what stacks were what over the phone. He was after some Cherry & Ash, I told him there was some Shagbark Hickory in a certain pile he was welcome to take some, he replied that he had heard bad things about hickory creosoting up your chimney & he didn’t want to burn it. I just chuckled & said ok. Any of you seasoned burners ever heard of hickory goobering up your chimneys ?
I used to get killer tar like buildup when I would burn hickory with six months or less on it. But at least it was a nice smelling buildup.
Actually I've heard no matter what kind of wood you burn you will get creosote. Of course those type of burners don't heat with wood very long.
Probably due to the fact that people aren’t willing to wait the long seasoning time that hickory needs than anything else!
That’s very kind of you but I won’t have a problem disposing of Hickory that has been c/s/s/ for 2 years.
Burning any underseasoned wood will cause creosote build up. Hickory takes multiple years to dry so folks burning it after only a year will give it a "bad" reputation. Some people are amazed when i tell them pine is fine to burn. "Has too much creosote" is a common reply! I have a stack of hickory that was S/S Spring of 2020 and its going this Winter.
I've actually got a decent sized Shagbark (27" DBH) that I need to extract. The entire top snapped right off in a storm.
It always amazes me people don't take the time to learn the basics of wood burning before they build fires in their house.
technically it all creates creosote like Backwoods Savage stated Comes down to the end user on how much it soots.
Couple years ago I had an entire seasons worth of shagbark hickory, bout 6 cords. I got none of this creosote you speak of. That stuff is dense and burns hotter than hades.
