Bl Is Some Scary Stuff

BLACK LOCUST, it is just stupid heavy. i started moving this winters wood into the barn. i have not put the meter to it yet but this is the first year i will have a substantial ammount of solid black locust that has been c/s/s and top covered for over 2 years. noticably more dense than the oak that was processed about the same time. previosly i was burning only BL that had partially started to rot. this years stack is almost half BL, almost half oak, and a bit of soft maple to round things out.
something to look forward to: next year i start on the wood where i had pre-marked the logs before cutting rounds so they will all be 20" +/-.5" much less frustrating. i may have to trim some of this years wood as we go. spent too much time with the chop saw last winter.

 

You won't be short of muscles by the end of the winter either

 

Sounds like a great mix! I'm bummed that up until the year before I started burning my father in law had access to quite a bit of BL but that land was all cleared and now it's just corn...
I get a little hop hornbeam to mix I. With the cherry and red maple but just enough to burn on those -10 deg nights

 

no problems lighting in my boiler
i wish this video didnt upload so crappily, but

 

Heavy it is heavy it stays, the Yellow Locust seems to dry a little lighter the black seems to have the densest grain to it and keeps more of its weight. Burnt my share of it in the past and went through a few chains clearing out and old fence row of locust trees at the old farm before it sold. It will learn you how to use a file gooder too ! You got yourself some good btu's there CR

 

Yes sir Locust Post loves his locust.....great stuff, like burning coal the way it stays in a nice red clump

 

I love BL burned quite a bit last year especially on those really cold nights and it heats the house nice. Had some friends over and they were like how hot do u keep the thermostat on I said 64 but they said it says 75 I said go down stairs and when they seen the stove they said that heats your entire house, it sure does they went an got a pellet stove because he's too lazy to split and stack wood lmaooo

 

Yellow locust is black locust......two types where im from...black locust and honey locust...BL is yellow when split..honey locust is more of a salmon colored....

 

lovin' black locust here too, I got big rounds on top my stacks, use 'em to hold the tarps down, and if sittin' around on a real friggin' cold day wonderin' what to throw in the stove for the night, that's exactly what I go for, them big old bl rounds.....

 

Last winters mix was about 1/4 oak and 3/4 BL for the coldest months. That formula worked really well for each load - 1 to 3 mix of oak to BL, to get the reluctant BL starting to burn. The locust either needed a serious coal bed or an easier starting split mixed in to ignite it. Once rolling though, it's awesome.

 

here is my boy tending the fire while dad is moving splits into the barn

 

what do you do to move heat upstairs? i got a coworker with a stove in the finished basement of his ranch. he struggles the get upstairs past 60* while downstairs is 80+.

 

I just love BL... took a small one down a couple years ago and used it for last winters overnight wood. Put a couple pieces of ash in the bottom to get her going and then load to the gills with BL. In the morning I would still have enough coals left that I could open the air and get the stovetop back to 500 for another hour before the morning reload. Never could manage that on oak&maple.

 

I did a couple cords of it this summer. Probably have a couple more standing dead out in the woods too. Won't be burning it for a couple years yet. Can't wait!