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I had to Investigate

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by buZZsaw BRAD, Oct 9, 2024.

  1. buZZsaw BRAD

    buZZsaw BRAD

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    Drove by this en route to my delivery this morning. Had to stop on the way back to check it out. All dead spruce. I lifted a couple rounds and they were on the light side. Not for me. Sorry PNW guys! IMG_6251.JPG
     
  2. Eric Wanderweg

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    That would be a hard pass for me too. I STILL have spruce from 2020 that hasn't been burned yet. Maybe this February-March during maple season.
     
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    Just not dry enough or you cant access the stack to burn it?
     
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    Can only burn so much pine/spruce in one season. I started with 2 holzhausens of the stuff and am down to half of one left, thankfully.
     
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    No more chip drop pine for you huh?

    Although I cant get over how fast EWP dries. I grabbed a couple rounds from the dump last month. Turned them into kindling and left them boxed next to the furnace. Seems pretty light and dry.
     
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    I'd take it. Part of me wants to work through a pile of pine and make enough kindling for a decade.
     
  7. Eric Wanderweg

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    I may do another chipdrop next year (specifying NO pine!) Non-knotty pine does make nice kindling
     
  8. MikeInMa

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    All those knots. Geesh

    I'd pass on it.
     
  9. The Wood Wolverine

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    Yep, I’ve had stuff like that the 28 ton couldn’t cut thru.
     
  11. Dunmyer mowing llc

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    I burn a lot of pine here in indiana.
    I'm a scavenger I only turn down rotten wood.
    Would be a hard score for me to pass up
     
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    Heck if I was just drivin by and had the time I would take it. Iffn I didnt use it in the house stove it would make good beer drinking farpit fodder. I never look a gift horse in the mouth.
     
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