Little wood whole lot of work. 80 year old fellow in Church belonged to this project and asked if I could help. I said sure. Two days later in my yard and the rest is history. Enjoy the pics because it did happen.
Not usually much wood in those. Brittle trees that break easily. Weird splitting too. More or less chips rather than splits. Good on you for helping him out.
Yeah, you don't get much firewood out of one of those. Guy down the road had two cut down in his font yard when branches started snapping off. Planted two more to replace them.
Bradford pears can get big here. I burn alot of it. Good hard wood. Good in smoker to. The fruits are nasty. Not recommended to eat
Tree service dropped about a cord and a half off here last spring. I didn’t know what it was. Folks on here helped me ID it. Thanks Hoarders. I burned a little bit this winter and I like it. Smells amazing when you cut it and when you burn it. Burns hot. Buzzsaw Brad is right about it not splitting well. Seems like it doesn’t really have any grain to the wood…just randomly pops apart on the splitter. I will take all I can get though. Makes some pretty amazing ribs too!
So not to derail this thread but since it is about Bradford Pear trees. When they bloom do they smell like urine ? My daughter says she has some in her yard & when they bloom they really smell of urine.
No longer allowed to be sold here after 2028. Growers can no longer acquire new stock as of this year sometime but are all0wed to sell what they've got. It's also used as root stock and I am guessing that will be banned now as well.
We have a very large Bradford right behind our house. Only thing that has kept it from being cut down is it shades our back great room (glass doors and windows on 3 sides) from the afternoon sun. It has recently started snapping off a good many limbs with some of the wind and rain this summer and now the time has come to take er down! We like to burn it in the woodstove but it is more of a shoulder season or get the fire going wood. I’ve not smoked with it yet but will plan to as there’s going to be a good amount of firewood but still a small portion of the entire tree as there’s a disproportionate amount of small branches on it.
Great hard dense wood but brittle and don't drop leafs until deep into fall/winter so they get heavy when snow on then
Bradford Pears... how can something so pretty while in bloom smell so bad? Another issue is they seem to be susceptible to fungus in their leaves and codominant stems that can lead to breakage. Aside from these problems they do well in my area. In more than 20 years working for a tree service I rarely did any pruning or removals of Bradford Pears despite them being everywhere. Most breakage from weather, snow and wind, affected Willows and Elms to a far greater extent. They also grow to a certain size that makes them suitable for urban landscapes and do not have an aggressive root system that would create issues. I'm a little torn on the hate this tree receives compared to other species that I have worked on that I can't stand. I am well aware of the common theme in regard to these trees such as this link, Say No to the Bradford Pear Tree - Premier Tree Solutions. But I can think of at least 10 other trees that are worse that I'd never want in my yard.
