Is this hemlock and how well does it burn

Alright so I think this is hemlock from some info I got in another thread. Anyway I got about 200 ft of these as hedges that I'm taking out. Question is are the bigger trunks worth saving for the stove?

 

Crap forgot to add pic and phone not cooperating. Will post pick later.

 

I'll keep an eye on this, as I have a couple trees that I think are Hemlock back in the woods.

 

it burns, not the best firewood in the world as it is kinda low on the btu charts
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I'd keep it for firewood if they were too big for the chipper.
Just a little bit more dense than white pine.

 

I have a bunch of hemlocks and burned my fair share also. Good wood for starting fires and OK shoulder season wood.
Dries quickly too.

I would take it for sure just to use for the reasons above.

 

their we go got it to load now. Yes I see the poison ivy too, already pulled it off.

 

Yep, that's hemlock. I've never burned it, but it's pretty low in hardness, so it's probably pretty low in terms of BTU bang for your processing bucks.

 

Thanks guys. I figure since it's here at the house and I don't have a big chipper I would use the big stuff in the stove. Any woods better than none. It will have a 3 year wait anyway.

 

It's good campfire wood because it doesn't burn for long. Big flame. Hot. Quick.
I have a smaller stove so that and pine is good for getting some heat quick in the stove in the morning.
I usually have almost a cord of pine to use in the Winter. I have a hemlock the gypsy moth caterpillars decimated last year. It isn't going to make it. I'll mix it in with the pine. I've got lots of that as I'm losing pines to pine beetles. Always something. Hope they each are one of those waves you only see once in a lifetime.

 

I like it.... i think it's better than tulip poplar. Free btu's, stack em up.

 

Are you sure? Or was I just tryin to figure out what a Henway is?

 

A hen weighs about 5 pounds.

 

I had 1 year stacked hemlock last winter in large splits that I saved for my shop stove. It burned much poorer than my 1 year stacked white pine - slow to catch and burn + had a strong unpleasant smell. I have another pallet but will give it two full years before I try it again. Cheers!

 

we have an abundance of Doug Fir, Hemlock, Pine, Western Red cedar here and readily available for free pick up on craigslist . I usually pass on the Hemlock, just dont like the way it burns or the heat output, so i concentrate on the Doug Fir or any hardwoods that become available. But with that said if if was all i had available to me i would go for it. If nothing else use it for kindling

 

them some pretty small hemlocks, I would not even bother with them. We grow them BIG out here

 

They were grown as a privacy hedge here at the house, that's the only reason I even considered keeping them. Probably just put them in the early season oh crap the house is cold need a quick heat pile.

 

Killed by the Wooly Adelgid. That's what the white furry things are on it.

 

Usually the leaves fall off when they are dead.