There is a member here with the screen name of branch burner; or something like that. I have been burning branches. When the Bradford Pear went down at my sister's house, they cut up a lot of the branches. I normally don't bother with the small stuff too much because I see it as a lot of work for little return. However, they brought all those branches here and I have been enjoying some nice heat from them. Bradford Pear is pretty good at heat; although it doesn’t split all that well; tending to "chip out" unless the round is pretty good in size.
I got a ton of branch wood from Midwinter this fall. Mostly in the 3-4" width range. I burned it all in the shoulder season, and it was great. I'm going to make it a point to get a bunch of the oak branches just outside my back yard and split them for next fall.
I often burn stuff down to about 1 inch. Some of that goes through the chipper instead, but a 2 inch branch will almost always go in the stove. Yes, more work than the big stuff, but if I cut up a tree, it is going to end up as either fire or chips.
If it’s as least as big around as my wrist, I’ll cut it up and throw it on the wood pile. The smaller stuff goes in the fire pit outside.
Nothing wrong with the limbs, I cut them down to 3” or so and burn them. They do take awhile to dry out tho on most species I cut. Once there’s a bed of coals I can load the stove and get a nice burn, or just mix with splits either way
I have to throw them in more often but since I work from home, not that big of a deal. House is a toasty 80 F at the moment.
Depending on the time I have available I'll process down to 1". Mostly I stop @ the 2" mark. I have resorted to raiding brush piles to extend the burn season.
It's definitely an effort vs reward sort of thing. While scrounging, I will tend not to bother with the small crap like that and stick to large pieces. In the yards, the small stuff will go into the pit but rarely and on occasion, into the Englanders.
Chaz are you building a ski resort? Is that one in the distance? I learned to ski at Cockaigne eons ago in college and was saddened when the lodge burnt and the place shut down. Maybe someone is making a go of it I've no clue. Good times.
Not really, but now that you mention it. That is the gas pipeline that cuts across the property. They are planning to install an additional pipe alongside the original one. If NY state finally gets out of the way. We've been paid for access rights, timber value for all the trees affected/dropped. Plus.. get to keep the timber once dropped.
I'm more of a zip-line kinda guy. Tried skiing once when young, started doing a split, fell on my arse and called it an experience. I don't ice skate either.
