Just grabbed this at the dump. Was a yard tree(s) taken down yesterday. Wife and granddaughter went along, and I doubt it took much more than 30 minutes to get what we did. They were loading as fast as I could cut. Only real reason I grabbed it is because of the cool bark. Gonna try making some Swedish candles out of some of it. So what is it & is it any good for more than shoulder season and candles???
Not to often. Any thing worth getting gets snapped up in a couple days. I do check almost daily but probably only a couple really small scores since I joined here. This was by far the biggest score out there. I seen this one headed out and the bark was so unusual I had to try it. I figured it was a birch of some sort, never had any before.
Cool! Always fun to score a new wood youve never had before...or in my case its a nightmare to hand split then you wish you never took it!
Birch, the bark that you see pealing makes a good fire starter, burns almost like a flammable plastic.
Top BTU are high, it’s good wood. Split it now and keep it protected from the rain and snow. Birch has a tendency to rot very very fast if it is wet. It does dry out on the faster side.
100% river birch. Scored some last year. Only took half a truck load. Wish i took more. Dries very fast and burns hot. I use it for outdoor fires because i heard the pitch in the bark can foul up stovepipes.
Yep, birch, get it split right away and stack bark up other wise it will be a pile mush inside a sleeve of bark by fall.
