It has been at the dump about a year. I got some and hand split. MC is still 35%. Tree trunk... huge... over 3 feet. How's it burn when dry? It split great actually. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
What does "burns like paper" mean, you mean it just burns fast or what? For mild nights and firepit, that would be alright. I am intrigued by that huge log over 3ft diameter still at the dump, lol. Something to do with my Stihl 362 and the 25 inch bar I am buying.
Burns fast. I pass on willow, sycamore and usually tulip poplar because I have better options. You have to put in about the same amount of time processing it as you do quality firewood. If you have limited options do what you have to do to fill your stacks.
I’ve learned that it does split Much easier after sitting a year bucked up. Burns fine once it’s dry. Not very high on BTUs. Makes lots of fluffy ash.
Usually difficult to split and, when dry, burns very fast. Sycamore contains so much moisture when green it sinks in water, even the saw chips sink. If it's all you have then then it's all you have so take it. I have plenty of wood so I wouldn't walk across the street for it.
The only sycamore around where I live is from yard trees that were planted. I have only burned it one time. It was kind of stringy when splitting but I have a hydraulic splitter so that wasn’t an issue. It dried fairly quickly and I thought it burned just fine with plenty of heat. I was happy with it. Lasted about middle of the road. It did produce a lot of ash though. I think a lot of times where trees grow affects their btu value and charts on the Internet aren’t always accurate. For example, a quaking aspen tree that grew high in the Rocky Mountains may not be the same as one that grew near a populated area near sea level on the east coast. I think sometimes a tree’s environment influences it’s burn-ability as much as or significantly as much as species.
Too hard to handsplit. Lower btu wood. On my "do not take" list. Cool looking bark though. This was a few houses down from me and i didnt take any of it.
I cut and carry sycamore home when downed. It has burned hot when dry which is an advantage in my furnace to satisfy the 1000 cfm blower. Burning hot for me means keeping the blower engaged on a cold winters morning (walnut has never kept my blower spinning and so described as a slow burning). I like to cut and store a mix of wood and sycamore is a good choice for my mix. Today I am blending red oak, hackberry, and white ash with great results. If you prefer to burn only your favorite wood, then you may not like sycamore. If you enjoy burning a blend like we do, then sycamore has no significant issues based on the downed wood I have burned (it does dry which can be an issue for oak, it burns hot enough for my blower...).
