Hey buZZsaw BRAD . This past March a friend of mine from work and her husband cut down what I believe to have been a very large, healthy, old, American Chestnut tree in their yard. I wish they hadn't done that, as they are rare. They were tired of raking up all the spiky nut coverings. AFTER they cut it down they offered it to me for the firewood. I wasn't about to say no. The wood is very dense and heavy. I have three pics. Two from last March and one of the split wood in a stack. It was rainy this morning here so the wood may be a little darker in color than when dry.
Well, ok then... A load of limbs to be processed Miz Carol has one ready on the jig Getting it stacked in the shed Bigger rounds to be split The cutoffs to go in a bin...good smoking chunks Still have this load to sort out. This one does have 1 oak tree mixed in.
Buckeye, a.k.a. horse chestnut. Not the greatest in the BTU department but it will burn and make some heat.
I posted this thread a year ago. The wood was cut and left by Asplundh. No leaves or branches to be seen. The logs were "tangled" with Eastern white pine, hence the needles. See Chud's post above.
It's really light once dry. It doesn't smell that great either when burned. Even totally dry, it's smelly.
