Eastern White Pine vs Red Pine

I started burning Pine this season, mainly Eastern White Pine. I know Red Pine is higher in BTU’s and a “better” Pine for burning. I’m hoping to score some this year. It’s not as common as Eastern White, but it’s definitely around. I’m looking to see what others have noted as real world differences between the two. Burn qualities, processing, drying time, coaling, etc.

 

I’ve been on the lookout for some Red too. Mostly White around here, Hemlock and plenty of Spruce. I’ve seen the Reds in a couple parks around town and deep in the woods but nothing on the ground yet. Nice looking trees, almost look like they belong out west.

 

I would like to get some pitch pine.. High resin content must make it like burning fat-wood.

 

Around here I've got a ton of Austrian Pine & hate the stuff. Doesn't dry well & rots in about 10 minutes if it's on the ground or even standing dead. I'll take EWP over that stuff any day. I really don't mind Spruce either other than the pitch.

 

We've got Pinon 24.7btu and Ponderosa 14.8btu in my area. I would burn them if they didn't cause chimney fires and cause global warming.....

 

Austrian pine really sucks, I tried cutting some once. I'm fortunate enough to have access to lodgepole pine which is king of the chimney fire starting pine world.

 

EWP definitely has more sap in my experience. Red also seems to split better by hand. I burned alot of spruce earlier this year and its great aside from splitting.

 

Iv burned alot of pine indoors both red and white. They both dry quick but i think red burns longer and might not turn to ash as quick as white. I would take red over white. I also cut all the knobs off red cuz their is way more fatwood in red than white

 

I’ve burned both red and white pine as those are the majority of trees on my property. Red seems to burn longer and takes longer to season. White seems to season fast and burn as fast as I can load it. Both are great for getting fires going or just to take the chill off.

I had a balsam fir and white spruce come down in a windstorm in late 2019 but didn’t get around to splitting them until March of 2020, so the verdict is still out on those. That’s fall of 2021 wood.

I have a couple more red pines that are dead/nearly dead that have to come down this spring. Too close to the house for my felling skills so I’ll have them dropped. While I wouldn’t go out of my way to haul it home, I can’t say no when they’re dropped 100’ from the stacks and splitting area.