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On sweetgum...

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Dolphus Raymond, Jan 17, 2022.

  1. Dolphus Raymond

    Dolphus Raymond

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    It makes a decent firewood but it stinks. Burns well but that smell.
     
  2. Chud

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    Note taken. In addition to being ridiculous to split, it smells like a funky crack.
     
  3. billb3

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    Front or back ?
     
  4. Va Homesteader

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    taint
     
  5. Eckie

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    I didn't know that's what Skynyrd was singing about....
     
  6. PatrickNY

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    Sweetgum Alabama?
     
  7. The Wood Wolverine

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    I'll have to take y'alls word for it. It's one of 2 that I snob off.
     
  8. Eckie

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    Almost, but not quite...Ooooh That Smell!
     
  9. Dangit Karl

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    Down here in the swamp it's about all I have to cut. There is some that I believe is maple and some small pin oaks but for the most part it's Sweet gum. I don't find it that bad to split with a hydraulic splitter. Actually it's not splitting it's more ripping. I make sure to keep a container under the splitter to catch all the fibers that rip away. It makes very good kindling. I get so much of that I gives big bags of it to friends to start there fires. Oh and you get used to the smell.
     
  10. Backwoods Savage

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    Thankful we don't have it here.
     
  11. Eckie

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    What??!! No sweetgum??!! :eek: o_O :bug:

    I thought sweetgums were everywhere...
    I'm sure someone here could send you a few seedlings if you would like! :handshake:
    :rofl: :lol:
     
  12. Dangit Karl

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    Sounds like a good idea to me. Everyone should have a little bit of sweetgum in their life just to keep things real.
     
  13. Backwoods Savage

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    Oh, I think we'll get by without them. :rofl: :lol:
     
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  14. jrider

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    The smell has always been the least of my concern when it comes to gum.
     
  15. Chauncey

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    We've got a bunch of it in our neighborhood. Those seed balls are a giant pain in the azz when I'm out walking the dog.
    Always wondered if it'd be worth harvesting should one come down in a storm. I might think twice if my piles are high enough...