So having 12 of these taken down on our property around the house all about 60ft tall. Tree company is takin the brush tops and leaving 8ft logs. Figuring 7ish sections per tree leaves me with 70 logs give or take. I know its not the best of woods, but we have a small house (2013 build super efficient) that holds heat with a small wood stove. Burning wood 24/7 isn't practical with the stove size and this year using birch oak combo pretty much roasts us out of the house in 4 hrs even at 20 below. Thinking this stuff should work pretty darn good to keep us pretty warm and from what I hear easy to saw n split. Thoughts?
I really like the stuff as shoulder wood. Easy to process, dries fast and burns hot. So much so that it’ll burn down coal beds when they start getting deep, like pine does. So… you can still roast yourself out of the house burning aspen- I’ve done it myself. If you’re trying to have a fire but not get the house up to 90 degrees, a smaller fire with less wood might be the way to go. You can do it with aspen, but you’ll be reloading more often. You might have an easier time keeping the house at comfortable temperatures with a smaller oak fire. I wouldn’t hesitate to pile up plenty of aspen for firewood though. It’s still decent stuff IMO.
Burn it. No, it won't compete with oak and won't hold a long fire but you still get heat from it. Around here it dries fast.
Its firewood. It’ll burn. It’s free and easy access. You can always throw a split or two of oak in to keep a few few coals for restarts.
Thoughts? I think your bagel looks lonely. Nice place to relax. Turntable, eh? Nice. The stove will dry out any wood in those speakers.
Couple seasons ago I processed 6 cords of poplar and gave it to my parents. It will definitely heat your home but it doesn't last long in the firebox. Ends up being little return on the investment but if it's what you have, use it. Very easy to cut/split/handle.
Hey guys! Thanks! It's a Quadrafire Yosemite. The speakers are sitting behind the stove and I am sure they are drying nicely, never seen a surface temp on them above 80 though. I normally throw 3 or 4 small oak/birch splits in the firebox and it will heat for a good 6 hours if temp is around outside is around 10. If its 35 and above, really can't burn. Natural gas furnace only runs once maybe twice an hour in those conditions. It's a nice load of wood and between inside and campfires seems silly not to use it. Maybe I should get a catalytic stove so I can lower temps a bit more
Yeah, it's on your property...cut split and burn. Although, I wouldn't expect that many logs from each tree. Tree services love to send good firewood through the chipper.
I have a few dozen Big tooth Aspens and I burn a fair amount. It makes great wood to start a fire, also works great to burn down coals in the AM for some quick heat. My EPA stove loves it.. also great campfire wood, burns like gasoline. When they get big like yours, they often can break in half during a wood storm and they uproot pretty easy.. I wouldn’t like those big Aspen that close to my house or garage. Just a matter of time… I would take all of them down that might hit your structures.
I burn lots of it also, cause it’s one of the species that I have and I can’t see letting it go to waste. Don’t be surprised if the poplar that size doesn’t have some punk in it, especially the bottom third of the tree. When they start getting that big around here you’ll see a lot of it. and I agree with Fanatical1, I wouldn’t want them that close to the house either.
With what you described, your house being efficient and easy to heat, I can’t think of a better wood to start a fire and have it burn out on you pretty fast so you don’t roast ourself out. Your going to have a boat load of it from what I see.. It heavy and full of water when green, dries quick to almost balsa like wood in 6 months and splits easy too. If you ever need to kill some others (that won’t hit anything) drill a 1/2” hole with a cordless drill on a downward angle into the sapwood maybe 5” deep and fill it with straight undiluted roundup (glysulphate sp?) and it will kill the tree. I’ve been culling the few I have… Here’s one of my Aspen stacks along with my guard…
Depends on their job. Occasionally, I get some 4" diameter stuff but I don't get much under 8" in diameter. Have also known people who were having trees cut down, told them they wanted all usable firewood and they chipped anything under 10" diameter.
