Same here. Red Oak and Black Birch. I do have some Ash I’m about to get into that I ccs’d awhile back. I’ve kind of “given up” on BL. The only scrounges I got for it were in NorthHampton which is an hour away. First one was with you. I enjoyed popping my Black Locust cherry, but ultimately it’s just not worth the time, gas or effort imo.
Agreed. My “midlife crisis” is over. I’ll eat chicken and like it LOL I consider Ash to be the other white meat tho
Red oak for sure around here. It’ll most likely be all I cut this fall. I’ll burn some ash and maple this winter but the new wood looks to be all oak.
I must say I have been a huge fan of Ash. I find it to burn hot, fairly long time, and the best and ironic part, doesn't leave a lot of ashes
Not a lot to choose from here. We can only get hedge, black locust, hickory, white/red oak, beech, sugar maple, red elm, ash, cherry, and walnut.
By far the most common firewood that I get and use here in the PNW is Doug Fir. Next is Madrone and occasionally Soft Maple, Cherry and Locust, in that order. There is Oak available now and then but I don't normally get it because it takes too long to cure and my stacking space is limited.
I know the feeling! You, my friend, could fit twelve sardines in a can sized for ten. A feat of FHC stacking perfection!
The best firewood that grows where I live. Gambel Oak Rocky Mountain Juniper Douglas Fir Lodgepole Pine
Red Oak has it because of Willow, Southern, Northern, Black, Scarlet, Nuttall, Shumard, Pin White Oaks are everywhere with occasional patches of Chestnut. Hickories are everywhere, but dead, dying, or storm damaged are less frequent than the oaks. Cherry and Red Maple are everywhere, but I have not been collecting them as much as oak, or hickory. Can’t get it all. I wish Polar was better because there’s tall straight giants everywhere.
. Mostly dead standing Siberian elm around here. Occasionally get some honey locust, red oak, red maple, and mulberry. Pretty satisfied with the elm, though. Puts out plenty of heat, usually splits fairly easily on the hydraulics, and will hold coals enough for a relight for 24 hours in my no-30. In my opinion it is under rated in the btu charts, I can’t tell much difference between it and the oak or mulberry, other than it coals much better than either.
My only firewood options are pretty much oak, swamp(red) maple and eastern white pine. Feast/famine on the oak so I tend to save it for overnight fires in really cold weather. Having lots of oak sure is nice.
Same here! Ash burns hot enough for me in all but the coldest nights, splits like a dream, and is light to pick up. I’d burn it exclusively if I could but it’s getting harder to find.
good to know. We got a large ash score this spring, and another one just came about. I've never burned it other than a few pieces here and there.
Red Oak, Pin Oak, and a small amount of Water Oak are the go-to firewood around my area of East Texas. I stopped burning native American Elm's growing around here. They are nicknamed "pizz elms" by the locals due to the sickening smell of urine when they are burning in your fireplace. Not good!!! Last years Red Oak:
I live in firewood nirvana.. If I really wanted to I could cut 100 cord of hedge next month and still have a lifetime to go. I now pass on hedge because my boiler won't stay lit because it has too many BTUs.
