I love having it around to get some good heat while burning down hardwood coals if it's really cold & the stove's having trouble keeping up. Works well for SS too, just remember you're processing about twice as much wood for the same amount of heat, I can understand why a lot of people don't bother with it if they've got access to hardwood.
There is more there, I'm planning on getting more. I don't remember exactly but I thought I heard people say that pine can clog the chimney with cresote or cause chimney fires. Is that because it's not dried long enough or burns so hot? I don't plan to use this until next year or later. I'll probably mix it in in the spring and fall or use it to relight.
Lots of people say it. Any green wood will put out creosote. Dry pine is as clean as any other. It is a myth that pine is bad for your chimney. Best explanation I've ever heard is that people would cut their firewood and not pay attention to differences in drying times. Half way through the burning season having burned what was still essentially green hardwood they would throw in pine that was cut at the same time as the hardwood. The pine was by then dry. You can imagine the result of the first good hot fire in an open fireplace that has been filled with smoldering oak for the last 3 months.
As long as your not short on stacking room or time to get the wood - I'd say get it all. Can never hurt to have extra. Pine will not clog your chimney if dry, just like any other wood. Creosote is formed when moisture in the undried wood condenses with unburnt wood gases. Pine having resins will burn prior to being fully seasoned, and like noted by bert above burns hotter than the underseasoned hardwoods most folks burn - this is where the myth comes from Get the moisture content below 20% and burn away
That totally makes sense! And would in fact make people think that it is pine causing the trouble when in fact it was the hard wood more than anything
And pine will get below 20% much faster than most other types of wood! One advantage to getting it, especially if you're short of dry wood.
Sorry to hijack this thread, I don't think this is white pine, honestly don't know what it is (different trees, maybe some kind of pine and/or spruce). It's just that it's a sappy mess! I ruined a shirt and a pair of shorts cutting and loading it. The good thing is that it's about 150yds down the street, already limbed into logs and just sitting there waiting to be picked up. I took this load yesterday, there are about 15 more 10'rs there (around 4 more truckloads). I'm so torn on what to do. Do I pick up more of this stuff?
Yes! The clothes aren't ruined, they are just transformed into wood cutting clothes. Wear them when it is dry and dusty out and the dust will combine with the sap and it will stop being sticky. The sap and stain will remain essentially forever but the stickiness will be gone. Once the wood dries it won't be sticky any more.
Get it! Get some second hand shirts and pants and just throw them away if your worried about it. Free easy close wood is never not worth it! Especially 4 loads!
, Now you know you won't get out of it that easy. Even an easy winter in Maine is a cold long winter. Farmer's almanac says another winter like the last one. YUK.
I got my wish Larry. Our forecast is looking up for the next few days......until it gets changed tomorrow.
