21 lbs split of black locust

God, I love big fireboxes. The damm thing was actually too long for the 30. But, the Defiant swallowed it just fine, along with three other large chunks. Sure, the Defiant is a dirty, temperamental bastard, but it's huge.

Also, I'm awful when it comes to identifying wood, but I'm getting a bit better. Black Locust, when dry, is a very dark brown, right?

 

Figure 7600 BTU per pound of wood
Non resinous wood @ roughly
15% moisture content
About 160000 BTU for that split
Multiply by stove efficiency & you get how many BTUs
Of heat in the house

 

Hmmm, about that black locust being dark brown, mine's not. You might have walnut there, or possibly mulberry. Walnut is really dark brown, mulberry is brown when seasoned, but not as dark as walnut.

 

Easiest way to identify black locust is by its super thick bark if it has any. The wood ought to be more of a yellowish color, especially if you can pull a splinter off and get a peek inside. It is definitely not dark brown.

 

My locust is honey colored and been stacked outside for over a yr. Some may think its pine from a distance

 

It was very orange when it was first split then became a very dark brown as it dried.

 

Orangish could be used? Wasent Osage orange was it? Its hard n heavy. The locust I have has been out for at least 16 months open stacked and sorta top covered. Dark brown is the last description I would give of it?

 

Here's a Hedge pic

 

A lot darker than the pics of the Hedge. Very dark and very heavy.

 

Sounds right. Is Osage really dark when dry?

 

I don't know its such a random and rare tree around here i will probably never cut one for firewood.

 

Black walnut???

 

Hmm.

I'll try to take a few pics later and see what the wood committee thinks.