Someone dumped fence pieces in the retention pond at my office. I pulled it out, cut it, and tossed a few pieces in the stove. Burned for hours for little pieces, coaled heavily, and threw intense heat. This can't be softwood. Any thoughts? It has an orange color to it...which made me guess osage orange???
NOT hedge looks to be pine of some sort. Hedge is a yellow on a fresh cut and a dark orange when dry on the ends.
Looks like landscape timbers to me, just like papadave said. 4 bucks at lowes, on sale occasionally for 1.97. Good for stacking wood, not so much for burning.
Burning treated wood is allegeged to be very very bad. The ash is nasty along with breathing in the smoke. Please look into it and decide for yourself if you want to burn it.
I know that others have warned against burning, but when you throw a piece in, it's a superheated charge. I have no wood smell when I burn anyway. Can't say I'm not polluting the air.
I'm a neurobiologist, the neurotoxic effects of the chemicals in treated wood are well documented, look it up for yourself. Don't burn treated wood, you are in fact releasing the toxins and they do not burn up in the fire. Not trying to be preachy, arrogant or toot my own horn.
Polluting is bad enough but as I understand it, the smoke from burning this is said to be poisonous. We are warned to not even burn them in a brush pile. Burn if you must but I'd pass.
Conifers aren't all soft and insubstantial. Some of the species categorized as "Southern Yellow Pine" and used for a lot of treated wood are about the same density as ash or mulberry. (Also, the pitch adds extra kick.)
Notice that each piece has been flattened on top and bottom. This is typical of landscape timbers and gives away the identify of this stuff. As others have pointed out, it shouldn't be burn because it creates toxic by products when burnt.
