End grain pictures could help. Kinda looks like pine to me with that flaky bark and white inside. I'm not the best by any means so I'd wait for a few more to chime in first.
Thanks for the replies. I didn't think it was pine since it wasn't sappy and I wasn't getting any sap on my gloves when I was splitting it.
My first thought too based on the bark. But we don't have that kind of white pine around here. We just have the yellow sappy stuff.
It's beetle killed/or dead standing pine - that's why there is limited sap See the blue streaks in the outer sap wood. textbook been standing dead for a while The little white dots on the bark may be sap may be wood chips hard to tell from the picture
it's dead standing pine. Could be white pine that grew in an open area thus the twisted grain. Don't fret over BTU charts stack and store it for a few-6months -it's great shoulder season wood won't get you long burns but will heat the stove up quick and provide you with fall/late-winter assurance that the stove can provide supplemental heat
If I have it I'll use two splits in the front of a full load to help get the stt up quickly. Also helps getting more dense woods going when not so many coals are left for a reload.
you have hit the nail on the head why a bit of softwoods in a stack are not a "bad" thing great for when you're trying to get ahead on marginally seasoned hardwood - mix some in and get the stove up to temp great for a marginal bed of hot coals on relight -lights off quick and gets the stove warmed up Don't be a woodsnob
Thanks for the replies fellas. I've got no worries with it being pine. I'll use it for shoulder season or mix a piece in here and there during the winter.
