I have a pile of black locust split fence posts that I had bought 15 years ago and never used. The post have been stacked log cabin style since I bought them. I am thinking about bringing them up and cut them for firewood.
I have burnt more cords of black locust than I could even guess......just about like a stove full of deep mine coal. Good stuff for sure and I have in fact burnt some old locust posts as well.
This year is going to be my first. Had a buddy buy a house that had some standing dead leaning over the yard. Can't wait till it gets cold this winter to see what all the hype is.
Indeed, a great idea, get 'em cut up and throw 'em in the fire. I did the same with some locust post that were buried for at least 50 years, burned real nice!
Great wood, burns hot and burns for a long time! I suggest saving it for the cold nights as it is prime stuff!
I never burned any either, but ready to see for myself what I have been hearing about for a while... Let us know what you think of it when your trying it out! I have only a couple black Locust trees on my property and had a small one fall a year or so ago. I'm going to have to wait another couple years to see what it's like. The top half of this stack is black locust, bottom half is white oak.
Burned a full cord of locust a few years ago and a face cord last month. Very nice heat! But if the posts are in good shape, they will bring some nice money at a farm sale!!!
Send me a load of the fence posts and I will do a trial burn for you. Hate to have you burn this if it isn't just right
Grandson wants to make some money. I will have to beat down the briars, or have him do it, and bring them up here for cutting. My grandson is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but landed a job with a tree trimming firm about 2 months ago. I was pleasantly surprised at his saw skills. I spoke to my son-in-law, who had worked for the same firm, and he said, "They are high on safety." 2 months ago I wouldn't have trusted my grandson to operate a chainsaw. It would of been an accident looking for a place to happen. Today he did a great job on the falling and cutting up the trees we downed. I will have to point him to the stack and let him cut them up for me. Maybe I should of bought more posts 15 years ago.
Wish I could get some more of it! I love it for the extended burns just set a couple pieces of lesser wood in with it to get it going then let 'er rip
I get to burn a fair amount as it is pretty common around here. I mostly get it from power line tree trimming left on the side of the road. When I do score some, it is a very good day indeed.
I have about three cords of it sitting in my yard, been there going on three years now, I haven't decided whether to make fence posts out of it or burn it. I get a small amount of locust every year or two, there's a few trees on my property but the wood is very common and I can often scrounge it from friends in the construction business (land clearing). The stuff will last forever, even in ground contact, so it's much better to use it for a construction purpose if it's at all straight and long enough. I wish I had enough to build a deck from it. I don't have any overwhelming urge to use it as firewood, I have a lot of others to choose from, including hickory, white oak, hop hornbeam, sugar maple, black birch and beech. All of which are right up there in BTU content.
Marshel54 welcome and I trust you are convinced now? Its the chit for real...I'm a wood snob, blessed with an abundance of virtually every indigenous hardwood in my locale and along with shagbark, I think I could melt my Woodstock with it if I tried. I can be burning ash/red oak/maple and throw on a couple splits of black locust and you can feel the temp rise to the tune of like 5 degrees in 20 min or so...enjoy the burn brotha!
