Back out to Winchester today. An old granite foundation... The tramp house in Richmond NH... Did I mention that you cross a covered bridge to get to Dave's property? Today's load... Next weekend I'll try and hit this, only open in the afternoon.
You might never see that right cross flyin at ye! Midwinter those are great pictures! Howmany cords you hauled back home sofar? Mmmmh beer! Looks like WeldrDave bought a piece of heaven.
It is a beautiful spot, in a beautiful part of NH. Here's what I've got so far... Pretty soon I'll have to start stacking in this spot. The black locust pile could and should be moved to the back yard, so that will free up space as well.
I got about 40 boards of 4 ft by 9 inches scrap wood from hipster part of the Brooklyn. It is an entertainment place of some sort of darting that uses a lot of soft wood boards. The store manager said they are all pine but he doesn’t know what types. I may get more from them in the future for free. Can you tell what types of pines are there from the grain? Or can you spot any other types of wood? I intend to use them along with Black Locust to make Black Locust get going.I have a limited storage space so to use it as the most efficient as possible, almost 80% of my stash is Black Locust. I didn’t mix Black locust with any softwood before. And I am not sure if it is a good idea. I usually mixed BL with oak last year which was our first burning year. BL and oak mix lasted long and I think a good combination for overnight burn. But sometimes we felt that we need an immediate burst of heat so I am thinking BL-pine (soft) board mix would work and eliminate excessive coaling issue that we observed BL-oak mix during the day.Am I thinking right?
I have a lot of black locust as well, and I have been thinking of mixing it with poplar. I think your pine/ BL combo should work well, as long as you don't overdo it with the pine. I'm sure you will watch it carefully until you know what works best.
chemiee by lookin at those board douglas pine comes to my mind... just a guess. Mixing Pine or Spruce with any hardwood works just great.
that 2nd stamp means spruce pine fir ,the color says spruce to me which is typical for framing lumber in the northeast
When I look at spruce BTU there are two types Sitka Spruce with BTU of 21.7 and Black Spruce with BTU of 15.9. Which spruce is it you think? http://worldforestindustries.com/forest-biofuel/firewood/firewood-btu-ratings/
i would say black,it is native to the northeast,sitka would not be common in ny it is a western tree ,i suppose a few boards could end up here somehow when a person moved or something but it's not common
Technically, these two stacks were from two different car hoards, but just a few of those red oak chunks were from a different load. I just bucked the cedar into 16 or less length rounds from log form. A few came out shorter, but I figure the splits will make great fire starters even this season. The bark is already starting to fall off in spots.
