I also got a maple syrup customer for my pine yesterday when i delivered to my buddy. He said the guy next door hes partners with and they use pine to boil their syrup.
Wish I was closer Woodwhore , I’d come get a pickup load of pine from you but 100 miles is a bit far.
In the book, "Norwegian Wood," I recall the author stating that split wood will last for many, many years, I don't recall how many but it was a lot, like, 10-20 years. I don't know if they meant hardwood, soft, both or what. When I read that, I thought of the member here who has mega cord count stored in a barn and it's been in there for many years and he said it's still good.
Great info. I have all the pine across from me. If i had room and time i might consider it, and its a pain to split which is a big factor with me. Tried to convince my friend where i store wood to take some but he said no. Id cut and bring to him. He would SS. I was surprised as he is rather open minded too.
Grain of salt, much different climate here, we let ours sit a year or so after being bucked, then split it, it doesn't just split, it literally makes a CRACK sound when WWW swings his maul.
Maybe you should invest in a pump. Of course firewood deteriorates. The slow deterioration of wood and plant fiber is a natural process. If it wasn't dead standing trees would be millions of years old. There would be no fossil fuels. There would be no peat moss. We wouldn't have to use pressure treated wood for longevity nor would we be painting houses. Firewood isn't some magical mystical blessed by God material exempt from the circular circle of life.
Point well taken. I have several large 8" x 8" beams that we salvaged from a 100 year old barn. Solid as a rock! Keep the wood dry and depending on the species it will probably be around longer than we will. Leave it standing dead or out in the weather and everything changes. Just my 2c.
I do not believe the person who wrote the article knows how to stack wood for the long haul. I burn a lot of pine and hardwoods both and I have exceeded the time limit he mentions and my wood burns great with very little creosote.
I don't think anyone argued that firewood can't go bad. Just that properly stored, it should last way longer than the article states. After all, the wood framing inside my house seems to be fine, even after 60+ years.
Yes, or otherwise our antique tables and chairs and dressers would fall apart on us. I wonder what they meant by deteriorate?
This is true Chaz, but of course framing materials exist in a space that firewood never would occupy- unless truly hoarded... in a wall cavity.
What is amazing to me is that anyone has to write anything trying to convince people that pine is safe and good to burn. We don't have new technology to make it burn. There is no secret sauce. There has never been anything wrong with pine. Somewhere, somehow, someone said it was dangerous and half the world closed their eyes, turned off their brains, and believed a moron. It is patently obvious to anyone willing to simply observe reality that dried pine burns perfectly well and leaves no particular residue. Why some people would rather believe something they heard to the evidence right in front of them I do not understand.
Nice. The ol'timers down here in the south used pine to boil off the sugar cane juice making syrup too.
