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Battle of the firewoods- American Beech vs Black Birch

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by sirbuildalot, Oct 6, 2020.

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American Beech vs Black Birch

Poll closed Oct 13, 2020.
  1. American Beech

    61.3%
  2. Black Birch

    38.7%
  1. LordOfTheFlies

    LordOfTheFlies

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    I just scrounged a couple of pieces of beech from the local dump.......and holy moly when I tried to split the cutoffs that were like 2" thick I had to swing with all my might. Maybe it's been sitting there a little while, but it didn't look like it. It was very, very tough to split the cutoffs! I've yet to split a round so I will update when I do. The black birch that I got smelled just like root beer to me. I loved it but that was also super impossible to split with the x27. I had to resort to using the splitter.......I was thinking that I would have to use the splitter on the beech as well. Have only burnt a tiny bit of black birch in the firepit, just throwaway pieces....... Smelled nice though.

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  2. brenndatomu

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    I would agree with that...
     
  3. sirbuildalot

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    Just a friendly reminder. Voting in this first battle ends tomorrow morning. If you haven’t voted and want to yas best hurry!!!
     
  4. sirbuildalot

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    We have our first semi-finalist. American Beech will be headed to the next round!!!

    Thanks to all who voted

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