box elder by the river

wont last long in owb, but was nice way to work off some Christmas cookies

 

I've never burned Box Elder, but have a ton of it around my Dad's property...I was planning to just use it for campfires and whatnot; any reason to season it for stove use?

 

It burns about the same as silver maple IMHO. I burn a lot of it.............seasons in less than 1 year. Some of it can be difficult to split though.

 

I've burned a fair share of Box Elder in my OWB good for the shoulder season. Nice Load should be enough for a few days.

 

Yep like MightyWhitey pointed out burns a lot like silver maple because it is a part of the Maple family if I am not mistaken.

 

Yep, it's a maple, seasons fast, and when seasoned, burns like paper. I've used it in the shoulder season and to get some harder to start woods burning. It works well for both.

 

I have a couple cords at the inlaws farm that we took out of a pasture. Burns OK, good enough for shoulder season. Sucks to split! Not as bad as elm, but still no fun.

I won't interntionally go after box elder, but if it needs to be removed, or is easy pickings, or dead standinging I will take it and split it when everything else done.

 

I was taught in school that another name for Boxelder is " Ash Leafed Maple"

 

Couldn't have said it better myself. X2

 

It will also rot fast if not cut, split and stacked off the ground and top covered.

The red color inside makes it good for wood turners.