I got that look today when I was pulling this out of the dumpster. my coworker asked if I was having a bonfire. Nope it’s going in the wood stove. you know that’s hemlock right? yep.
Was at the neighbors a little while ago. He heats primarily with wood. Buys log loads and processes them. There are a couple large pine logs sitting at the edge of his processing area from a horse pasture clearing. I asked him if he was going to burn them? Are you kidding I’ll let them rot was his reply.
If you burn pine...as i've heard, you will have an instant chimney fire. Aslo, yes you will most likely freeze instantly, regardless of ambient temperature. So I have been told.
Yes, the chimney fire burns the house down, so you have no shelter, and the foundation savers come and spray water on everything, so then you are homeless wet and freezing...all because of that evil pine!
Lived in Wyoming and Western South Dakota for a number of years and burned 99% Pine....no problems or issues. Of course it was dry and thats about all there is to burn out there!!
I work with a guy that starts cutting his wood just before the geese head south but is adamant that pine will burn your house to the ground. Some people have to be told their opinions and never figure it out for themselves.
I actually seek out a little pine every year. In addition to being great shoulder wood, I frequently will throw some in the stove to help burn down some of the coal that has accumulated, especially when burning ash. I notice that my ash tends to coal up quite a bit. Not sure why. It is over two years CSS and top covered. I have a neighbor that thins out a few of his dead pine trees every year. He typically even hauls the cut logs down to my place. All I need to do is to cut and split. Can't beat that!
Years back i was with the majority's thinking until i tried burning some myself and became a member here and have learned otherwise. Having access to a lot of hardwoods i normally wont take softwoods. Maybe an occasional cedar for milling or kindling.
cutting and splitting pine takes the same amount of effort on my part as a hardwood , having many acres to cut from I prefer to choose a wood with more b t u's . I do burn pine and other not so great woods as kindling.
