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Get rid of your birch firewood immediately

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  1. jo191145

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    I’m familiar with black Birch mostly. Gotta crack that bark to start the drying process. We used to get lots of small saplings off the property. We’d leave them long and cut to length right before winter. Not good, they’ll spit and sizzle even two years later. Black Birch bark is very good at what it’s designed to do. Hold in moisture ;)
     
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  2. blacktail

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    I only have experience with paper birch. If that's what you have it'll be just fine by next fall.
     
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    Ohio dave if you’re having problems with getting the birch dry, split it smaller. Some here use it for mostly kindling while others use it in full splits. Bogy Dave lets it dry for 3 years. In WA state, a good year of it being split and in a good stacked spot with sun and wind, usually it’s taken care of and ready by then.
     
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  4. Ohio dave

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    Not having trouble. It has been down for 2+ yrs just got to splitting it yesterday. As light as it was I thought it would be drier
     
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    Paper birch doesn’t dry well until it’s split.. The bark is more or less water tight. Why Native Americans used it for canoes.
     
  6. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Down for few years? Surprised there was any good wood left? Usually it rots pretty quick.
     
  7. MikeInMa

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    I'm burning some black birch, I put up a few yes ago. The stuff that was wrist sized, I zipped the length of it twice, on opposing sides with my saw. It's nice and dry with no sign of any rot.
     
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  8. Horkn

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    My thoughts exactly.
     
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    Any folks in central Mn that are worried about burning birch and would like some honest test results on it please feel free to PM me for a safe space drop off location. I will report back with real world results after the heating season.
     
  10. FatBoy85

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    Yes usually it rots from the inside out. By then you really would have mostly rot in the pith.
     
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  11. EnglishBob

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    Send all birch to 12180
     
  12. Chaz

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    It is painful, just not to the afflicted party.
    :picard:
     
  13. Marshel54

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    Boy have I been doing it wrong. I need to remove my cap I guess we don't have to have a cap and the rain just washes it down."
    He burns 14 to 16 cords a year and is that much of an idiot. He was hard to take.
    7000* fire. :eek::eek::eek: It wouldn't warp the stove it would melt it down.
     
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  14. Eric VW

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    What a door knob.
     
  15. Marvin

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    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:

    Best comment yet!!
     
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    Was moving some 9 month seasoned wood today and found this birch split mixed in. Good thing i saw this video as i tossed it in the woods!:rofl: :lol: JK! IMG_1525.JPG
     
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    He probably thinks pine is bad too.
     
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