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It must hurt to be ignorant.....

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by LordOfTheFlies, Nov 23, 2020.

  1. oldspark

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    Have no idea what you are talking about.
     
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  2. oldspark

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  3. Firewood Bandit

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    Give the guy with the ad a break. He is giving something away for FREE.

    The right to bitch goes away at that point.
     
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  4. oldspark

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    Give that man a gold star. :thumbs:
     
  5. LordOfTheFlies

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    Whether it's free or not doesn't matter - he is still spreading misinformation.

    Let me put it this way - would you have a problem with what he said if he was charging $50 for that load?
     
  6. oldspark

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    Good point, just give it away and dont say any thing but its FREE!
     
  7. Biddleman

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    Spaceballs!! Great movie.
    "We ain't found sh**!"
     
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  8. Sinngetreu

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    As a counter point, I would say that maybe the guy thought it would be better to be safe than sorry? It could be worse, he could have railroad ties and tell people that its safe in a stove.

    Either way, this is a good example of why you need to do your own homework.
     
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  9. oldspark

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    What, you guys dont burn railroad ties? :D
     
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  10. LordOfTheFlies

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    I love that scene ...... Afro pick, combing the desert.... Awesome movie...but I think maybe "History of the World" was even better!

    My guess is that people burn pine/spruce before seasoning properly because the pitch lights right up....but that just goes to fire burning 101......burn wood that is dry and seasoned and don't burn wet wood!
     
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    So, I have always been under the assumption - learned by others with misinformation - that pine is not good to burn indoors, mostly due to creosote build up. Granted, there is so much hardwood here in Northern Wisconsin, we have the ability to avoid burning pine, although it is all I use for kindling. I never thought to actually research or make my own determination because there is so much hardwood locally it really wasn't a need to go and burn the much lower BTU softwood of pine.

    So, from what I am inferring in this thread is that really, pine being burned indoors is really not bad at all. Just make sure that it is seasoned/dried appropriately and move forward business as usual. Am I correct? This is good to know because I have a lot of it that I could cut up.

    The one issue I have found with burning pine in a fire pit is when it is dry, it gets really snappy, shooting flaming shards of wood at the people sitting around the camp fire. But it does get nice and hot!
     
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    My crazy uncle always thought this was fun around the camp fire. :hair: :coldone:

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  13. Sinngetreu

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    I burn pine when I get a chance. Its nice to have it mixed in with other hard woods. I also use fatwood (sap infused pine) for starter at times.
    I typically won't go straight pine in my stove, but I don't know that there is anything wrong with that if you do. I always just have pine for the short and hot burn and hard wood for the sustained burn.
     
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    Bingo!
     
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  15. Chud

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    That is my limited experience with pine. A piece with too much rosin turning it a jet engine. I have access to better wood, so I don’t consider Pine as a heat source. I could bury 5 acres in Va Pine logs.
     
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    I don't, but my neighbor did! I was never so happy as when I heard that he was taking his OWB out...I heard it was so creosoted up inside that it barely worked anymore...darn. :whistle:
    I'm about 1000' north of him, so it was not uncommon for that stench to blow my way.
     
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    For some, ignorant is little more than a pejorative, and they wallow in it.
    Most of the time it is a metric that can be embraced to fuel a thirst for knowledge.