Poplar - for wood stove?

Hi guys,
I have 4 18"-20" poplars that I need to drop by the road that are leaning on me. I don't burn much other than campfires and helping others with thier stock piles.

My neighbor has a wood stove for supplemental heat. He is a young guy with a young family and I would like to give him the wood. Lots of wood in those trees!

My question is - is poplar good for heat and the chimney? I don't want to give him troubles. He is fairly new to wood heating.
Thanks for any insight. Brian

 

Any wood will burn. Seasoning it is a must but if cut and split and stacked it will be ready in one year. I would take it if easy and straight. There is not much BTUs in poplar but there is BTUs in it. Poplar will keep you warm in all but the coldest months of the year. If you were my neighbor I would be all over it.

 

Great shoulder season wood. Splits easy and dries quick. One of my favorite for the cool damp days at the cottage.

 

Hey, a neighbor to the north! Poplar is just fine for heating, but like any other wood it needs to be cut, split and stacked so it can dry and burn cleanly.

 

If it's free it will burn fine if it's cut and free it will burn better. If it's cut split and free it will be great. Excellent would be all the above and delivered.

Have your neighbor join here. He can learn a lot here

 

Wow - that was quick! Thanks for the insight and help.

Cut and delivered (100 yards) I can handle. Splitting - well I am afraid he is on his own. Lol

 

I burn it. I find it burns hot but not very long. I mix it in with oak, cherry, etc. As long as u follow the above mentioned advice, you'll have a happy neighbor.

 

as other have said it will burn and keep you warm in the shoulder seasons, but it falls pretty far down the list on the wood btu charts

does he already have a wood supply stacked on his property?
I know in my situation I have passed on free poplar a few times as i would rather stack another higher btu type wood in the space it takes on my small lot, I am at the point where I can be somewhat of a wood snob, if i am going to take the time to split and stack it and give up valuable stacking realestate it has to produce somewhat decent heat
on the other hand if he (or I) were in need of wood and it was right next door i would be all over it

 

He has a decent stack of wood and a lot of room for all he can get.

Is there a list of woods showing the btu contents of the different types?

 

http://chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm

 

Thanks!

 

Poplar sure does light nice, and while it doesn't last as long as other woods, it could allow your neighbor to save his good stuff for the colder months.

I burn it, and would take it if you were my neighbor.

 

A lot of people don't properly season their wood, and it will smolder and produce a lot of smoke. Poplar smoke is not one of the more pleasant ones, so I hope for your sake he seasons it! Tell him about us, we'll give him a learnin'!

Welcome to the club! You should stick around too!

 

Ive got some well seasoned aspen (poplar) thats been heating my barn for 2 winters. It burns quick heats fast and its clean very little ash.

 

Good read. Thanks for sharing and the welcome!

 

I think any free wood is good wood! Would I pay money, or work my tail off for poplar- no- but if there were trees that were easy to cut up- sure!

 

Keep on posting here and we will have a stove in your house Birdog and you will want to keep that wood!