As everyone knows I have a lot of white pine from a massive score. I never burnt it before and my question is do you burn it just like any other wood or is there a certain technique. I guess what I'm getting at is can I put 5-6 splits in just like I do with other wood get it ripping then choke it down to a nice secondary or should you avoid choking pine down? I know it burns fast so I would imagine if you didn't try to slow it down some it would burn as fast as cardboard. I hope you guys understand what I'm trying to ask with this question I just want to be safe. With 12-13 cord of this stuff for free I'm gonna be burning quite a bit. I can probably start next year with a lot of it as it will have 15 months dry time on it.
Pine doesn't coal up much at all, so no extended heat. Best use is first fire of the day or on a mild day. I find weak secondaries as well, so I end up running it less choked than normal. Short burn times but still heats the joint.
My stoves both take a slightly lower air setting to burn pine. I would only half load the stove the first time or two to get a feel for it. A whole bunch of small splits can be a bit of a rage. I recommend a half load because if you have a leaky stove and have been only marginally controlling the air, pine will really take off if it has the air to do so. Flames shooting out the chimney cap might frighten the neighbors. <----ha-ha, only kidding ( mostly ) Other than that the fuel just disappears quick compared to oak or even red maple. If you are used to reloading the stove every six hours it'll be more like three. If you let it go 6 out of habit you're gonna find a rather cold stove. LOL -been there, done that.
I like pine and poplar for mid day fires and quick heat. i quite often mix it in with high BTU wood just to keep the coal bed going. i tend to split pine larger than other higher BTU wood so it lasts longer
As others mentioned it will burn quicker so more frequent stove loading. With the amount you have,TurboDiesel has the best idea of leaving the splits larger for a longer burn time. You should be somewhat of an expert on pine burning after 13 cords!
Yup, not much of a coal bed left but not alot of ash either, not much at all. I burn it like any other wood, cuttin off air to control the burn, definitely burns fast. Ill get 3-4 hours give or take on a semi full stove with reg size splits. I like it, i just got a couple of free grapple loads of dead standing. ill be burnin it nxt year for sure moisture meter reads 16 - 20 0/0 after splits are inside for a little.
Never had anything but lodgepole pine. That pine is same as what they said above, burns fast, stoking it every few hours, and no coals, as mentioned above catch it before the last few embers burn to ash or you'll have to light a new fire. Coals? -At first when I joined here I thought I'd been doing something wrong all these years since we've never had them Yes, choked the air down as soon as the fire took off lit. Seasons faster than hardwood. From what I've seen here seems we have more mickey mouse constantly reloading but seasoning is easier opposed to hardwoods take more effort to get seasoned but have so many advantages when burning. Both keep us hoarders warm, and congrats on the massive score
seems like a lot, but when its free and easy...it's all good. ive actually found also, when its really cold out and i need a lot of heat without coals left behind to burn up slow, the pine works good. of course, i can only do that three days per week when im off work
Having some pine handy also comes in handy say for example you like to load the stove for overnight at 10PM but it is 7 or 8PM now and it's way too early to load up. Burn some pine. It will be mostly gone at 10PM plus your stove will have been pumping out some heat and maybe even burning down an excess of coals. Win-win. You'll find when you have a stash of it to use up many ways to use it.
I'll pretty much agree with all the above. I don't really hesitate to put several splits in the stove, but keep a closer eye on it to adjust air and reload. I mostly use it during SS, but only because I have hardwoods for colder weather. Burn on!
My Woodstock IS can get a good 8 hour burn on it.. But lower temps over that time Stove top 300 ish.. As compared to sugar maple ends at 300 mid 650 with bed of coals 6 inches deep if that helps..
Not sure what I can add to this conversation regarding the difference between pine and hardwoods. I have never burnt a hardwood! I burn a little tamarack and douglas fir, but they are softwoods as well. I wouldn't know what to do with oak or ash.
I'd echo all of the above. Good for an in between fire in small quantities, great for burning down coals, and if you have a big cat stove it's great to turn down and cruise without baking you out of the house. Excersize caution loading dry pine - it will take off FAST in a hot stove with a good coal bed. Not to scare you away from it, just be ready to turn down faster than normal.
Only if you handle it while it is still sticky. For eastern white pine I either let a log dry up before cutting into rounds or cut into rounds and let sit on the ground where they fell or handle them carefully and stack them to let them dry for about two-three months before splitting. It dries pretty fast so losing some time in rounds isn't such a big deal. Where I usually get some sap on gloves with a green tree is handling the branches as one can avoid the ends you just cut but the branches usually shatter when a tree falls and every broken bit can/will bleed. I don't wear a favorite pair of gloves handling branches. Nor handle anything else with those sticky gloves.
Yup its alot, i have a guy with an outdoor wood burner giving me $40 a load its a 1 mile trip, each load takes me 50 minutes to buck and deliver. So i figure $40 bucks an hour isnt bad and i love doing it.
