Curious to know if anyone has any experience burning Russian Olive. Have an opportunity to get quite a bit in the 8” to 16” range. Wondering how it burns, what kind of heat it produces, how it splits, etc. Any info greatly appreciated.
At first I was confused since my understanding was that it's a shrub. Apparently there is the autumn olive shrub I'm familiar with in my area, but also a closely related small tree called Russian olive. https://nifa.wildapricot.org/Resources/Documents/Invasives/autumn-and-russian-olive.pdf
Ask MagCraft, it burns well. It's a hardwood and splits very nicely (which is surprising looking at it). Out here in WY, we take advantage of any we can find. When I'm at the dump, I take any straight sections I can find.
I may cut a small load just to see how it behaves in a few years. I’d think it would be better better than cedar or pine for heat, and I have some of that in the stacks. Can’t hurt to try it I guess.
Cuts good, splits good, dry time is decent. It burns very good but stinks like a bad cigar so I burnt it at night.
Agreed. It burns very well. Puts out good heat, but smells like an old stogie. I burn a little bit of it from time to time.
