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| Hi Ann Nice chart , I burn mostly maple , red oak , and a mixture of others , but my favorite for maximum output is locust.... burns very hot .. Bob
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| Cedar/juniper are good for getting a fire going but it does not make the coals you need for sustained warmth like hardwoods. I've been logging as is normal for this time of the year for me. I came across a pile of cedars I cut down in 2018 and cut the logs, still real nice inside so I will bring some up to the house. I primarily burn oak and hickory as that is what our forests are here. ~Ann   |
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| Red oak and maple for 95 percent of the time.
With a few others mixed in. |
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| You burn what you have, here it's mostly spruce ,pine , fir, with some poplars, maybe birch and if you burn it wisely, work well. I have access to to the evergreens and poplar from my property, keeping me warm as I type. My BIL was out from Ontario, where they have all those high density hardwoods for an elk hunt and started whining about the quality of what was going into the tent stove. I handed him the axe and told him to find us some oak and maple if he cared so much  Grizz
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| quote: I handed him the axe and told him to find us some oak and maple if he cared so much
A proper solution. The best fire wood is free fire wood. |
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| I wonder what they used for maple, in the chart shown.
Maybe silver maple or some such. Hard maple/sugar maple/rock maple, all the same tree, has more BTU's than beech. |
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| quote: Originally posted by theback40:
I wonder what they used for maple, in the chart shown.
Maybe silver maple or some such. Hard maple/sugar maple/rock maple, all the same tree, has more BTU's than beech.
The list needs to be more specific and complete. I am still amazed it doesn't have hickory on it. I would assume the maple is the soft species? ~Ann |
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| quote: Originally posted by gsganzer:
So does the chart represent BTU's per volume or weight? I've always suspected, with the exception of woods that have a volatile oil such as cedar and eucalyptus, that on a LB/BTU basis, most wood is similar in BTU's.
In a sense, that list almost classifies them by weight. Oak is certainly denser than pine.
Does anyone know?
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