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willie:
I agree Springbuck, there looked like some deadstanding firewood possibilities in that peek a boo pic. I think he is trolling us.
mullet:
I’m the same way when it comes to burning or throwing out Osage. I don’t need to burn it to heat the house but I hate to waste any of it. I save the smallest pieces knowing I can make something with it
Marc St Louis:
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--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on January 18, 2018, 12:31:55 pm ---I have second thoughts about cutting up a tree for firewood. I took down a 12" Sugar Maple this morning and started cutting it up into stove lengths. As I was looking at it I had second thoughts. The first 6' was pipe straight with no branches. It was a tough decision but I need firewood more than I need staves right now
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But what about the rest of us, Marc? Thinking only of yourself? ;D ;) I mean I live in Utah and wrestle bows out of scrubby, lumpy elm saplings stolen from vacant lots, spliced at the handle with scotch tape. A straight 6' trunk of hard maple would make me cry for joy.
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OK but then your not here to help me take it out of the bush :D
--- Quote from: willie on January 28, 2018, 11:38:49 pm ---I agree Springbuck, there looked like some deadstanding firewood possibilities in that peek a boo pic. I think he is trolling us.
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I think there is a standing dead Balsam Fir in that pic. If I had to start burning Balsam on a cold day I would have to sit in front of the wood-stove and feed it all day long (=)
BowEd:
The hardness is an aspect I forgot to consider as to what type of wood is best for firewood in your area.Trouble is most times the more dense the better the bow wood too.Getting firewood here is just a part of life and helps keep a person in shape yet.Seems if there is a will there is a way.
I think I've only been caught once in 38 years with not enough firewood cut and split but still managed.This year I'm helping a young couple with 2 children who moved here who own a resteraunt business in that dilema for their house.Not enough firewood.They bought an old Amish built house in the country.I found large dead oak and maple limbs laying on the ground not that long in a pasture to get them by this year.They are from a warmer climate[California] and really did'nt know exactly how to run their own wood stove too which wasted a lot of wood.
gfugal:
Why not just burn poor bow wood such as pine, most other evergreens, aspen, poppler, and willow? I guess it depends on where you live, so maybe you don't have those trees to burn. In which case I say you are lucky. I'm with springbuck here in Utah. Most the trees we're surrounded with are either unavailable or crap trees.
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