Who wants to split this ?

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HDRock

Minister of Fire
Oct 25, 2012
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Grand Blanc, Mi
Wow, Who wants to try n split this willow ;lol It's free

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Willow to boot. Might be nice for a wood turner, burl heaven!
 
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Well, how about felling then bucking this tree. Then you still have to figure out how to split it.

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Cut willow once many years ago. Never again.....if that's all there was and I didn't have back up heat I'd set up a couple kerosene heaters before I would burn that stuff.
 
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Years ago a friend cut down a willow. I took two truckloads of the stuff. That gave new meaning to waste of time.
 
What's the deal with willow?

I take everything I find, no matter how ugly.

Does it really smell that bad inside a sealed stove?
It's pretty low on the BTU CHART HERE
I here It's hard to split and smells bad , never had any myself
 
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Willow stinks when burned, splits like crap, & makes less BTUs than cardboard. Next question. A C
 
What's the deal with willow?

I take everything I find, no matter how ugly.

Does it really smell that bad inside a sealed stove?
Your neighbors will start a class action lawsuit.
 
Honestly . . . I'd give it a try . . . with my hydraulic splitter . . . and I would not expect nice, neat splits . . . but rather mangly looking splits that would be put on the camp fire/fire pit wood pile.
 
I have burned willow, and didn't notice any offensive smell, but of course I can't smell the fire when it is in my stove. I guess if I go outside and far enough downwind I can smell it, but I didn't do that. My only objection to willow is that it is very light and doesn't burn for long. I save it for campfires, but if I had to I'd burn it in the stove.
 
What's the deal with willow?

I take everything I find, no matter how ugly.

Does it really smell that bad inside a sealed stove?


I got a rack body truck load of the stuff and it is horrible to split. Someone told it smell like cat piss when burning and that is exactly what it smells like. DISGUSTING!
 
I hate cutting willow, I hate splitting willow, and I hate burning willow......
That said, I have a HUGE willow tree to do for a guy in a couple of weeks.....anyone want the wood? Oh, and I'll have a sweaty, rank pair of jeans and a nasty azz T-shirt to go with it, because the way that stuff smells when cutting, I'll be shedding my clothes on the spot before I crawl in my truck.....YUCK!

I've got a guy up the road who will actually give me gas money to haul that chit to his house. He uses it in his outdoor burner, and I am MORE than sure his neighbors hate his guts for it!!
 
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Drop it off here. My neighbors deserve it. ::-)
 
A guy i work with calls willow "Piss Willow". I have no experience with it myself.
 
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