free wood

wish i was closer....southern maryland is a little far to haul. if its free, its for me.....thats my motto. if you have the time and the space to store, start with the oak and work my way out to the cottonwood.

cass

Cottonwood would work for shoulder season. Not real desirable but it's BTUs.
There are times to be a "wood snob", but 200 feet from home is not one of them LOL
Being that close, get while the getting is good
Very nice score !

Id be a good neighbor and clean it all from his yard.

Nothing wrong with that cottonwood. In fact, it will be ready to burn a lot sooner than the maple or osage orange. Is the maple soft maple or hard maple? If it is soft maple, that also will dry super fast. If it is hard maple, then give it a year for sure.

It's close, it's free, so go get it! Cottonwood is not a great burning wood, not to mention it stinks, but it'll work ok for shoulder season. The oak will take a couple years to season AFTER you C/S/S it, the osage orange is a great wood as is the maple. I'd say its a WIN-WIN situation.......your neighbor wants rid of it, you can use it to burn....

I'd take any wood that was 200 feet from my property line.

Not sure how cottonwood compares to poplar . . . but I have to say I've burned poplar in my EPA stove and have been impressed with how it has burned . . . certainly not on par with ash, cherry, maple, elm, etc., but it wasn't like I was having to reload every hour either. A fine wood for the shoulder season in my opinion . . . when you want to save your good stuff for when it is bad out.

Jake, you will generally find that cottonwood will burn a bit hotter but they are similar.

I have burned a lot of cottonwood. When splitting green wood it's heavy and sap actually pours out during splitting. When seasoned it"s light as a feather (well maybe not that light, but you get my drift). Burns fast and makes great early fall late spring burning.

My wife's always crabs poplar when she is watching the stove. The reason being that is light and burns easy.

Vincent said:

My wife's always crabs poplar when she is watching the stove. The reason being that is light and burns easy.

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Sorry to hear, you should take your wife to the doctor before you get em too

BigV said:

I have burned a lot of cottonwood. When splitting green wood it's heavy and sap actually pours out during splitting. When seasoned it"s light as a feather (well maybe not that light, but you get my drift). Burns fast and makes great early fall late spring burning.

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And it also can make some decent 1" lumber.

Vincent said:

My wife's always crabs poplar when she is watching the stove. The reason being that is light and burns easy.

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Good reason for proof reading before posting...