A friend of mine is cutting down a couple of Ironwood trees here in Wisconsin and has offered me some. I have never burned this type of wood before. Anyone have any experiences/thoughts with this type of hardwood for burrning in my stove? Thanks for your help.
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I thought it was also called Beech, (others here may know for sure) makes a good hot fire.
I would never turn down Beech.
Robbie
I would never turn down Beech.
Robbie
Unless you can get Osage Orange (hedge) which is really very uncommon in Wisconsin, Black Locust and Ironwood aka Eastern Hophornbeam are tied for #2 on the btu scale and no thorns to deal with the Ironwood. Definitely take it.
Ironwood is not a beech. Another name is Hornbeam . Btu's are higher than Sugar Maple. Take the wood before someone else takes it.
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Must be "up north" somewhere. Grab all you can. Use something else to get the fire going cause lighting it is like trying to get concrete to burn! Once lit ironwood is great
TAKE IT ALL. And then save that for the very coldest days that you need long burn times. I would take a semi load of that stuff.
Burn-1
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fishercat said:
My grandfather called Ironwood 'blue beech' but it's not a beech, it's a birch relative. Confusingly American Hornbeam and Eastern Hophornbeam are both called Ironwood.
We've always called one tree hornbeam, (with shaggy hickory like bark), and the other ironwood with the rippled, sinewy smooth bark). Both are excellent firewood trees, very dense. It's hard to find them in any great density or large size.
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