Speaking of Maple

What kind of maple?

Post of couple of pictures and you will know in short order.

ggans said:

Ok here's my score, can you guys ID the wood? I can take more photos if need be..

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Silver maple.

Heavy now will get lighter when it drys. Get it in a good breezy sunny spot and split now and it should be ready to burn this season. I burned 4 or so cords the last couple of years and used it all season mixed with longer burning wood , just depends on when you can fill the box.

Look up red maple as it is very similar.

On the weight, yes, it is heavy with all that sap and you will be amazed at how light it can get. I have some soft maple that is 6 or 7 years old and some that I split small is really super light. Those I like to make into kindling.

Oh, and don't worry that it is not the highest on the btu scale. Methinks people worry too much about this. You can even read lots of posts and find that people who have never burned one particular type of wood try it and find that it really isn't so bad. There are still lots of btu's in that wood and if you notice anything it will be that it just doesn't hold the fire quite as long as oak or something similar. What about all these folks who heat with only pine? What do you think North of 60 would be like if he got hold of some of that maple you have? I'd bet he'd be dancing. So don't worry, it is good firewood.

ggans said:

When you say low BTU's how low compared to what? I can't find it listed in a BTU chart..

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its 20 mbtu per cord I will take it!

Get it split now and you probably can use it by January. Once split it seems to dry pretty fast. If you can wait a year, then so much the better but if not, then it will give you heat this coming winter. Good luck.

ggans, that makes me very curious. Why do you not want to split it now?

I have around 3 cords of silver maple that was cut in July of last year, I had it split and stacked shortly after that. I split a piece yesterday just for kicks and it's still 30% in the middle! I was shocked it was still so high after hearing everyone say how fast it drys. I think it may be due to the time of year it was cut.

ggans said:

Backwoods Savage said:

ggans, that makes me very curious. Why do you not want to split it now?

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I knew someone would ask, because I have an old coal burner with a big "fire Bowl" it likes big chunks of wood, splits don't work as well..

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WOW! Thats Cool.

ggans, that is beautiful! You can just stand the wood vertically in those.

btw, in the big logs like that they will take a bit longer to dry. However, you don't have to be super dry with that stove. If you remember, please let us know next winter how the wood burns in that stove. Good luck.

That's beautiful, I came across an old stove like that last month in a barn outside of Vegas.
Not the same as yours but close in style.

ggans said:

Did you buy it?

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Nope, I was only admiring it.