first ever, ever itsy bitsy scrounge

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fmer55

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two questions......is this pine?(sap and hands and smells like christmas).......and second does pine burn? at least well enough for the summer chimenea?........and i must admit, i had hoped i never looked at wood on the side of the road the way i do after 2 years of burning, i am afraid i have treaded on a slippery slope of tools, cutting and delirium
 

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Nice small score. That is the ones you want! You can process that quickly. Pine is fine but maybe to green for a summer burn, even outdoor fireplace. :-S
 
Yes its Pine and yes will work out doors or for the house.
 
Pine definitely.

Split it small and it'll season really fast. Pieces with bark on it/near bark may be the heaviest for their size - that means they hold the most water. Center pieces may be lighter and ready to burn when split. That's my experience with my local pine.

Feed it enough air, and it'll burn really fast and hot. It's good for any type of burning but a word of warning on outdoor fires - it'll pop and blow fiery chunks up to several feet away. Pine really likes to pop and crackle as sap bubbles explode.
 
By the way, I could probably make that score last me 2-3 days of indoor burning once split. I don't consider that a small score :)
 
Oh fm, you poor soul. Now you are hooked for sure.... You are beyond hope, but do enjoy the nice fire that pine gives you.
 
joefrompa said:
By the way, I could probably make that score last me 2-3 days of indoor burning once split. I don't consider that a small score :)

Perfect starter score, keep going like that regularly and you'll build up a good stack over time :)
 
fm said:
two questions......is this pine?(sap and hands and smells like christmas).......and second does pine burn? at least well enough for the summer chimenea?........and i must admit, i had hoped i never looked at wood on the side of the road the way i do after 2 years of burning, i am afraid i have treaded on a slippery slope of tools, cutting and delirium

fm, you are correct...you *have* treaded on a slippery slope but not anymore!!!

...now your sliding downhill headfirst approaching a free-fall and the speed of sound!!!!
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My wife threw some random 2-3' branches in her trunk back in September. Enough to fill the firebox one time. That was a small score to me :)
 
fm said:
...does pine burn?...

Well, if it didn't, I'd have either frozen to death or gone completely bankrupt by now...but then maybe not, because much of the country west of the Rockies would never have been populated, so maybe I wouldn't live here. %-P Rick
 
a small score by hearth.com standards. but i saw it and just had to have it, then immediately went shopping for a fiskar and some wood shed material....i am not just jumping in feet first, shed has been planned for a while, will post pics once get started, probably on weekend, rain here next couple of days
 
fm, as long as you keep them small they will accumulate in no time at all. Before you know it you'll be splitting 2-3 times a week. Like I said before those little scores are best because you can process them quickly.
 
Way to go.
Is it split yet? Need a pallet under that wood.
Bark is similar to our spruce.
 
It always starts with the small ones. Then before you know it the neighbors are complaining. Welcome to the club.
 
FM, stay to the west, buddy, or else :p


That pine will be very nice in your stove this coming winter. We had 2 cords of whatever pine it is (ours looked exactly the same), and it saved or butts for the most part of this past winter. Wasn't to be used from what we had December - February, but it was great other wise. Split it now, and enjoy in the fall.
 
Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:
FM, stay to the west, buddy, or else :p


That pine will be very nice in your stove this coming winter. We had 2 cords of whatever pine it is (ours looked exactly the same), and it saved or butts for the most part of this past winter. Wasn't to be used from what we had December - February, but it was great other wise. Split it now, and enjoy in the fall.

shall we agree that 112 is our border?
 
I think that is spruce. It will burn just fine. I once scrounged a single Y-shaped round, so that looks like a decent-sized scrounge to me.
 
fm said:
Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:
FM, stay to the west, buddy, or else :p


That pine will be very nice in your stove this coming winter. We had 2 cords of whatever pine it is (ours looked exactly the same), and it saved or butts for the most part of this past winter. Wasn't to be used from what we had December - February, but it was great other wise. Split it now, and enjoy in the fall.

shall we agree that 112 is our border?

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!!!
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Pine? Maybe . . . definitely softwood. Originally I was thinking the same as Wood Duck -- thought it looked more like spruce . . . but it could be pine.

Doesn't really matter though . . . wood is wood in my book . . . softwood will burn a bit faster and hotter than most hardwood . . . but it still has its place in burning during the summer outside . . . or better yet during the shoulder seasons of Fall and Spring when you just need a quick, hot fire to take the chill out of the air. Does it burn . . . most certainly . . . just like every other wood though . . . you need to split it up, stack it off the ground and give it time to season.

As a wise Hearth.com member once said . . . The journey to the 20 cords of wood lasting you for the next 5-7 years belongs with the very first scrounge . . . OK, maybe no one said it . . . but it still works.
 
Looks kinda spruce-like to me also... either way, nice scrounge!
 
fm said:
Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:
FM, stay to the west, buddy, or else :p


That pine will be very nice in your stove this coming winter. We had 2 cords of whatever pine it is (ours looked exactly the same), and it saved or butts for the most part of this past winter. Wasn't to be used from what we had December - February, but it was great other wise. Split it now, and enjoy in the fall.

shall we agree that 112 is our border?

Done *shakers* :p
 
Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:
fm said:
Doing The Dixie Eyed Hustle said:
FM, stay to the west, buddy, or else :p


That pine will be very nice in your stove this coming winter. We had 2 cords of whatever pine it is (ours looked exactly the same), and it saved or butts for the most part of this past winter. Wasn't to be used from what we had December - February, but it was great other wise. Split it now, and enjoy in the fall.

shall we agree that 112 is our border?

Done *shakers* :p

okey dokey.....meet ya at the border after tstorms roll through......
 
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