5 cord of white pine ?!?!

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94ranger55

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Sep 11, 2008
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New Hampshire SeaCoast
I am about to recive about 5 cords of white pine all cut to length just need to be split.... wow 5 cord of pine I wish it was oak but oh well rather have it then not I guese. It should be good fall/spring weather fuel !
 
That is a lot of pine! May you stay warm next winter! I'll bet some of the locals think you are nuts too. That's okay. Don't let it bother you.
 
I burned nothing but white pine, hemlock and some cedar one Winter not too many decades ago.
I stayed warm.
It was just a bit of extra work.
 
94ranger55 said:
Well Iam getting for fee so i thats even better . The plus side it will season fast !

Don't know who told you that, but I think you'll find that some conifers are a bit on the slow side to air-dry. Depending on species, growth habitat, etc.
 
The few bits of white pine I burned took longer than I thought to season. The rest of is is in the yard to season another year. The relatively thin bark, the light weight, and the sound the splits made when bonked together sold me, but the glass in the stove told a different story. Once it's going, it burns nicely - I'll still get white pine if available though (especially at that price).
 
94ranger55 said:
I wish it was oak but oh well rather have it then not I guese. It should be good fall/spring weather fuel !
I'm thinking of using lesser wood when I need to establish a coal bed quickly, then tossing on the longer-burning stuff...
 
94ranger55 said:
i know that all of these rounds have been dead and down for 18 months ... so even though they are not split i suspect that by about dec/jan they might be goood to go !

Pine, dead and down for 18 months still in log length? Hmm, down here in the great land of humidity I'm not sure how those logs would be after laying there for that long. Have you did a close-up inspection? Free is free, but really punky softwood might be something to be cautious of. If the wood is good...GREAT DEAL!! ;)

Ed
 
I wouldn't turn down five cords of pine that's for sure. I actually like burning it for quick hot fires, establishing a coal bed, or in the shoulder season.
 
Adios Pantalones said:
Split it relatively small, stack right, and it will be ready to go. Pine dries in well under a year.

You be in the money

+1 . . . nothing wrong with pine . . . especially if it's free pine. May not be as nice as oak, locust, sugar maple, ash, etc. . . . but free wood is always the best wood.
 
94ranger55 said:
i know that all of these rounds have been dead and down for 18 months ... so even though they are not split i suspect that by about dec/jan they might be good to go !

cut up into 20 inch long rounds you might be OK, logs laying around I'd warn to be careful with less than a year.
But by all means get it split.

I don't start the seasoning clock on anything until it's been split any more.
Seems a much safer way to do it.
Course, I'm ahead too. That makes it a lot easier :)
 
Intheswamp said:
94ranger55 said:
i know that all of these rounds have been dead and down for 18 months ... so even though they are not split i suspect that by about dec/jan they might be goood to go !

Pine, dead and down for 18 months still in log length? Hmm, down here in the great land of humidity I'm not sure how those logs would be after laying there for that long. Have you did a close-up inspection? Free is free, but really punky softwood might be something to be cautious of. If the wood is good...GREAT DEAL!! ;)

Ed

I recently cut down a spuce tree that'd been dead for 5+ years, & no sign of rot or punky-ness at all. We also have a whole stack of softwood (pine, aspen, cottonwood, etc...) at my parent's house where some of the rounds have been sitting for 4-5+ years, & it's still in great condition. But then again, the humidity up here in Montana is alot lower than it is down your way... :)
 
Last 2 months I have been burning pine and hickory get combo!
 
Hi ranger...split your white pine...and stack it... as you would any other wood...and it will be ready this fall for you...nice and dry. I have run lots of white pine through my stove over the years with only six months of drying and have had no problems. I plan to cut some big pine in the next few weeks and will burn it this fall. I heated my house on the coast of NH with nothing but wood for quite a few years...including two winters of dry pine slabs. Pine will add alittle creosote to your chimney so if you can get at it clean it an extra time or two. Oldmainer
 
WOW when I got home I discovered that when my friend told me 5 dump loads i figured they would be in his one ton chevy..... instead they are 5 dump loads from chevy c7500 aprox. 8 -10 yard body ....i am going to say maybe closer to 8+ cord here !
 
Well I will be the odd man out. Again. Yes pine will burn sooner but it is like any other firewood and burns a lot better and cleaner with at least a years drying after being split. And dead and down pine for a while is a whole nother animal from fresh cut pine. The downed stuff deteriorates fast on the outside and holds the moisture in the heartwood.

Split it, stack it and give it plenty of time to dry. Most don't and don't have a clue what good firewood good solid dried pine is.
 
youll have enough pine that it wont matter if it burns fast. just throw some more in there
 
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