Anyone have any {informed } opinions of whether beech trees dying of beech bark disease still have roughly the same BTU content as healthy beech?
Unfortunately, the beech bark malady is all over around here. It's been some time since I cut a tree with a strong case of it, and last time I did, it almost seemed to have started rotting while still alive, and it stank, so I am not sure I'd want it in my cellar.
But I know normal beech is pretty good on BTU content, and if they're dying anyway, they seem like eligible candidates for fuel- but only if the diseased wood hasn't lost too much of its fuel value
thanks
Unfortunately, the beech bark malady is all over around here. It's been some time since I cut a tree with a strong case of it, and last time I did, it almost seemed to have started rotting while still alive, and it stank, so I am not sure I'd want it in my cellar.
But I know normal beech is pretty good on BTU content, and if they're dying anyway, they seem like eligible candidates for fuel- but only if the diseased wood hasn't lost too much of its fuel value
thanks