Hi all,
I'm getting a few cords of bucked pine from a neighbor, which I'm c/s/s to use for next winter. It's free wood, he's dropping it off at my house bucked, and it's wood that'll be ready to use by next season.
However, looking at BTU charts I feel like I might be robbing myself - but I don't know if I should feel this way.
I burned about 1 - 1.5 cords of pine this winter - poorly seasoned, but I liked it alot overall. I liked how it started up so easily (when dry) and how a good dry piece or two would give off so much heat, so quickly, that my stove would jump from 350-400 back to 600 in a matter of minutes.
I understand it burns quickly and doesn't coal up, so I'm robbing myself of the lasting heat of some of the hardwoods.
But it seems to me that pine's reliable BURST of heat is it's strength, and I simply have to be willing to haul more into the house and reload more often, but other than that I'm not paying much price...
Is that the right way to look at it?
I'm getting a few cords of bucked pine from a neighbor, which I'm c/s/s to use for next winter. It's free wood, he's dropping it off at my house bucked, and it's wood that'll be ready to use by next season.
However, looking at BTU charts I feel like I might be robbing myself - but I don't know if I should feel this way.
I burned about 1 - 1.5 cords of pine this winter - poorly seasoned, but I liked it alot overall. I liked how it started up so easily (when dry) and how a good dry piece or two would give off so much heat, so quickly, that my stove would jump from 350-400 back to 600 in a matter of minutes.
I understand it burns quickly and doesn't coal up, so I'm robbing myself of the lasting heat of some of the hardwoods.
But it seems to me that pine's reliable BURST of heat is it's strength, and I simply have to be willing to haul more into the house and reload more often, but other than that I'm not paying much price...
Is that the right way to look at it?