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I've been cutting straight dead ones to use as sleepers to stack on. If they're not as straight, I cut shorter rounds to elevate pallets. It's fairly rot-resistant.
We used to get a few sticks of that every now and then back in the 80's when I worked for a landscaper. He would get pole lengths in, we would split with a Super Split log splitter. He was a dealer for them, and that thing rocked! Anyways, every time I would get into some Sassy, I would take a few small pcs and put them in my truck. Makes a great air freshener ;-) I always loved the beauty of that bark & the wood also.
Great ID pics
Being an aromatic wood snob, its interesting to hear what people write about burning a lower grade BTU tree. I heat with a fuel oil boiler. The fireplaces and woodstoves are ambiance pretty much. No wood boilers yet. No closed off combustion chambers.
I grew up with open fireplaces as a heat source in our summer home by the Canadian border. With not fully seasoned sugar maple.
I've never even seen a Sassafras tree but it sounds like it lends itself to open firepits and lakeside campfires. One of those 'western' woods I have yet to experience.
I'm going to try it for the first time this fall. Splits very easy and the saw handles it easy. Dries fast
I think this winter I will get alot more and use it as a mixer with other shoulder season wood when I start burning next year.
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