Is it worth $40 extra for all hickory?

saw this ad:

Seasoned split hardwood mostly oak 1/2 cord $65, 1 cord $120 Delivered, Kindling $5 a bundle. All Hickory 1/2 cord $85, 1 cord $160 Delivered

Would it be worth it to get all hickory, compared to mixed hardwood/mostly oak?
I've been burning all oak so far, in an open fireplace.

Thanks

If you are burning in an open fireplace you are after the ambiance and not the heat. So there's no reason to pay more for the hickory.

hey I still get radiant heat

That's kind of along the lines I was thinking, though, that it wouldn't make much of a difference.

Now, with a stove or insert, would it make a difference then?

Hickory gives some more heat, but I wouldn't pay 33% more for it than oak.

That would depend on what your using the wood for.
If your using it for heat I would say go with the oak, if you are using it in your smokehouse I would go with the hickory.
Hickory Smoke + ribs = Good Eats

not if the the other chose is oak!

Hickory will give more heat than oak, but not that much! Sad that you don't know what the other wood is besides the "mostly oak."

It is not worth the added high percentage at all!

Oak, and other hardwoods are just fine. Actually, mixed hardwoods will help you.

Hickory has a heat value of 10 to 20 percent more than oak (depending upon type of oak). Check out:

http://extension.missouri.edu/explorepdf/agguides/forestry/G05450.pdf

Paying a bit more for hickory could make sense. But paying 1/3rd more wouldn't.

If it was swamp maple vs hickory in my Oslo, I'd probably pay more. But oak is just as nice........in an open fireplace it doesn't matter, lots of heat loss anyways.


WoodButcher

:cry: i would love to pay 120 a cord csd

heck i am paying 80 a cord now for log length

200 a cord in N.J. Split and delivered. This wood insert was sort of a last minute
thing with me so I am stuck having to buy some. Luckily I had about a cord and 1/2 I had
cut up for my fireplace.