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ISeeDeadBTUs
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First let me say, if yer a newbie to wood burning, this is not meant as a recommendation ;-)
Though I started burning earlier this year, the temps have been a joke. So far I have had 6 or 7 nights of hardwood. The rest - days AND NIGHTS - has been slab. PINE slab. So between my schedule and my lumbar, I found myself VERY low on processed slab. So I had some dead/dying small trees near the house that needed to come down. I figured to use them to fill in the gaps till I could process some more slab.
One of the trees I took down was 'ironwood'. Someone - I think it may have been Zap - recently corrected me on Ironwood. Here she be
This is very large for 'ironwood' where I come from. They seem to usually die long before this.
I fell so few trees that I'm sure most here will find fault with my notching skills :lol:
So, back to the DennisWood . . . I literally cut this, delivered it to the 'boiler room' and proceeded to load it into the boiler. I had no idea how it was going to burn. Obviously a lot of BTUs in this stuff, but how much water? How much punk? I have split the larger pieces in the thought that they might burn better that way, in case the MC is higher than ideal.
Another thing I learned about 'ironwood' . . . check out the rays! Reminds me of Oak.
My unscientific conclusion . . .
If you HAVE to cut and burn in the same day, stick with Ash. If the ironwood is 'in the way' take, but don't knock yourself out for it. Small size increases processing time. If you take ironwood, use a sharp chain ;-)
If the pics don't show up, I prolly just offended someone and that member got a fav Mod to delete them :coolsmirk:
Rock On!
Though I started burning earlier this year, the temps have been a joke. So far I have had 6 or 7 nights of hardwood. The rest - days AND NIGHTS - has been slab. PINE slab. So between my schedule and my lumbar, I found myself VERY low on processed slab. So I had some dead/dying small trees near the house that needed to come down. I figured to use them to fill in the gaps till I could process some more slab.
One of the trees I took down was 'ironwood'. Someone - I think it may have been Zap - recently corrected me on Ironwood. Here she be
This is very large for 'ironwood' where I come from. They seem to usually die long before this.
I fell so few trees that I'm sure most here will find fault with my notching skills :lol:
So, back to the DennisWood . . . I literally cut this, delivered it to the 'boiler room' and proceeded to load it into the boiler. I had no idea how it was going to burn. Obviously a lot of BTUs in this stuff, but how much water? How much punk? I have split the larger pieces in the thought that they might burn better that way, in case the MC is higher than ideal.
Another thing I learned about 'ironwood' . . . check out the rays! Reminds me of Oak.
My unscientific conclusion . . .
If you HAVE to cut and burn in the same day, stick with Ash. If the ironwood is 'in the way' take, but don't knock yourself out for it. Small size increases processing time. If you take ironwood, use a sharp chain ;-)
If the pics don't show up, I prolly just offended someone and that member got a fav Mod to delete them :coolsmirk:
Rock On!