Some pine observations

[iskiatomic]

Well since before joining this blog, I thought is was taboo to burn pine. Well after much reading and the debates here, I decided it's time. A local tree service in town has been dropping off pine here in April and May. I split a bunch in May, stacked it, watched the stack fall over the end of July, when the "almost" tornado came through. So, now it's about time to restack, so I grabbed a few splits and resplit for a MC test. To my surprise 15-19% MC, was the result. These trees were standing and alive in April, now just four and half months a MC of 15-19%. I am a bit shocked. I figured this would be ready for 2011/2012.


KC

 

[Adios Pantalones]

It's a different world my man. Fast to dry, fast to burn. It's sort of the junk food of wood heat- I use plenty of it now.

 

[iskiatomic]

Now, I am saying to myself. Damn, could have made bigger splits and saved a lot of time.


KC

 

[Battenkiller]

Yeah, you should see how fast 1" thick pine boards dry. I sided a shed with freshly cut rough-sawn white pine in early June. The mill is only five miles from my house, but the stuff was so heavy I had to make two trips. By mid-summer the pine siding was down near 12% MC. Six weeks and it was as dry as it'll ever get around here. The cut-offs have burned beautifully in our fire pit.

 

[vvvv]

Now, I am saying to myself. Damn, could have made bigger splits and saved a lot of time.


KC

good thinking, softwood is full of air/not dense

 

[iskiatomic]

It must be me that's dense.

NASCAR anyone? Let's go see the Modifieds run at NHMS on Saturday!

 

[Beetle-Kill]

Ok, I'll say it- Welcome to the Dark Side.

 

[iskiatomic]

Or, is that the white side? White pine?



KC

 

[cptoneleg]

I have burned wood for many years , born in 1948 and was always told since I was akid that if you burn pine in your stove or fireplace it will build up creo. and start fire in your chimney. Started reading this site will probably burn alittle this year. ( seasoned of cource but probably wont sleep well)

Good Night (sweet dreams)

Cpt

 

[cptoneleg]

And many years ago me and my wife stayed in a little cabin in Colorado with a fireplace and a stack of pine, I actually went to office and asked if some idiot had made a mistake. So we had a fire but didn't sleep but I was young then.

Cpt

 

[cptoneleg]

Now, I am saying to myself. Damn, could have made bigger splits and saved a lot of time.


KC

good thinking, softwood is full of air/not dense

Blimp I hardly recognized you ? Halloween??

 

[Lumber-Jack]

Before I came to this site I thought oak was only used for making furniture and cabinets. ;-)

 

[heatwise]

i still get the occasional pine lecture from someone . seems like i hear the same story about the creosote buildup with chimney fire saga. i have obtained one of those tubular log racks on trash nite and have it allocated for fine splits of pine. i need to have sompething that starts well and will get the rock up to speed. i must admit i had ignored pine before doing some reading on here. one year i gave away some nice logs of it after thinking it was a bad wood to burn. this year i will start to enjoy some pine and will be able to check it out for myself. pete

 

[Wingman]

I have about 2 cords of pine that I am looking forward to burning this year. It will be my first year burning so there will be some learning going on. I also have mulberry, elm, oak and cedar to join in the fun.

 

[PapaDave]

Burnin' some pine right now. This very minute, and for the last couple hours, too. :ahhh: :coolsmile:

 

[ROBERT F]

Burnin' some pine right now. This very minute, and for the last couple hours, too. :ahhh: :coolsmile:

mosta loaded the stove twice then, to get a couple hours of burn :cheese:

 

[soupy1957]

Your very first response, hit the nail on the head..........it's not that Pine is more "wet" than other woods, ....at least not so much about that........but it's more about how QUICKLY it burns up.

I wouldn't use Pine for an overnight burn, for example, but that's NOT to say I wouldn't burn Pine at all. It'd just have to be dry enough.

-Soupy1957

 

[Llamaman]

rumor has it Obama will be banning use of white pine after mid-term elections

 

[Skier76]

I find it makes great kindling too. Sure, it doesn't coal well, or last as long for overnight burns. But here in the ol' Northeast, people just give it away.

 

[PapaDave]

Pineburner, you got a hidden camera in my stove room?

 

[billb3]

I can't even give white pine away.
I still have some logs in my dump (where I throw anything that I don't want in my compost and rocks) from Hurricane Bob.
Most have rotted and are gone but a few are still in on piece and rather solid.

 

[Pagey]

Let me be clear: I love pine. :coolsmirk:

 

[ROBERT F]

Pineburner, you got a hidden camera in my stove room?

nope, but do the pine stove load shuffle all winter long! its a fun dance once you get the hang of it!