happycamper
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- Mar 14, 2013
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i was told never to burn pine woodFind some dead pine and you can burn it almost immediately
i was told never to burn pine woodFind some dead pine and you can burn it almost immediately
As long as it's dry, it's not a problem. Out west some folks burn nothing but Pine because it's all they've got...and they live to tell about it.i was told never to burn pine wood
Pine burns very well, nice and hot..just not as dense as hardwoods so the burns are shorter than say Oak. But because it is less dense it dries out in less than 1/3 of the timei was told never to burn pine wood
Funny thing is, the people who give out this advice are 9 times out of 10 the same people who burn green wood.i was told never to burn pine wood
i was told never to burn pine wood
Absolutely nothing better than standing air dried wood.Last year I was sitting pretty - 3+ years ahead on hardwood. Then I moved. Since inter-state wood moving is a no-no around here, I'm starting from zero.
I'm hoping to do some work in the next month to put up some wood that will be good in about 9 months.
So far, I poached some of the wood that the power line crews left behind. Some very green soft maple and white birch that I will cut, split, and stack on skids in a sunny/windy area. But this a small amount of wood.
My wood lot has plenty of standing dead trees that still have solid wood cores. If I put this stuff up now, will it dry faster than green wood?
Welcome to the forum happycamper.
Don't feel badly. Most folks have heard that old wives tale over and over. They don't understand how some of these guys can do it either but in some areas, pine is all they have. Give it time to dry and it will be fine.
Really what started this goes back many, many moons. Most everyone years ago (and sadly still lots of them) cut their wood in the fall to burn that winter. The chimney gets gunked up. Throw in some fresh cut pine and watch what happens! Pitch gets hot fast, chimney gets hot fast, gunk in chimney catches fire......and the pine got the bad word because they though it was the pine's fault. Not so! The fault was first getting the chimney all gunked up and the second fault was burning that fresh cut pine. Hope this helps to understand why pine gets the bad word. Folks in the know have no problem burning pine.
Funny thing is, the people who give out this advice are 9 times out of 10 the same people who burn green wood.
Next time someone tells you that just tell them they are misinformed, and that there are people who burn pine almost exclusively. Me being one of them.
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