Boxelder yes, no?

[aansorge]

Burn tons of it. It is everywhere around here. I agree with what has been said:

Dries fast
burns fast (don't care, I have a King)
Can split hard but it depends on the tree. Sometimes it is the easiest splitting wood around.
I don't avoid it but don't look for it either. It is wood and it burns.

 

[Kevin Weis]

So, utility company trimmed some power lines on neighbors property a few weeks ago and left 16" long rounds of Alantis yes the weed tree so I couldn't resist, thought it worth a try as I didn't even have to take a saw to it just split it. Amazed at the weight in the green and how light it is dry. Must 90% water. After looking at the grain after splitting seems it should burn better than what's reported. We'll see next year.

 

[thisoldgoat]

Aww c'mon guys, be a sport... ain't she a beaut?

 

[brenndatomu]

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Looks like BTUs to me!

 

[Eureka]

Aww c'mon guys, be a sport... ain't she a beaut?

I’d burn it. Not to try to one-up you but I think I have one here that’s even uglier. I’ve thought about cutting it down but it’s growing out of the bottom of a 15’ deep ravine that people used for a trash dump for years (prior to my ownership) so it kind of conceals the old jars and washing machine in there.

 

[thisoldgoat]

Yup, burn 'em if you got 'em.

 

[Eureka]

It’s hard to capture all the beauty that this tree possesses. There is only one tree in this picture. It grows from the bottom of a ravine and actually goes underground and back out on several limbs. I’ll burn it someday

 

[redmanlcs]

When I first moved here 4 years ago, there was a huge boxelder tree down on the property, root ball in the air. They say boxelder is related to the maple family, but I don't see the resemblance other than the burn and drying qualities. I sawed up most of this tree within the first burn season. I wouldn't go out of my way to get it. This year I had a better saw, so I decided to cut up some of the larger pieces of the trunk, which is around 1 1/2 to 2 feet dia. When trimming up the trunk, removing all the small branches, I found a few that were green!.... After closer inspection, and some common sense, I noticed how the trunk was horizontal, but these :"shoots" were vertical. I guess those few little roots that were in the ground still was continuing to support life. split stack season (8-10 months for me and boxelder) burn, load, burn, load, burn. (gopher wood: load the stove, then gopher more wood)

 

[Higgs]

Some always finds it's way into my stacks. Not great, not the worst. My stove gets just as hot burning it as anything else, just don't expect an overnight burn.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Hum, maybe for evening burns in Spirng and Fall

 

[RandyBoBandy]

I would say if you are going to burn it in the shoulder seasons, do it for the morning load. I typically want my night burn during shoulder season to give me coals in the morning. This way I have a good long burn through the coldest parts of the night/morning. Then reload in the morning with uglies, shorties, crap wood (boxelder). I only need to take the edge off in the morning. My solar gains are pretty nice when it’s above 40 during the day.

 

[jaoneill]

We have an endless supply that I have a difficult time keeping ahead of. I usually try to take down a half dozen or so of the larger (20" plus diameter) every year or they would take over the farmstead. Hardly worth the time and fuel to process but I generally css the main trunks down to 10" or so. Works okey for shoulder season and does dry fast.

 

[jackatc1]

Some box elder can have quite a bit of value.
At 20"DBH I would surely check it out.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1...gAhVCSN8KHTkhBJEQsAR6BAgAEAE&biw=1152&bih=611

 

[Woody5506]

My neighbor has a large one in her back yard basically growing out over her yard parallel to it. Such an ugly, crappy weed/tree that never got pulled. I did offer her son help in cutting it down someday when they feel like it and told them I'd take the wood for them. It sucks, but it's right there so in that case why not?

 

[jaoneill]

Some box elder can have quite a bit of value.
At 20"DBH I would surely check it out.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1...gAhVCSN8KHTkhBJEQsAR6BAgAEAE&biw=1152&bih=611

Who woulda thunk......

 

[Kevin Weis]

Hum, maybe I need to call the sawmill?

 

[jaoneill]

Hum, maybe I need to call the sawmill?

Likewise.....