Broadleaf maple.

[snowmizer]

I have 28 acres of land that has a bunch of broadleaf maple on it, I am cutting and splitting my wood for next year. Is the maple a good firewood to load up on? Would it be ok to burn only maple and no fir? I have access to all the wood i could ever burn but it is almost all maple.

 

[bren582]

Ain't nothin wrong with that maple.. Even in my part of the woods where Oak, Locust, Ash and Cherry are the norm I won't hesitate to take maple of any kind. I'm thinking your Canadian broad leaf is similar to Silver or Red maple in my region being a light to medium hard wood. Maybe one of the wood experts here can confirm that. I have a ton of silver maple growing on my property and it grows like a weed fast and big. It cuts and splits easy and seasons quick. Burns just fine, just doesn't last as long as the more dense woods like Oak but that's OK.

 

[wsorg]

I'm assuming broadleaf is the same as big leaf. That type is usually a good burn, especially if its already on your property.

 

[iskiatomic]

Nothing wrong with Maple. Good heat, and depending on the size of your splits and stacking it will season in 8-12 months. Go get it.


KC

 

[hilly]

The broadleaf maple is one of my favorite types of wood to burn here where most everything else is softwood.

 

[madrone]

I like it. I prefer Doug, but Broadleaf is a good all-around firewood. It's in the middle of the BTU charts usually. It's a little light for a hardwood, and leaves a fair amount of ash, but beats the pants off Cottonwood. Doesn't coal as well as some hardwoods. Needs plenty of seasoning, minimum 9 months after splitting.

 

[gerry100]

If it's like the Maples here in the east it has the advantage of splitting really easy when freshly cut.

I hand split a bucked 50 ft.18" diameter in about an hour recently, I think a hickoy or oak would take me many more and harder maul blows.

 

[snowmizer]

Sound like i got plenty of wood then. I fell, bucked,split,stacked a nice one yesterday. It sure does split nice.

 

[thewoodlands]

Sound like i got plenty of wood then. I fell, bucked,split,stacked a nice one yesterday. It sure does split nice.

Here in Northern New York if I have Sugar Maple down I'll take that plus Beech, for the overnight burns I like those two woods the most.

zap

 

[Elderthewelder]

I recently scored 4 truck loads of big leaf maple on C/L, was a huge tree with alot of branch's, I have been splitting it off and on during the weekends, it is kicking my butt, my little electric splitter don't like it at all as it has a bunch of knots in it and the rounds are huge, I have been quartering the rounds with wedges and noodling with may saw , than putting it in the splitter, I figure about 3+ cords when I am done. From everything I have heard it burns just fine, just season it for 9 months to a year

Also the big leaf maple is highly sought after by guitar and violin makers, Evidently if the tree meets there specs they will pay big $$ for it, has to have a certain coloration in it. Google it, you could probably sell some of your trees if you needed

 

[snowmizer]

I hope there was not any fiddleback in her!! I just sold 1 tree of my land and got 5480 for it! it had a fair amount fiddleback in it. The maple i have been splitting has split very easy.

 

[heatwise]

great photo.i split some small silver maple today. 6 or so rounds about 20'' in diameter. the rounds were in the sun for a few months. great wood and theyres always lots of it around. pete