I have alot of wild cherry trees on my land. If someone out there who has used this for firewood please tell me if it ok or do i need to just leave it alone.
cherry tree for firewood
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lindnova
Feeling the Heat
Black cherry is very good firewood. Cuts nice, splits easy, starts, smells, and burns good. Does not give off as much heat as other harder woods, but I burn a lot of it.
If you have larger straight cherries, they can be worth some money for logging. We logged a few out and kept the tops and rejects for firewood.
If you have larger straight cherries, they can be worth some money for logging. We logged a few out and kept the tops and rejects for firewood.
We had several medium to large (ish) cherry trees on our lot when we cleared space for the house, and they made excellent trim boards for our master suite. If you can find a small sawmill or an on-site custom miller, you might be able to get some really pretty rose-colored boards out of those trees.
claydogg84
Minister of Fire
Craig S.
Burning Hunk
husky345 vermont resolute
Feeling the Heat
Bret Chase
Minister of Fire
Apple has almost as much BTU's per cord as black locust....
It's funny.... the top two sites that come up on google for firewood BTU's... Utah state's forestry extension... and chimneysweeponline... aren't even *close* to agreeing. I think I'd trust a state college's forestry dept first...
nrford
Minister of Fire
In Utah they wouldn't know much about real hardwood trees.
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Firewood Bandit
Minister of Fire
Rebelduckman
Minister of Fire
As others have said, cherry is good firewood. Splits, smells and burns great. I have a cord and a half that I'm burning this year. I have a bunch of them on the property and be cutting more to replace what I've burned soon. My neighbor always knows when I load up with black cherry, he loves to smell it
Osagebndr
Minister of Fire
I'm burning it also. Had to put the oak to the side wasn't dry enough yet. Cherry dries fast and burns good
toddnic
Minister of Fire
Cherry dries fast - good first year burner fuel. Average BTUs, good for shoulder seasons if you live in a cold climate. I'm finding that I get way more heat of my cherry when it is two-year dried, but it burns better after one year drying than most woods. If you have a lot of trees, and they are large and straight, have a forester/logger value them for you - you may get more cash letting them go to the saw mill and then you can buy firewood and have money left over for something else. Cherry sells for ~$8/board foot retail.
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