Free wood I get

[tinman1]

Is this a good thing ,at work I get free wood from all different types of pallets ? The good ones seem to be the swamp oak ? Instead of throwing them away, we have the laborer cut them up which is for me 15" long and they are 3x3,3x4. I also have acess to the pine skids , are the pine worth taking ? Just curios

 

[Grisu]

Some people are just plain lucky. Unless the wood has been chemically treated (pressure-treated, painted etc.) take whatever you can get. Dry pine is great in the shoulder season or for startup fires.

 

[russb]

You have someone cutting them up for you? Take them. You'll never need kindling. Probably can't fill the firebox with them since they burn so fast and hot, but to supplement (the oak especially) or kindle (either type really) a fire, they're great. And they're free BTUs. Unless you're like 5 years ahead and don't need kindling either. Then give them to someone else.

 

[Simonkenton]

Pine is better than nothing. It has about half the heat value of oak. I use pine for kindling but not for long term burning.

 

[Jags]

Slipping this over to the wood shed.

 

[Paulywalnut]

I'd take it all. Even oak pallets need seasoning. I've burnt them only to have liquid boiling out of the ends. I d put a MM on them.

 

[jillybeansisme]

Do NOT hesitate. Take them. I repeat, take them. Should I say it again? Take them!

 

[smokedragon]

If you had to cut them I would feel differently, but if someone is cutting them up for you I would take every piece I could get (until I got 3 years ahead).

 

[jillybeansisme]

I'd go for 4 years ahead 'cuz if it's another bitter cold winter or two, you might go through more than you expect.

 

[SONOCATIVO]

There is a local home improvement place here always throwing out long oak skids, some pine. I split the pine boards into kindlin and stack in a bucket, the oak boards i cut in half ( about 24" long ) just right for the burner. Stack them up. I lay some pine kindlin, then a few oak boards then throw my logs on top and light... The pine catches fast and starts the rough sawn oak planks.

 

[BigCountryNY]

I get pallets from work every once in awhile as otherwise we have to pay to have them hauled off and destroyed. They are great for kindling when starting using the Top Down method. If you can get em, go for it!