fruit wood

[crow]

Hey all!
I've been absent for a while...
Nice to see some familiar peeps on the forum...

Got a question for you all.
I have two peach trees and an apricot tree which will likely need to come down in my yard this fall...and also a mulberry that will need to be trimmed.

I wonder if any of you have burned these types of wood and what the best drying/aging time is on them ?

Thanks,

Miss Crow

 

[smokinj]

Hey all!
I've been absent for a while...
Nice to see some familiar peeps on the forum...

Got a question for you all.
I have two peach trees and an apricot tree which will likely need to come down in my yard this fall...and also a mulberry that will need to be trimmed.

I wonder if any of you have burned these types of wood and what the best drying/aging time is on them ?

Thanks,

Miss Crow

yes and they are all good burning woods i really like the mulberry 6-9 months is good

 

[savageactor7]

mulberry is good...no experience with peach or apricot.

 

[fossil]

Properly seasoned, all those woods will likely burn just fine. I'd be tempted to try some of both the peach and apricot in grilling/smoking...just wondering if they'd make for good cooking/flavoring fuel. Rick

 

[crow]

Thanks!

Another question...
I had some wood left over from two winters ago.
Cut, split, stacked.
I didn't get through all of it because some of it was cut a might too long for the stove(arggghhhh!).

Wondering if there's a way to tell if it's too dry to burn(or be worth burning .
When I got it it was too wet.
It seems to be mostly red oak, and white oak.

I burned all the stuff that was cut to length last year and it was great.

Just don't want to go to the trouble of cutting it all to length if it's not worth burning.

Suppose I could toss it in with some wood that is less dry and burn it like that...

any thoughts?

 

[smokinj]

Thanks!

Another question...
I had some wood left over from two winters ago.
Cut, split, stacked.
I didn't get through all of it because some of it was cut a might too long for the stove(arggghhhh!).

Wondering if there's a way to tell if it's too dry to burn(or be worth burning .
When I got it it was too wet.
It seems to be mostly red oak, and white oak.

I burned all the stuff that was cut to length last year and it was great.

Just don't want to go to the trouble of cutting it all to length if it's not worth burning.

Suppose I could toss it in with some wood that is less dry and burn it like that...
never to dry should be good burning

any thoughts?

never too dry should be great

 

[3fordasho]

Thanks!

Another question...
I had some wood left over from two winters ago.
Cut, split, stacked.
I didn't get through all of it because some of it was cut a might too long for the stove(arggghhhh!).

Wondering if there's a way to tell if it's too dry to burn(or be worth burning .
When I got it it was too wet.
It seems to be mostly red oak, and white oak.

I burned all the stuff that was cut to length last year and it was great.

Just don't want to go to the trouble of cutting it all to length if it's not worth burning.

Suppose I could toss it in with some wood that is less dry and burn it like that...

any thoughts?

THat wood is junk. You should send it to me freight prepaid for proper disposal.. You won't even have
to cut it to length!! ;-)

 

[fossil]

Unless it's turning to dust, it's not too dry to burn. There are a number of ways folks employ to shorten splits that are too long for the stove. Whatever method you choose, save all the cut-offs in a bucket or bin...they're fuel too. Rick

 

[Creek-Chub]

6 to 9 months on the mulberry, as in seasoned for that length of time? I've got one that needs to come down as well. Assuming its a soft wood, but don't really know much more about it. Couldn't seem to find much with regard to heat values...

 

[smokinj]

6 to 9 months on the mulberry, as in seasoned for that length of time? I've got one that needs to come down as well. Assuming its a soft wood, but don't really know much more about it. Couldn't seem to find much with regard to heat values...

i think it is 25 btumillion per cord very good burning wood

 

[savageactor7]

Hi crow like the others I'll just follow the herd and say no wood can be too dry to burn....think about it with dry dry wood you can throttle down and simmer burn rather than smolder. Wood you can simmer is prime.

 

[crow]

Thanks!

Another question...
I had some wood left over from two winters ago.
Cut, split, stacked.
I didn't get through all of it because some of it was cut a might too long for the stove(arggghhhh!).

Wondering if there's a way to tell if it's too dry to burn(or be worth burning .
When I got it it was too wet.
It seems to be mostly red oak, and white oak.

I burned all the stuff that was cut to length last year and it was great.

Just don't want to go to the trouble of cutting it all to length if it's not worth burning.

Suppose I could toss it in with some wood that is less dry and burn it like that...

any thoughts?

THat wood is junk. You should send it to me freight prepaid for proper disposal.. You won't even have
to cut it to length!! ;-)

HAHAHA! You'ld like that wouldn't ya! Silly Wabbit!

Yep. I'll be cutting it down to length.
Got one of those alligator saws a couple years ago. Makes fairly quick work of the job.
I save all the wee ends for kindling and they get things going very nicely.
It's not gone to dust AT ALL. That stuff is HARD. and stringy. It was a pain to split when it was wet.

 

[crow]

Hi crow like the others I'll just follow the herd and say no wood can be too dry to burn....think about it with dry dry wood you can throttle down and simmer burn rather than smolder. Wood you can simmer is prime.

I got ya!

I grew up burning wood...but I've only had my own stove for about three years.
Didn't have to pay attention to the finer details when I was a kid.

Glad to have some more experienced woodburning brains to pick here on the forum.

Thanks all.