Hackberry?

[Kahuna1]

First off. Hello to all! Been reading here for a couple weeks and decided it was time to join. I'm a newbie at best. I have an open fireplace and plan to put an insert in this summer or fall( just bought this house and never had a fireplace. Also have never been so fricken cold in my life!) anywho my father in law has a tree he is taking down. Said its a Hackberry tree. Makes a hell of a mess all year and just tired of dealing with it. Are these good to burn ? Thanks in advance John

 

[Rickb]

Not bad to burn but I had a heck of a time hand splitting the pieces I got. Its on my no grab list now. It along with sycamore.

 

[Wood Duck]

Any wood is good to burn, Hackberry included. I think Hackberry falls approximately in the middle of the road as far as density goes. If you don't have a winter's worth of wood stacked and seasoning right now, I wouldn't be picky. Take any wood you can get.

 

[JA600L]

The trick of the trade with that stuff is get it cut into rounds now. Give it a few days to freeze up good, and split it frozen. It worked very well for me with my Fiskars ax. I was told it will burn very well. What it splits like unfrozen. ...... Well the guys before me described it well.

 

[HackBerry]

<< I have acres of the stuff thus my name.

It's a decent firewood but don't leave it on the ground too long or it will rot quickly. Some trees split better than others.