Honey Locust

[all night moe]

I have a bit in my arsenal of fuel for the season. First time for me.
What's your experience with it? I noticed the growth rings are not as tight as black locust.
How long do you let it season? BTU ratings? Any others it compares to?

 

[CincyBurner]

Honeylocust (Gleditsia) is a top tier firewood at 23.7 MBTUs/ cord. It takes long time (2+ years) to season.
It burns slow and steady, and best to light on hot coals.
Wild honeylocust has nasty spines but there is plenty of thornless honeylocust around from landscape removals.

 

[begreen]

I have been lucky on occasion to burn this wood. It's great firewood, but similar to coal, it very dense and takes some heat to get it burning. It puts out a lot of heat once going and often burns with a blue flame.

 

[all night moe]

I have been lucky on occasion to burn this wood. It's great firewood, but similar to coal, it very dense and takes some heat to get it burning. It puts out a lot of heat once going and often burns with a blue flame.

So I would say this mirrors black locust. The greater area I live in is loaded with the black. Grows like weeds. I have a bunch of clod growth surrounding half my house. One has to be 6' in dia. Unfortunately, most are infested with rot and black ants. Scary enough to not want t
to climb. That's why they're still standing.

I love the blue flames. Off gassing in burn mode.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Honey Locust is softer than its sister Black Locust. The Thornless variety is softer yet. I have all three in my area. Honey will dry faster than the denser Black and burn faster. The wild Honey Locust I tend to leave alone as the massive 4" -6" thorns get you just by looking at them.

 

[all night moe]

Honey Locust is softer than its sister Black Locust. The Thornless variety is softer yet. I have all three in my area. Honey will dry faster than the denser Black and burn faster. The wild Honey Locust I tend to leave alone as the massive 4" -6" thorns get you just by looking at them.

This coincides with the larger growth rings I previously mentioned.