is buckeye worth burning?

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jeanw

Feeling the Heat
Sep 23, 2008
389
ky
we cut down a small buckeye today like 6 inch or so in diameter. Is it worth splitting? I got the wood stacked. According to a chart on here with a link it was 12 on BTU well the Ohio variety....but I don't remember what the flowers looked like so I could iD the variety? we got lots of downed trees but since most on hill going down hill. ... bit difficult... slabs are cheap but got to go and get them with a trailer. and most were prev black walnut...
thanks yall
 
Good question. All wood burns. I would think buckeye wood would be somewhat similar to horsechestnut, but I don't know anything about that as firewood either.

I googled it. One source said it's light, not too many BTUs, doesn't split easy.