jack pine

[irishfan]

Hi,

My FIL has 20 acres of jack pine so I pretty much have an unlimited supply of it. However the guy that I work with who has the same stove as me a woodstock fireview said I shouldn't burn any of it.

I burned the last week using just jack pine and it seems to be fine. The MM said it is at 14%.

I've done a few searches on here and everyone seems to agree as long as it is seasoned burn away. I just wanted to check and make sure you all thought it was okay?

P.S. The guy said it would be bad for the cat

Thanks.

 

[Jags]

When dry it makes for a fine fuel. Sure - it doesn't carry the BTU punch per stick that oak or hickory does, but that doesn't make it bad.

"Dry" is the key word.

ETA - CAT stoves like the BK and the Woodstock thrive on needle trees. They have a good ability to keep the heat output at a stable rate unlike the peak and valley nature of a tube stove.

 

[Seanm]

burn away!

 

[Rossco]

'Instant Chimney Fire' pine eh?

Love the stuff. Hot and fast or warm and slow. Depends on your burning unit.

If its dry, burn away.

 

[danimal1968]

Hi,

My FIL has 20 acres of jack pine so I pretty much have an unlimited supply of it. However the guy that I work with who has the same stove as me a woodstock fireview said I shouldn't burn any of it.

I burned the last week using just jack pine and it seems to be fine. The MM said it is at 14%.

I've done a few searches on here and everyone seems to agree as long as it is seasoned burn away. I just wanted to check and make sure you all thought it was okay?

P.S. The guy said it would be bad for the cat

Thanks.

I hear great things about Woodstock customer service, so if you have any doubt about the advice you're being given in this thread, just call them and ask.

 

[Stubborn Dutchman]

I have a lot of windstorm damaged jack pine on the twenty acres I recently purchased. Thanks to all the wisdom here on Hearth.com I started processing some it last spring. I hope to burn some of it in the shoulder season next spring to supplement the seasoned ash I purchased. Hopefully the moisture meter will says its GTG!

 

[Lumber-Jack]

Take your moisture meter over to house of the guy you work with. I'll bet he burns wood that is over 30% moisture content. Fear of pine and ignorance of what seasoned wood is seem to go hand in hand.

 

[jatoxico]

Been throwing in a couple splits of white pine at start up along with the hard woods. The pine gets the heat going quick and gets the coal bed established. Later in the burn the hard woods take over. Box and glass is clean as can be.

Jags makes a good point about tubed stoves. I've learned a load of white pine on a hot bed of coals can be tough for me to control. But anytime I need to bring the box temp up quick I use whatever amount of pine I think will do the job, no problems.

 

[Wood Duck]

I like pine and wouldn't hesitate to burn in any stove as long as the pine is well seasoned. Yours is well seasoned.

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

I love pine. Great for kindling and shoulder fires. I burned a half cord in October and early December.

Let it season for one summer and it's perfect.

Grab all you can.

 

[highanddryinco]

Great for kindling and shoulder fires

Kind of funny. Aspen is my shoulder wood and pine is my cold weather go to wood out here. "Geography makes all the difference in the world." (I just made that up)

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

Kind of funny. Aspen is my shoulder wood and pine is my cold weather go to wood out here. "Geography makes all the difference in the world." (I just made that up)

I love Aspen, too. Seasons in about 2 days and you can light it with a match.

 

[1kzwoman]

I love Aspen, too. Seasons in about 2 days and you can light it with a match.

Even leaves coals for am fire, load top of pm fire

 

[Dix]

Been throwing in a couple splits of white pine at start up along with the hard woods. The pine gets the heat going quick and gets the coal bed established. Later in the burn the hard woods take over. Box and glass is clean as can be.

Jags makes a good point about tubed stoves. I've learned a load of white pine on a hot bed of coals can be tough for me to control. But anytime I need to bring the box temp up quick I use whatever amount of pine I think will do the job, no problems.

You've come so far, J

To the OP ... it's awesome firewood.

Feel free to use it, just remember it'll burn hot & faster than the harder firewood's.

 

[Andy S.]

I love Pine. Congrats on your good fortune. Stack it in spring burn it in November. It is good shoulder wood and since it doesn't coal well you can run a couple loads of it when coals build up to make room for the hardwood.

 

[jatoxico]

You've come so far, J

Thanks to you guys, still learnin' though.

 

[Seanm]

just remember it'll burn hot

Dixie is right on that! I love being able to get the house warmed up quick with a stove full of pine! Around 5 tonight I raked the coals forward and then threw a load of lodgepole pine in the stove, turned it down over the next little bit and then left the house to go to my sons grade 4 christmas concert just before 6. We got home around 8:30 pm to a nice warm house. Its coaling now at 10 pm and will be ready for the over night load of larch in about an hour. If green I would c,s,s it as soon as you get it and be on the ball with taking care of it so you can use it in the fall. If its standing dead then it can be ready tomorrow if not in a shady area of the forest.