Battenkiller said:I got a cord of standing dead BL logs last year that were almost that dry when I split them. Nice thing about locust is it doesn't have that much water even when it's alive. Second lowest behind white ash, I believe. It was real hard stuff (made some nice sparks from the saw), but still split like butter. I burned it all too soon in the season, but it was nice while it lasted.
I never had honey locust. Seem to be most previlent in midwest.onetracker said:Battenkiller said:I got a cord of standing dead BL logs last year that were almost that dry when I split them. Nice thing about locust is it doesn't have that much water even when it's alive. Second lowest behind white ash, I believe. It was real hard stuff (made some nice sparks from the saw), but still split like butter. I burned it all too soon in the season, but it was nice while it lasted.
yessir. love splitting locust.
looking forward to 2-year seasoned black and honey locust this season. the HL feels, denser, heavier and i've noticed that it seems to throw out more heat and for longer than BL. its not common around here so i don't get to burn it enough to really be able to track the difference, if any. one test would be to check the moisture content. i'd bet the BL holds less moisture overall.
gzecc said:I never had honey locust. Seem to be most previlent in midwest.onetracker said:Battenkiller said:I got a cord of standing dead BL logs last year that were almost that dry when I split them. Nice thing about locust is it doesn't have that much water even when it's alive. Second lowest behind white ash, I believe. It was real hard stuff (made some nice sparks from the saw), but still split like butter. I burned it all too soon in the season, but it was nice while it lasted.
yessir. love splitting locust.
looking forward to 2-year seasoned black and honey locust this season. the HL feels, denser, heavier and i've noticed that it seems to throw out more heat and for longer than BL. its not common around here so i don't get to burn it enough to really be able to track the difference, if any. one test would be to check the moisture content. i'd bet the BL holds less moisture overall.
Flatbedford said:That BL is good stuff. I scrounged 5 cords of it this year. Some of it is so old that it looks petrified!
Flatbedford said:That BL is good stuff. I scrounged 5 cords of it this year. Some of it is so old that it looks petrified!
ChrisNJ said:no way to ever harvest that tree for firewood. I will take a pic tomorrow.
gzecc said:Anyone in the Hillsborough area of NJ that would like some free BL or Cherry, let me know.
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