almost 2nd week of january and still burning tulip and no problem keeping the house warm.
Mother nature has been good to southern CT so far.
Mother nature has been good to southern CT so far.
Is Tulip any better than poplar or cottonwood? I am under the impression that Tulip poplar is different
For BTU I've seen 13.5 M for Cottonwood, 14.7 for Aspen (I think they also call it Poplar or Popple up north, correct me if I'm wrong,) and 16 for Yellow (Tulip) Poplar, which is actually in the Magnolia Family. The previous two are in the Willow Family.I use yellow polar and it burns and heats well for me so far
With my little stove, in this loose house, I would wear out the door hinges trying to keep warm with Tulip.Must be nice to be able to heat with tulip poplar. It is in 20's for high and teens for lows and I am running my stove hard to keep up with locust, red oak, white ash and cherry. Guess it is all relative to the house, type of stove and what the weather is.
With my little stove, in this loose house, I would wear out the door hinges trying to keep warm with Tulip.
Is Tulip any better than poplar or cottonwood? I am under the impression that Tulip poplar is different
Well, if Tulip was twice the BTU of Cottonwood, that would put it at 27, the same as Flowering Dogwood. I'd be more than happy to trade Tulip for any Dogwood you want to get rid of...I'm not sure what your referring to as poplar but tulip poplar is about twice as good as cottonwood, which means it still burns really fast but hot.
As you correctly said earlier, Yellow (Tulip) Poplar. Evil, tricky stuff, it is. It will sometimes try to fool you with its bark into thinking you have a White Ash to cut.This is the kind of poplar I have
Well, if Tulip was twice the BTU of Cottonwood, that would put it at 27, the same as Flowering Dogwood. I'd be more than happy to trade Tulip for any Dogwood you want to get rid of...
As you correctly said earlier, Yellow (Tulip) Poplar. Evil, tricky stuff, it is. It will sometimes try to fool you with its bark into thinking you have a White Ash to cut.
Stihlkicking didn't say twice the BTUs, he said twice as good. I believe that's Mississippi speak for: I got me some tulip poplar, I don't got no cottonwood.Well, if Tulip was twice the BTU of Cottonwood, that would put it at 27, the same as Flowering Dogwood. I'd be more than happy to trade Tulip for any Dogwood you want to get rid of...
As you correctly said earlier, Yellow (Tulip) Poplar. Evil, tricky stuff, it is. It will sometimes try to fool you with its bark into thinking you have a White Ash to cut.
Stihlkicking didn't say twice the BTUs, he said twice as good. I believe that's Mississippi speak for: I got me some tulip poplar, I don't got no cottonwood.
Honestly I have no idea what the numerical btu value of any wood is. I'm pretty sure that a pound of tulip poplar has about the same amount of btu's as a pound of cottonwood. Side by side tulip seems about twice as dense as cottonwood to me. Which isn't saying much. They both burn hot and fast, I'm not a huge fan of either. As for flowering dogwood, hot burning wood, I usually let it rot where it falls. I'm not cranking my saw for a piece of wood that is less than 6" in diameter no mater how many btu's are packed in it. [emoji16]Well, if Tulip was twice the BTU of Cottonwood, that would put it at 27, the same as Flowering Dogwood. I'd be more than happy to trade Tulip for any Dogwood you want to get rid of.
True, pound of any wood will give the same amount of heat. Maybe you don't look at the charts but I'm pretty sure you know from experience how well the various woods heat. The charts have to be taken with a grain of salt; Seems like almost every one I look at has one or two ratings I don't agree with. Here are a couple that match pretty well with what I have found:Honestly I have no idea what the numerical btu value of any wood is. I'm pretty sure that a pound of tulip poplar has about the same amount of btu's as a pound of cottonwood. Side by side tulip seems about twice as dense as cottonwood to me. Which isn't saying much. They both burn hot and fast, I'm not a huge fan of either. As for flowering dogwood, hot burning wood, I usually let it rot where it falls. I'm not cranking my saw for a piece of wood that is less than 6" in diameter no mater how many btu's are packed in it.
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