Norway Maple & btu scale

[Diabel]

I am trying to find Norway Maple on some of the btu scales with no luck. Any idea where does that puppy fit?
Thanks

 

[gzecc]

Between Elm and ash, near black walnut.

 

[Diabel]

So it is higher in btu from silver maple!

 

[gzecc]

I would say no. Silver maple is premium wood. Norway in mid level hardwood.

 

[smokinj]

I would say no. Silver maple is premium wood. Norway in mid level hardwood.

silver is a softwood not hardwood silver comes in at 20mbtu a cord i think norway is 24 norway is a hardwood

 

[gzecc]

My mistake, I was thinking sugar maple. Sorry!

 

[smokinj]

My mistake, I was thinking sugar maple. Sorry!

no problem i have about 10 cords of silver Iam sick of it lol

 

[gzecc]

Only maple I have ever burned is norway. I have some cut sugar for this season but haven't used it yet.

 

[3fordasho]

My mistake, I was thinking sugar maple. Sorry!

no problem i have about 10 cords of silver Iam sick of it lol

Yep, after seasoning that silver maple sometimes feels like balsa, sugar maple like rock.

 

[smokinj]

My mistake, I was thinking sugar maple. Sorry!

no problem i have about 10 cords of silver Iam sick of it lol

Yep, after seasoning that silver maple sometimes feels like balsa, sugar maple like rock.

if it had any weak spots in it termites or carpenter ants! the solid parts stay good soild wood.

 

[3fordasho]

My mistake, I was thinking sugar maple. Sorry!

no problem i have about 10 cords of silver Iam sick of it lol

Yep, after seasoning that silver maple sometimes feels like balsa, sugar maple like rock.

if it had any weak spots in it termites or carpenter ants! the solid parts stay good soild wood.

And if it's on the ground it's half rotted. Silver that is. Of course I'd rather have it than box elder or cottonwood.
Box elder is one poor excuse for a tree, around here they can barely support their own weight, full of ants and the core always rotted out. Makes good chimneys for the firepit.

 

[Diabel]

I swear I saw a btu chart that had Norway maple on it....It was in this forum for sure, I have done several searches & cane up with nada

 

[CowboyAndy]

I would say no. Silver maple is premium wood. Norway in mid level hardwood.

silver is a softwood not hardwood silver comes in at 20mbtu a cord i think norway is 24 norway is a hardwood

technically speaking, it is a hardwood. anything with leaves is a hardwood, anything with needles/cones is a softwood.

 

[blades]

Cowboy andy---- so In your statement " anything with leaves is a hardwood....." you then classify willow and poplar ect as hard woods? Not in my book.

 

[CowboyAndy]

Cowboy andy---- so In your statement " anything with leaves is a hardwood....." you then classify willow and poplar ect as hard woods? Not in my book.

yes, technically they are hardwoods. but there are some "hardwoods" that are less dense than alot of softwoods.

 

[Diabel]

I have never burnt Douglas Fir but what I read here it is decent firewood, I have a feeling it is much better firewood than Manitoba Maple (Box Elder)

 

[gzecc]

Blades, I attached the definition of hardwoods.
hardwood

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Noun
1. the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
(hypernym) wood

 

[3fordasho]

Cowboy andy---- so In your statement " anything with leaves is a hardwood....." you then classify willow and poplar ect as hard woods? Not in my book.

I love it when wood sellers advertise "mixed hardwoods".... could be a mix of cottonwood, box elder, willow, etc. technically all hardwoods, but crappy firewood.