Poplar anyone?

[mywaynow]

Scrounged some Maple this morning and saw a clearing operation on the next property. Tons op Poplar. They have it stacked in 10-15 ft trunks, maybe 20 trees up to 24 inches. I want to question the operator on the desintation of the logs, but I am not intereeted in the Poplar. There are a couple of Maples and a Hickory mixed in though.

The maple I took is from a monster, pushing 48 inches across at the base. Got aboiut 5 chuncks, but there is alot left and alot of work to dealing with them. Might haul the splitter over there if nobody else takes it in a week. Just got into some maple in the woodpile today. I can't believe how good that stuff smells when burning! Better than Gramps pipe!

 

[Adios Pantalones]

48" Manoman- good luck, and stretch before you start

 

[Gator eye]

Nothin wrong with poplar.....burns clean and leaves very little ash. I look for it when you just need a small quick fire to take off the chill.

 

[dannynelson77]

Yea if its Tulip Poplar its real close in BTUs to what I am guessing by trunk diameter you got, is Silver Maple.......Tulip Poplar gets a bad rap. When people say Poplar they think the Poplars of the west coast.......

 

[thewoodlands]

Scrounged some Maple this morning and saw a clearing operation on the next property. Tons op Poplar. They have it stacked in 10-15 ft trunks, maybe 20 trees up to 24 inches. I want to question the operator on the desintation of the logs, but I am not intereeted in the Poplar. There are a couple of Maples and a Hickory mixed in though.

The maple I took is from a monster, pushing 48 inches across at the base. Got aboiut 5 chuncks, but there is alot left and alot of work to dealing with them. Might haul the splitter over there if nobody else takes it in a week. Just got into some maple in the woodpile today. I can't believe how good that stuff smells when burning! Better than Gramps pipe!

We have some Quaking Aspen that I bucked up and split for the 2011 and 2012 heating season. (shoulder season wood)



Zap

 

[FireAnt]

Grab it! This pile of Tulip Polar is under 2ft of snow right now... Couldn't get it split in time.

 

[thewoodlands]

Grab it! This pile of Tulip Polar is under 2ft of snow right now... Couldn't get it split in time.

FireAnt, you will get to it after this weekend. :zip:


Zap / Still waiting 4 the warmup

 

[smokinj]

48" Manoman- good luck, and stretch before you start

Child's Play......

 

[bboulier]

Don't skip the poplar. Snaps, crackles and pops, but excellent wood.

 

[surfflyfish4stripers]

let me know if you're in the hartford area. i'll grab some hickory and maple if theres any extra.

 

[firefighterjake]

I will not go out of my way for poplar . . . but I'll take it and burn it if there is one in my way . . . makes good shoulder season wood.

 

[Wood Duck]

I find that dead poplar, standing or down, is likely to be sort of punky even if it looks OK on the outside. Live cut poplar/aspen is nice wood, in my opinion. Lightweight, fast-burning.