Can my fellow wood heaters confirm if this is black cherry and how many years it takes to dry? How high on the scale is its BTU's. I can tell you its not easy to split, even when frozen.
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TheAardvark
Burning Hunk
100% black cherry. Good firewood. I have some in the stove right now. I find it is easy to split by hand.
Yep, Black Cherry. Bark is a dead give away. Burns well and of course has the nice cherry odor when burned.
KJamesJR
Feeling the Heat
Cherry. Shouldn't be hard to split though unless you're dealing with knots. Cherry has always split real nice for me wet or dry.
Fuut Master
Member
Woody5506
Minister of Fire
I cut & split some last Jan/Feb, put on pallets in full sun/wind, stacked 4’ tall & 2 rows deep. I sent a 1/2 cord to my BIL before Christmas. There were couple of the large splits about 6” that were 22% but everything else I checked was 20% or less. I pulled & checked a dozen pieces a couple days before I loaded it. It always seems to split well green or dry.
hickoryhoarder
Minister of Fire
The bark looks like black cherry. The wood does not. Black cherry is the easiest wood to split there is. So I'm not sure what you have. It can be burned in as short as six months after cutting and splitting, if stacked in a windy, sunny area.
(I use black cherry to show people how to split wood, because it's so easy. They always succeed if they simply hit it in the right spot.)
(I use black cherry to show people how to split wood, because it's so easy. They always succeed if they simply hit it in the right spot.)
KJamesJR
Feeling the Heat
Sully1515
Member
That looked like it could has been big enough for the saw mill but maybe it was too crooked or bowed? Rarely grows strait in lower elevations.
Color doesn't look rich enough for Black Cherry, bark flakes look large, but it's some type of Cherry. Sapwood is another clue.
turn_n_burn
Burning Hunk
I absolutely love black cherry.That's definitely what you have, the wood in my batch looked like that and was a little stringy when green. It was a b**ch to split. When I had a load for my fireplace I didn't use the kitchen stove for 3 weeks. Best cooking wood ever. I love plum too.
