It's so E-Z to get started and very entertaining once it's going. I will definitely keep pine on the list. Heavy on the pine in spring/fall. Mixed with the hardwoods in the winter.
wOw I am having fun burning this pine!
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red oak
Minister of Fire
Yes as long as it is dry it is great! I feel bad for all the people around here who won't touch it.
Jack Straw
Minister of Fire
curber
Feeling the Heat
Beer Belly
Minister of Fire
I was told to never burn Pine. I do have some Pine rounds (2 years old) that I split into little sticks as a firestarter....but never burn a load of it
shawneyboy
Minister of Fire
Pine is fine 
Great in the shoulder season. Now don't go and fully load the stove up, you then may be having your own thermo-nuclear meltdown.
Shawn
Great in the shoulder season. Now don't go and fully load the stove up, you then may be having your own thermo-nuclear meltdown. Shawn
SWNH
Feeling the Heat
Pine rocks! I'll be burning mostly pine this winter...probably 5 cord worth. It's great, but doesn't leave much in the way of coals. Overnight burns will be 2yr old oak, but all pine during the day.
MarkinNC
Minister of Fire
I burned some pine this year for the first time in my life after being raised to believe it would result creosote disaster (which i know is wrong now). I have to say that nothing seasons faster in my experience and it does indeed burn hot. Having some soft wood around comes in handy.
weatherguy
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FireAnt
Minister of Fire
I warm my house up with this stove of mine.
I burn it hot most of the time.
Any thing that burns is mine.
Because it’s fine.
I burn the pine.
- Johnny Ash
I burn it hot most of the time.
Any thing that burns is mine.
Because it’s fine.
I burn the pine.
- Johnny Ash
raybonz
Minister of Fire
Dix
Minister of Fire
I don't think she has a stove to burn it in. I don't recall seeing any pics. 
Come to think of it, of Gamma's stove either.
Come to think of it, of Gamma's stove either.
Dix
Minister of Fire
BrotherBart said:I don't think she has a stove to burn it in. I don't recall seeing any pics.
Come to think of it, of Gamma's stove either.
Pushy, pushy, pushy.
gyingling
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Okay, I was raised that pine was creosote evil, but my dad has started burning it because of a bumper crop of dead pines on his property.
Is it best to burn really hot? Or doesn't it really matter? I have a fireplace that I like to use alot, and pine would be nice and cheap and plentiful.
Is it best to burn really hot? Or doesn't it really matter? I have a fireplace that I like to use alot, and pine would be nice and cheap and plentiful.
gyingling said:
Just dry it over a year to a low moisture content liike any other firewood. Then burn it like any other firewood. Take it easier with the dead pines because they burn hotter and faster than fresh cut pine properly dried.
The mistake that people make is burning pine too early just because it will burn.
dafattkidd
Minister of Fire
I've been burning pine this fall and loving it. I have barely had to touch my hardwoods yet. I'm very happy burning pine and poplar all fall. Tonight it's in the upper 20s so I through two splits of oak in there with a couple splits of pine. I anticipate a warm house and coals in the morning.
K glad to hear the 30 is working out for you.
K glad to hear the 30 is working out for you.
I burned alot last year which was about 9 months seasoned which did ok. This year the remaining cord, now 1 year and 9 months is burning awesomely. It burns hot but quick. It had my NCI up to 800 without blower the other night.
thewoodlands
Minister of Fire
BrotherBart said:I don't think she has a stove to burn it in. I don't recall seeing any pics.
Come to think of it, of Gamma's stove either.
It's bad enough you get one lady mad at you but two!
hh: :grrr: zap
BrotherBart said:I don't think she has a stove to burn it in. I don't recall seeing any pics.
Come to think of it, of Gamma's stove either.
OK smarty pants BB...you were off galavanting somewhere when I posted them....and they moved them over to the picture perfect forum....so many may have missed them because the thread was not left in the hearthroom with a black arrow for moved post...I hate when they don't use the move post thingy...Just sayin...
You did not miss Kat's pics because she has failed us....
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/81551/
firefighterjake
Minister of Fire
I must confess . . . I kinda enjoy watching pine burn during this time of year . . . especially since it often seems to put on a nice show with snaps, pops and a decent secondary light show.
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