Hard pine

[western mainer]

Has any one burn hard pine? And if so how well does it burn.
Thanks Brian

[maple maniac65]

Better than balsam

[bmbmkr]

I've not boiled on pine, but read other posts where people use it to start hot, fast fires then augment with hardwood, I have almost a cord of virginia pine I'm goin to mix with oak & hickory this year, windfalls that I didn't want to burn in the fields

[maple maniac65]

My syrup to cord ratio is 35 using softwood 45 on hardwood

[tuckermtn]

are you referring to red pine, pitch pine, or one the southern pines?

I have burned red pine with good luck- went through my old firewood processor slick...

[bmbmkr]

The scrubby shortneedled pines that grow in the clay of southeastern Ohio, I've heard em called a dozen different colloquial names, ( Dad ran a sawmill for a while), my timber book says they are Virginia pines aka scrub pines

[western mainer]

It is also call red pine here.

[cwhite]

we burn pine alot works fine we run abuot 100gal to a cord after rig is warm run a mix 75 soft 25 hard

[maple maniac65]

we burn pine alot works fine we run abuot 100gal to a cord after rig is warm run a mix 75 soft 25 hard

SAP or syrup

[Wanabe1972]

It will burn fine. I actually burnt some hemlock last year that my dad wanted to get rid of and that also burnt fine. You may have to load more often but it all works.

[motowbrowne]

The best wood for cooking syrup is wood that's free and dry. After that, it doesn't really matter. It all burns.