Basswood for firewood?

[gator330]

I would check with the mill around here basewood is at 400 per one thousand board feet. I just sent a load to the mill payed well! Burn beach thats more btus and only at 250 per thousand at the mill. ps Maple is at 1,200 dollars per thousand for top grade. I most say i never made so much money on a few select tree by putting a 88cc tape in them!!! Sorry

[Leo]

Thanks for the feedback. I will probably cut some up and split it and let it dry in a pile for a couple of years and then try it out. I have enough oak and ash to keep supplied, but like ennismaple said, I hate to leave it rot in the woods.

[Starting Small]

Does different types of wood take different lengths of time to dry out? How quick does softwood vs hardwood dry?

[oneoldsap]

I've seen dry Basswood burned in an airtight arch , and it burned some hot . It turned the mulion between the doors white hot !

[Burnt sap]

Use it for carving duck decoys or kindling not as a fuel low heat index btu rating. My 2 cents.

[weekendboiler]

Dry it for only a year or so I have found that it tend to get punky if seasoned in a pile outside much more than that

[PerryW]

Does different types of wood take different lengths of time to dry out? How quick does softwood vs hardwood dry?

the best kind of wood is free wood. I burn anything. Pine, spruce & fir dry quick especially when split and will be dry as long as you have 9 month of drying.

I use the hardwood for the woodstove inside (too valuable for sugarwood) but it works for sugarwood. Hardwoods like maple and oak burn great, but take longer than 1 year to dry out (for us non-blower guys anyway) Red oak takes a long time to dry out.

White ash burns halfway decent even when green. I burn a low of poplar, which dries out fast and give a little more hear per cord then softwood.

Helmock is good, but also, long drying time.

I like white birch, really rages when you throw each piece in, but you must split it immediately and keep it covered. Will rot quick if not treated right.

[Starting Small]

Perry -Are you suggesting that with a blower you do not need to have perfectly dry wood? Is that because it burns so much hotter with the blower?

[hkillam]

I burn a lot of oak, hickory & ironwood, split very small and very dry - all very high BTU wood! In my testing I realized that if I got behind on loading, it took a long time to catch up. But, with basswood available I can catch up quickly as it starts so fast and really burns hot, though admittedly, not for very long. I believe that basswood (or similar, lighter hardwoods or softwoods) have their place in the woodpile, so long as you know which to use at what time. But, and this goes for all wood types... IT MUST BE WELL SEASONED.

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