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greg1959 09-05-2012 12:51:18 69.176.13.178 Report to Moderator	I have some Willow trees that need cutting down. How well do they burn for firewood? or should I just pile them up in a brush pile? Never used Willow before, so I don't know how it would do. Thanks [Reply]   [No Email]
JDseller 09-05-2012 19:18:49 208.126.196.144 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   Usually just junk them. The value of the heat after it dries out is not much. You will waste more effort splitting it and carrying it to burn than you will get out of it. [Reply]  [No Email]
Pale Rider 09-05-2012 19:18:21 205.188.116.74 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with hot well it burned. It is under rated. [Reply]  [No Email]
John in La 09-05-2012 18:40:17 68.222.52.108 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   Like any soft wood it burns quickly. It takes for ever to dry out and may even rot before drying out if it is not split. But it will burn. [Reply]  [No Email]
Zachary Hoyt 09-05-2012 17:10:48 184.12.64.194 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   According to a pamphlet from the Dept of Forestry in Maine that I have willow has as many BTUs per cord as soft (red) maple and more than aspen (popple), cottonwood and such. Not a stellar firewood but not too bad. I have never burned it myself to any extent. Zach [Reply]  [No Email]
Billy NY 09-05-2012 16:48:27 67.248.100.3 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   I burn it, can be quick, hot and over but if mixing in hardwood, maybe with a little moisture, I have used it when not having the wood as dry as it should be. My flues are big, never much creosote when I inspect and clean em. I have a pile that I split in April, was sopping wet, water splashing out of some of it, now bone dry, can mix in for a quick warm up and or restart, I like the all dry wood has a purpose, this tree was close by, free which is always a good combination in my book, darned thing was old 4' diameter, some of the gnarliest wood in sections, 28 ton splitter felt it, those pieces will burn a little longer. [Reply]  [No Email]
jm. 09-05-2012 16:29:14 99.196.0.56 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   I guess we just have too much more to choose from but here in Tenn. it it is treated as junk wood. Not much for fire wood.. If you let it lay out for two years and get dry will burn like paper. Real fast fire for campfires. Guess if your time is not worth much and you have a place for it go on and cut it up but don,t expect too much heat. [Reply]  [No Email]
SD pete 09-05-2012 16:24:19 24.230.34.249 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   When I was a kid back in the 50's we burned any wood we could find. Willow wasn't the best but it burned [Reply]  [No Email]
Dachshund 09-05-2012 14:38:15 216.139.126.249 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   We burn just about anything we can get. Lots of willow and red cedar. [Reply]  [No Email]
36 coupe 09-05-2012 14:35:05 66.186.169.176 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   Dry fire wood is better than money in the bank.I put all in the woodshed.Dosent matter what kind. [Reply]  [No Email]
RayP(MI) 09-05-2012 13:28:55 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   Gopher wood - throw a batch in, and go for more wood. [Reply]  [No Email]
rweNY 09-05-2012 13:21:38 76.180.85.68 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   I have burned a lot of willow over the years. I burns very clean hardly any ash, but it does not last as long as harder woods. [Reply]  [No Email]
jackinok 09-05-2012 13:21:28 162.58.82.136 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   out here on the basicaly treeless plains we burn it all. its certainly not the best wood,but when dry its easy to light,burns fast though. we do a lot of cooking outside at the farm over wood,and i use it for that,simply because i dont have to go to bed with a fire going. I can heat up some hot dogs and chili,make coffee and breakfast,or something of that nature and by the time the meals is done the fire is about done also. Cant feed it in fast enough to keep my smoker hot though. [Reply]  [No Email]
mkirsch 09-05-2012 13:20:39 64.80.110.75 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   The wood has very little heating value, and takes forever to dry. I've been working away at a pile I got stuck with for 2 years now, using it for campfires. Makes flames, and snaps and pops, but doesn't do much else. About a year ago at an outdoor thing the temp got down into the high 30's at night. The campfire was about worthless. It seemed like it was giving off "negative heat." [Reply]  [No Email]
Dean 09-05-2012 13:18:50 152.216.7.5 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   Willow is soft and not good firewood but it will burn. Dean [Reply]  [No Email]
bill mart 09-05-2012 13:12:44 69.204.65.189 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   burn it for heat in my furnace all time,being a softer hardwood it burns up pretty quick. Bill [Reply]  [No Email]
Ron/PA 09-05-2012 12:58:22 108.57.21.128 Report to Moderator	Re: Willow? in reply to greg1959, 09-05-2012 12:51:18   I've never even considered using it, but here's something that might help you decide for yourself. http://www.chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm [Reply]  [No Email]