Willow?

Greg1959 · Sep 5, 2012

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

Ron/PA · Sep 5, 2012

I've never even considered using it, but here's something that might help you decide for yourself.

http://www.chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm

bill mart · Sep 5, 2012

burn it for heat in my furnace all time,being a softer hardwood it burns up pretty quick. Bill

Dean · Sep 5, 2012

Willow is soft and not good firewood but it will burn.

Dean

mkirsch · Sep 5, 2012

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."

jackinok · Sep 5, 2012

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.

RwEny · Sep 5, 2012

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.

RayP(MI) · Sep 5, 2012

Gopher wood - throw a batch in, and go for more wood.

36 Coupe · Sep 5, 2012

Dry fire wood is better than money in the bank.I put all in the woodshed.Dosent matter what kind.

Dachshund · Sep 5, 2012

We burn just about anything we can get. Lots of willow and red cedar.

sd pete · Sep 5, 2012

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

jm. · Sep 5, 2012

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.

Billy NY · Sep 5, 2012

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.

Zachary Hoyt · Sep 5, 2012

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

john in la · Sep 5, 2012

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.

Pale Rider · Sep 5, 2012

I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with hot well it burned. It is under rated.

JDseller · Sep 5, 2012

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.

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