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Paul from MI
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Russ from MN
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Traditional Farmer
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Brian G. NY
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I have 3-1/2 cords of almost all White Ash this year 'cause a logger gave it to me last year for free.
I know I'll be loading the stove more often for sure.........time will tell just how much more wood I have to use this year.
Brian G. NY
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I always thought Ironwood to be the hottest burning wood here in New York State but a few years ago the Environmental Conservation Dept. posted a chart of heat values of various woods and they gave Ironwood a rating slightly less than Hickory.
I have 50 acres of woods so I rarely cut a live tree but now and again I do find a dead Hickory and it definitely burns very well. Plus, the shagbark makes a very hot kindling for getting the stove up and going in a hurry.
Adirondack case guy
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cleanest burning wood available. A down side to Ash. No coals to light a morning fire
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T in NE
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never heard of it and lived 25 miles south
of Erie, PA.
We burned anything but evergreens in our
outdoor boiler. But never hickory, didn't
have any on our ground. Lots of maple,
beech, some walnut and cherry on occassion,
when an old tree died or when the wind
damaged one in the yard.
Out here in southwest Nebraska, ash is one
of the trees to look for.
Elm (not chinese), hackberry, ash, burr oak
(only found a couple in an old farm yard),
black locust, and hedgeapple (never found
any but was warned not to load the stove
with it, a friend's parents did, not
knowing what it was, had the windows all
open and slept in shifts- the cast iron
stove in the basement was glowing red)
Brian G. NY
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I should be native to that area of PA.
It's real name is Hophornbeam because it's flowers look strikingly like hop blossoms. It rarely grows more than 6" in diameter before it dies although I have cut some as big as 15".
It apparently dies of "natural causes" and I find new dead trees every year. After it stands dead for a year, when cut, it will be truly "seasoned" throughout and is ready for burning. It will stand for years without deteriorating. There are many reasons this is my favorite firewood of all time.
Another tree called ironwood is the American Hornbeam also known as blue beech or muscle wood.
This tree tends to die when even smaller but, unlike Hop Hornbeam, it will become "punky" within months. If cut before it becomes punky and properly seasoned, it is nearly as good a firewood as Hop Hornbeam.
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