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rustred

rustred

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finally got some warm weather so went and cut down 3 dead tamarack trees for now to keep the home fires burning. got them cut and split and good for a few more days. they are nice and dry and sure burn good. gonna get more tommorrow, and get stocked up again.
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What part of the country are you living in? I thought Tamarack was mainly up here in the Northwest. It is the preferred wood here, only drawback it tends to pop a lot in fireplace.
 
yes it is. that is one easy starting tractor with the 6 volt system. sat out in the cold for over a month and it was running on the second revolution.
 
central alberta. that is the only wood that compares to coal around here. produces a lot of heat. that poplar wood is just garbage and hardly can get it to burn.
 
tamarack logs on the fire, johnny cash record playing and a stiff shot and your in heaven.
 
Got a fair amount of tamarack in northern Wisconsin. Grows in wet areas. Tamarack will melt your stove if you are not careful. It burns very hot. Not used much for firewood on indoor stoves around here.
 
Tamarack used to be the preferred wood for heating the schools and other public buildings in N MN. We have some on our land, some is going to the paper mill this winter. I planted some 10 years ago, but it grows so fast the heavy wet snow bends it over and it never recovered.
 
I fill my shed in the spring or the winter before if I can, I was lucky to get a load of shag bark hickory, best wood for heating.
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Have to be careful cutting Tamarack as it looks dead in the winter but will green up in the spring. We have a small stand of them about a half mile down the road but none on my place.
Dave
 
these are stone dead from the beetles for a few years. dont even have limbs on them. i have even found beetles in some .
 
(quoted from post at 05:26:06 01/13/22) I fill my shed in the spring or the winter before if I can, I was lucky to get a load of shag bark hickory, best wood for heating.
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Yep, neck and neck with Ironwood (Hop Hornbeam). The pieces of shagbark are great for starting the fire and give off a lot of heat themselves.
 
Its funny you mentioned that, i have heard that about corn in stoves, it will actually melt cast iron, just what i been told!
 
Tamarack grows fast and big in N MN, this is a slice of one that was planted by my grandfathers grave when he passed away in 1929, the tree died in about 2010, we cut it up for firewood. The tree behind me is a Tamarack that I planted, they get very bright in the fall, then the needles fall off.
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(quoted from post at 01:26:06 01/13/22) I fill my shed in the spring or the winter before if I can, I was lucky to get a load of shag bark hickory, best wood for heating.


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Is there a water heater coil on that stove? I see what looks to be a water line coming from behind it.
 
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