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OBers that use a fireplace/wood heater
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:02 am
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:02 am
have you ever used sweetgum instead of oak? our place has a ton of gums, which i fricking hate, but would love to use for something productive.
here's a fun fact about the gum family, they were used (in one of the WWs, i think) to construct roads. they were stripped of their bark and squared off and laid side by side. the fibers of the blocks would fuse with one another creating one solid piece of wood.
*the more you know
here's a fun fact about the gum family, they were used (in one of the WWs, i think) to construct roads. they were stripped of their bark and squared off and laid side by side. the fibers of the blocks would fuse with one another creating one solid piece of wood.
*the more you know
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Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:07 am to Flair Chops
quote:
here's a fun fact about the gum family, they were used (in one of the WWs, i think) to construct roads. they were stripped of their bark and squared off and laid side by side. the fibers of the blocks would fuse with one another creating one solid piece of wood.
*the more you know
I love me some fun facts.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:16 am to thedice20
Get ready for some popping.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:19 am to Langston
quote:so, it's about like blackjack?
Get ready for some popping.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:20 am to Flair Chops
quote:
the fibers of the blocks would fuse with one another creating one solid piece of wood.
And you wanna burn this in your fireplace?
Keep using oak and move on to your next OCD topic.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:22 am to Tiger 79
quote:i want to get some use out of the damn thing. i'm part indian, so i don't want to waste anything.
And you wanna burn this in your fireplace?
quote:say what?
move on to your next OCD topic.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:25 am to Flair Chops
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:30 am to Tiger 79
i might try the fusing thing, but that seems like a lot of fricking work.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:43 am to Flair Chops
Not sure about gum, but Hackberry burns better than i would have ever though.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:44 am to AlxTgr
i split some chinese tallow (popcorn) last year. it's soft as tissue paper, but it'll burn
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:48 am to Flair Chops
That too.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 8:52 am to Flair Chops
I bet it smokes alot and makes plenty ashes.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:01 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
What you really need to be burning is slash pine.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:04 am to AlxTgr
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:05 am to Flair Chops
I think i just described nico
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:10 am to Flair Chops
When I take down a sweetgum I just drag it off to the brush pile. That stuff is tough to split and fairly light. We've got 9 acres of woods and the drought has killed several trees so I've got more white oak than I can burn in several years (especially as warm as this winter has been).
My favorite firewood is dogwood, weirdly enough. When the state put a road through the local state forest they took down a lot of dogwood and the forest manager let me take what I wanted. The trunk is about the right size for a log so no splitting and the wood is dense as hell. Great fire wood. It sucks though because that area used to look great in the spring.
My favorite firewood is dogwood, weirdly enough. When the state put a road through the local state forest they took down a lot of dogwood and the forest manager let me take what I wanted. The trunk is about the right size for a log so no splitting and the wood is dense as hell. Great fire wood. It sucks though because that area used to look great in the spring.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:13 am to Tigris
quote:
I think i just described nico
quote:i have never heard of someone using it as firewood
My favorite firewood is dogwood,
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:15 am to Flair Chops
Oak...........burn oak........
hotter burning
less problem with creosote build up in stack
Burn oak
Burn fricking oak
eta: And get the frick off my Lawn
Oak
hotter burning
less problem with creosote build up in stack
Burn oak
Burn fricking oak
eta: And get the frick off my Lawn
Oak
This post was edited on 2/9/12 at 9:16 am
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:17 am to Tiger 79
.....and hickory.
Posted on 2/9/12 at 9:21 am to AlxTgr
quote:
..and hickory.
Not a fan.....I know alot of people use it.....just not a fan of it. It does burn hot though.
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