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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Fire Wood => Topic started by: Jared43758 on September 25, 2016, 04:05:22 PM

Title: Silver Maple
Post by: Jared43758 on September 25, 2016, 04:05:22 PM: I know silver maple isn't great wood but I got a pickup load of it. What does it burn like? Does it make coals? Burn fast I guess???
Title: Re: Silver Maple
Post by: Jared43758 on October 07, 2016, 02:01:58 PM: Really. No one :o
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Post by: mlappin on October 07, 2016, 02:14:43 PM: Have never burned any myself, don’t really burn a lot of maple anyways, mostly ash, elm, wild cherry and locust.
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Post by: free heat on October 07, 2016, 10:33:46 PM: Burn it up not a ton of BTUs or much of a coal bed, but worth burning
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Post by: Pointblank on October 08, 2016, 05:38:06 AM: Its decent wood, not as good as oak or hard maple, but better then aspen or most of your pine/spruce.
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Post by: dukethebeagle on October 08, 2016, 11:27:23 AM: no brainer.its free
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Post by: doow14 on October 13, 2016, 02:36:19 AM: Burn it up in the fall befor it gets real cold or in spring when it starts warming up
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Post by: robertj1 on October 13, 2016, 11:23:50 AM: Mostly what I burn. I think it burns o.k. If it was cut green seems to be a better burn once it dries then cutting it when it has died or is dying on the tree. splits easy and does have a coal bed.
Title: Re: Silver Maple
Post by: juddspaintballs on October 13, 2016, 11:27:48 AM: It doesn't last long, but the price is right and it still makes fire.
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Post by: kybaseball on October 17, 2016, 07:18:18 AM: If it's free then it is good wood. Hard to beat free wood.
Title: Re: Silver Maple
Post by: Jared43758 on October 27, 2016, 03:42:05 AM: Quote from: dukethebeagle on October 08, 2016, 11:27:23 AM
no brainer.its free

No one said it was free
Title: Re: Silver Maple
Post by: d conover on October 27, 2016, 10:04:17 AM: If it has to be split it will take you longer to split than it does to burn imho :)

I cut and hauled a couple loads about 10 years ago of large blocks and ended up loading them back up in the truck and rolling them into a washout in the field.
Title: Re: Silver Maple
Post by: Jared43758 on October 28, 2016, 01:32:48 PM: Maybe my heatmaster will have better luck that a hardy
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Post by: mlappin on October 28, 2016, 03:12:26 PM: Ahh, silver maple also known just as ole soft maple. Have burned some of it, don’t let it get too dry, makes great camp fire wood especially if your selling it by the bundle.
Title: Re: Silver Maple
Post by: Jared43758 on October 30, 2016, 05:47:09 AM: Your right. Just took a bunch to my mom who has been camping at local state park with my sister and family for Halloween week and it dries super quick i noticed and doesn't smoke hardly. Good for camp fire.
Title: Re: Silver Maple
Post by: patvetzal on November 28, 2016, 03:15:23 PM: About a month ago a buddy dropped off a load of half rotted poplar, 8-12" already blocked up. I wouldn't bother dragging it out of my bush but Dennis got paid to cut it up and take it away. Been going thru 3-4 blocks/night of free heat. Next time he might have oak or ash.
Title: Re: Silver Maple
Post by: lindnova on November 30, 2016, 02:57:04 PM: I like soft maple. Smells nice, dries fast and burns clean enough. I try to keep some just for bonfires.
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Post by: Jared43758 on December 01, 2016, 03:37:27 PM: :post: :post:
Quote from: lindnova on November 30, 2016, 02:57:04 PM
I like soft maple. Smells nice, dries fast and burns clean enough. I try to keep some just for bonfires.
Title: Re: Silver Maple
Post by: juddspaintballs on December 01, 2016, 05:37:17 PM: I split up about a cord of Silver Maple today. I cut it down about 9 months ago and cut it all to length then. It's been sitting uncovered ever since. Some of it is already starting to rot. It'll find it's way into the boiler soon.