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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => Fire Wood => Topic started by: duramax on February 28, 2017, 05:31:32 PM

Title: LOG LOAD OF PINE
Post by: duramax on February 28, 2017, 05:31:32 PM

I may have a chance to get a logging truck load of pine for free. All I have to do is pay $200-250 for trucking. It sounds great but I have never burned lots of pine. I assume that I could use it for early late  season wood or mix it in with hard wood. Any thoughts?

Title: Re: LOG LOAD OF PINE
Post by: fireboss on February 28, 2017, 06:13:36 PM

I don't have a Gasser but I burn mostly pine because it's free for me! I have tree guys bringing to me cut to about 20" rounds ,they have to pay to get rid OK for soft wood around here so they dump here on my terms and they bring hard wood if they have a job that's close by

Title: Re: LOG LOAD OF PINE
Post by: hoardac on February 28, 2017, 07:27:55 PM

I would for that price 25 bucks a cord.

Title: Re: LOG LOAD OF PINE
Post by: E Yoder on March 01, 2017, 05:07:56 AM

What kind of pine? White pine can be tough to maintain a coal bed in a gasser. Mixing with hardwood  it works ok.

Title: Re: LOG LOAD OF PINE
Post by: coolidge on March 01, 2017, 05:46:22 PM

Burn it.

Title: Re: LOG LOAD OF PINE
Post by: MattyNH on March 02, 2017, 07:04:27 PM

Don't be afraid to burn any species of wood in your boiler!

Title: Re: LOG LOAD OF PINE
Post by: duramax on March 05, 2017, 07:27:00 AM

I've burned pine before but not  any huge amounts. Still waiting on a return phone call, hope it's not another dead end. Last year it was a guy trimming trees in the area that could drop off a truck load of whatever he had for the day for $100. Never talk to a guy who has a buzz on in the package store ::)

Title: Re: LOG LOAD OF PINE
Post by: aarmga on March 06, 2017, 11:41:32 PM

I got two truckloads of pine that was laying in a backyard of someone in the town I live near.  He was keeping it to burn in his fireplace but realized it didn't do well so I took it off his hands.   It was already good and dry because it was sitting for two years, it burnt well but fast and I used it in the fall season. It didn't leave a good ash bed at all,   I think you would have to burn it with some hardwood otherwise it will ash up into a fine powder and go completely out.