Big Pine Down

[20 20]

I ain't burning it through my wood stove.

:confused2: Just curious as to why you wouldn't burn pine in a wood stove?

Are you scared of the ole wifes tail "pine will cause creasote and block the chimney"? I've burned pine for over 15yrs in our wood stove it is no different then anyother wood when it comes to creasote. NO MATTER what wood someone uses it should be dried proper. The ONLY down fall to burning pine is that it burns quick and doesn't give of the BTU's compared to something like oak apple or ash.

 

[beenthere]

I agree with 20 20
Pound for pound, and same moisture content, all wood is pretty much the same BTU's.
The pine might even give off a bit more heat, as the resins in pine burn a bit hotter.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

As requested, here are a couple pictures.....

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[beenthere]

I think firewood.

Limbs were not pruned off for any amount of clear wood to grow over the stubs, and the knots will be pretty big in any construction-type lumber sawn out. However, it could make for some knotty pine panelling if sawn into 4/4 (1-inch) boards.

Good size tree tho. Thanks for the pics.

 

[schmism]

I agree with 20 20
Pound for pound, and same moisture content, all wood is pretty much the same BTU's.

pound for pound yes,

but then you have this annoying thing called density. so pine is like 400kg/m3
and oak is like 760 kg/m3 or almost twice as dense. (dry value)

so for a single stick of split seasoned firewood, that have the same size (aka volume) (as id say all of us split for size of stick of firewood not weight of that stick) then that stick of oak is going to put out nearly twice the BTU of that pine. or burn twice as long at the same btu output....


but back to your big arse pine tree... call in the local portable saw mill and have that sucker slabbed up into some lumber for something! to nice of a tree to go to firewood.

 

[forgeblast]

have it slabbed and make a big table.

 

[beenthere]

Be cautious when you cut the root ball from the trunk of the downed tree.
Been known for those root balls to flop back into its hole.
Sometimes catching a child playing in the hole, and other times a dog or cat.
Also, that tendency from such tension may catch the chainsaw operator off guard, and at best, just pinch the saw tight.

 

[PILOON]

I had a similar sized tree blown over.
I cut into 3X 8 ft lengths and brought in a portable woodmizer.
Took him 4 hours + travel time and yielded me some 800 board ft of nice pine boards for my stock pile.
Cost of sawing was about $300 all told.
Where can U buy pine for .40 cents a foot?
Not Home Depot for shure...

I have made all sorts of projects and still have some left.
(furniture, shelves gates etc etc)

 

[ihuntbear]

are you shore its pine and not fur.looks like fur to me.Fur makes great 2x4's or planks

 

[Chilly807]

I'm with Eddie, unless you have a use for the pine lumber it'd make a nice stack of firewood. We burn a mixture of soft and hard wood with good results.

In fact, I'd cut and split it up, then make the sticks into kindling. Nice hot fire to get the other wood going, and you'd have darn near a lifetime supply there. Shame to see it dragged off to rot.