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Split up about 10 of these poplar rounds today. I don't like poplar as firewood, most don't. But my morning wood has always been poplar, burns fast and hot and then is done. A good way to start the day
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Recall reading in an old Mother Earth that the quickest way to establish a firewood lot was to plant poplar.
You would have viable firewood in 5 to 7 years.

 

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The softest of the "hardwoods"?

Almost….balsa wood is softer.

 

[Jstpssng]

Recall reading in an old Mother Earth that the quickest way to establish a firewood lot was to plant poplar.
You would have viable firewood in 5 to 7 years.

It depends on the region, and what type of poplar. But yes, it is a quick way to get fiber.
I just can't stand the smell...whether I am sawing sheets of wafer board or cutting to to sell to the OSB mill.

I still cash the checks for the latter though.

 

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It depends on the region, and what type of poplar. But yes, it is a quick way to get fiber.
I just can't stand the smell...whether I am sawing sheets of wafer board or cutting to to sell to the OSB mill.

I still cash the checks for the latter though.

Never confronted it in any form.
Have cut some stink laden wood.
There’s an oak here that smells like urine when you cut it.
Not in love with shad bark for its smell either.

 

[WinterDeere]

There’s an oak here that smells like urine when you cut it.

We have the same. The old-timer I used to cut with called it "piss oak". I think it's closely related to swamp oak, or may even be another name for the same sub-species.

It may smell like piss when cutting into it green, but it's a good high-BTU wood, if you have a few years to dry the stuff. I've burned quite a few cords of it, over the years.

 

[goeduck]

Our Cottonwood Poplar is horrible firewood for heat, but starts the fire very well. Almost like big kindling, if dry, fires up easy and then it breaks down to coals. I use it to start the fire in the morning and move onto other wood. From a BTU standpoint it is about half or less than a good firewood. When wet it just about can't be burned, the cell structure contains way too much water, almost like a sponge. The cell structure, when dry, is also why it starts burning so easy.

 

[WinterDeere]

Our Cottonwood Poplar is horrible firewood for heat, but starts the fire very well. Almost like big kindling, if dry, fires up easy and then it breaks down to coals. I use it to start the fire in the morning and move onto other wood. From a BTU standpoint it is about half or less than a good firewood. When wet it just about can't be burned, the cell structure contains way too much water, almost like a sponge. The cell structure, when dry, is also why it starts burning so easy.

I dragged home a poplar tree once. Once.

I burned the entire 1.5 cords of it in about 8 days, and we were still cold! Most useless firewood ever created, each split must have less BTU value than a roll of newspaper.

Don't waste your valuable time or wood shed space on that stuff!

 

[GMIslander]

Funny to see this. I took these pictures today on the trail to my lot. I knew the beavers were there but man do they love POPLAR. It is soft. They also like maple, yellow birch, white birch and who knows wooden legs. They dammed off flooded about five acres of my and another guys lot. That yellow birch hung up and they tried to chew it off twice. I removed it for them it was across the trail

 

[groundcover]

Busy beavers!

 

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We have the same. The old-timer I used to cut with called it "piss oak". I think it's closely related to swamp oak, or may even be another name for the same sub-species.

It may smell like piss when cutting into it green, but it's a good high-BTU wood, if you have a few years to dry the stuff. I've burned quite a few cords of it, over the years.

It is always interesting to me of hearing about local nomenclature of things.
The odor l describe derives when l cut pin oak.
I once heard a hitch of skidded stems called a “twitch”.
I logged for 30 years and never heard it described that way. Then again most of my cutting was in New England states.

 

[Gordon Gould]

It is always interesting to me of hearing about local nomenclature of things.
The odor l describe derives when l cut pin oak.
I once heard a hitch of skidded stems called a “twitch”.
I logged for 30 years and never heard it described that way. Then again most of my cutting was in New England states.

Twitch is used quite often here in northern New England. ie I pulled out a big twitch with my tractor. But it was tough because the twitch trail was all mud. I'm not sure but I think it originated in the days of horse logging.

gg

 

[John_Mc]

Twitch is used quite often here in northern New England. ie I pulled out a big twitch with my tractor. But it was tough because the twitch trail was all mud. I'm not sure but I think it originated in the days of horse logging.

gg

I always thought a twitch referred to what you pulled out of the woods to your tractor using a winch, and a hitch meant what you hooked on to and skidded out to the landing. I'll admit I never really paid much attention to the distinction, however, so perhaps I've just misunderstood it all these years.

 

[Gordon Gould]

That's the point. With time old terms can lose distinction with time and across cultures.

gg

 

[Jstpssng]

It is always interesting to me of hearing about local nomenclature of things.
The odor l describe derives when l cut pin oak.
I once heard a hitch of skidded stems called a “twitch”.
I logged for 30 years and never heard it described that way. Then again most of my cutting was in New England states.

They have always been called that here

 

[BackRoad]

So it's good to have a twitch!

 

[Gordon Gould]

Yes. Especially if it is Red Oak or Hickory.

 

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They have always been called that here

No one l was ever with who could be called loggers used the term. The first time l heard it was about 5 yrs ago and from a Maine guy no less.
I was called a “twit” as a youngun when just beginning. Or maybe they were saying “twitch”?
Ok, I feel better now.

 

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I'm not sure but I think it originated in the days of horse logging.

gg

If that the case, the guy driving the horse must have been called a “ twitcher”.
Sounds like we’re formulating a new swear word.
What was the son of the driver called?

 

[goeduck]

I dragged home a poplar tree once. Once.

I burned the entire 1.5 cords of it in about 8 days, and we were still cold! Most useless firewood ever created, each split must have less BTU value than a roll of newspaper.

Don't waste your valuable time or wood shed space on that stuff!

Yes, but it makes great "big kindling" for me. If someone tried to use it to heat, it is "gofer" wood. Put it in the stove and "go for" more.

 

[wolc123]

Twitch is used quite often here in northern New England. ie I pulled out a big twitch with my tractor. But it was tough because the twitch trail was all mud. I'm not sure but I think it originated in the days of horse logging.

gg