Burning White Pine

[hawkeye08]

We burned mostly pine back when we heated with wood stove. We were glad to have some wood that burned well but was not as much heat... We could use it when it was not as cold out and not over heat the house (it burned hot but faster so less heat).

Some local farmers tried making pellets for stoves out of wheat straw a few years back... same principle, less heat for when it is not as cold.. they were not able to make enough profit to keep running..

 

[ruffdog]

My Scotch Pine burns ok in a woodstove but I don't like certain evergreens and White Pine is one of them. It burns like it soaked up diesel fuel. To kill a tree a year ahead just cut a groove around the trunk with a chainsaw. That way it cuts off the sap and the tree dies and dries. I have about 50 Blue Spruce that I did that to so they are pre dried.

 

[Snobdds]

Come out west, all we have is pine and people burn it all winter. Pine is a great firewood.

I've never even burned a piece of oak or maple or hickory... I don't think I'm missing much.

 

[Weedy Fields]

Come out west, all we have is pine and people burn it all winter. Pine is a great firewood.

I've never even burned a piece of oak or maple or hickory... I don't think I'm missing much.

Your missing alot longer burn with a lot more heat. Shagbark Hickory has twice the btus that white pine has.
Imagine only needing 1/2 the wood to heat your place.

 

[ruffdog]

Your missing alot longer burn with a lot more heat. Shagbark Hickory has twice the btus that white pine has.
Imagine only needing 1/2 the wood to heat your place.

True, I use the pine to start a fire or to do a short burn in warm weather. I use the hardwoods for cold weather. Some areas just may not have the trees available like others do. Burn what you have near by.

 

[Snobdds]

Your missing alot longer burn with a lot more heat. Shagbark Hickory has twice the btus that white pine has.
Imagine only needing 1/2 the wood to heat your place.

It's all relative. I know exactly how big my pile needs to be to last me until spring. Never have known anything different. What you don't know...You don't miss.

Actually my property is too high for pine to thrive. I mostly have edleman spruce and mountain fir. Which may even be worse than pine for BTUs. It all burns the same though.

 

[turnkey4099]

Your missing alot longer burn with a lot more heat. Shagbark Hickory has twice the btus that white pine has.
Imagine only needing 1/2 the wood to heat your place.

Great. Just conme out here an plant a batch of shag bark hickory. Hard wood forests DO NOT GROW out here. Here any tree that has needles or leaves is looked at as green gold when it comes to heating with wood.

Willow? About as far down in firewood chart as one can get. I still sell it at $120 cord and I have more prospective customers than I can handle.

 

[turnkey4099]

It's all relative. I know exactly how big my pile needs to be to last me until spring. Never have known anything different. What you don't know...You don't miss.

Actually my property is too high for pine to thrive. I mostly have edleman spruce and mountain fir. Which may even be worse than pine for BTUs. It all burns the same though.

True that. All species have about the same BTU. A pound of pine with produce jsut about the same number of BTU as a pound of shag bark hickory. The ony real difference is how often one needs to feed the stove.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

You guys are gonna love it when I start posting pictures of my burn piles. Enough pine to heat a high school for a year.
I was in southern Colorado about 10 years ago and stopped in a small antique/general store....they sold everything. There was a small wood stove burning, made out of what looked like stamped riveted steel. Not heavy weight at all. And a basket in front of it with twisted chunks of wood. As I was paying for the things I got, I asked what they burned in the stove. "Junk wood". basically anything they could get their hands on. It looked like they had a bunch of chunks of juniper trunks in the basket. I suppose you burn what you have available. The place was warm, and that was the only source or heat that I saw, so it must be working.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Some areas just may not have the trees available like others do. Burn what you have near by.

Yep. When you have plenty of hardwood, pine is just not worth the work. It's like choosing between working in a pizza joint that pays $5 per hour vs. $10 per hour. Same work? Better pay? Easy choice.

But if pine is what you have, great! Nothing wrong with it.