om21braz
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It is the BBQ restaurants wood of choice in this immediate area. They buy a large enough quantity around here year-round that makes it tough for anyone else to get much of it. And yes, properly cured it is excellent firewood.
Is Hickory a good firewood?
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foggy1111
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generally....the weight of the (dried) wood will tell you the btu content of the wood. The heavy wood yeilds more btu's than the lightweight wood. 
but, how it burns is another thing.
but, how it burns is another thing.
AchingBack
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There are perhaps many good tool handles to be had in the processing of that wood. Axe, hammer, shovel, pick, knives; you name it. It is a pleasure to hew your own tool handles.
The bitternut hickory I burn does produce a lot of heat, but it is difficult to burn unless you already have a very hot fire started. Another issue with it is the painted hickory borers that lay eggs in dead hickory wood (aka firewood). When you bring the wood indoors to burn, the wood thaws and you will have large "longhorned" beetles flying all over the house.
dodge man
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I burn some hickory, the only problem is the insects that bore into the wood, it doens't seem to hurt the wood that much, but it makes a lot of sawdust, which can make a mess. I never bring any fire wood into the house, except to put it straight in the fire. There are just to many bug in the fire wood.
Tractorbeam
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Hickory is the worst wood to burn. I'll do you a favor and take it off your hands.
czechsonofagun
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Hickory is strong and very pretty, waste to burn in my opinion.
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The old man that does our serious truck work has always request we take him one hicory for the winter. It can only age 6 to 8 months to or be green. He showed me that if its 2 winters old that it will burn hot and fast, and wont coal up. may be the type here. We have 2 ones a scaley bark and the other one is a bitter nut I think. I get the slabs from a friends mill to burn does reall y well green and dried.