Wood Burners

Ive already seen that link researching yesterday. Yes, Christmas trees are Pine trees.
 
sonocativo said:
Ive already seen that link researching yesterday. Yes, Christmas trees are Pine trees.
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OH , I did not see that link here, I know pine trees are not good for fire wood. There is cut up pine tree in a park I go to and I was thinking it's too bad couldn't be used for firewood. The tree been there for months now.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
OH , I did not see that link here, I know pine trees are not good for fire wood. There is cut up pine tree in a park I go to and I was thinking it's too bad couldn't be used for firewood. The tree been there for months now.
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Pine trees can be burned, just have to burn it right so no creosote builds up, a hot fire with oak or other hard woods to thoroughly burn it, as pine is a soft, fast burning wood it has a lot of sticky sap but very very flammable. Pine doesn't burn hot, just fast so its a poor heating wood but easy to burn to use as kindling to start a fire or as a quick show of flames.

I would burn most anything but hardwood is the best all around wood (oak, hickory, elm and others) elm is hard to split as well as sycamore I believe as its stringy.
Other woods such as ash will leave very little ashes to clean up.
 
sonocativo said:
Pine trees can be burned, just have to burn it right so no creosote builds up, a hot fire with oak or other hard woods to thoroughly burn it, as pine is a soft, fast burning wood it has a lot of sticky sap but very very flammable. Pine doesn't burn hot, just fast so its a poor heating wood but easy to burn to use as kindling to start a fire or as a quick show of flames.

I would burn most anything but hardwood is the best all around wood (oak, hickory, elm and others) elm is hard to split as well as sycamore I believe as its stringy.
Other woods such as ash will leave very little ashes to clean up.
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I was always told not to burn pine wood in my woodstove . I had one in a cabin I rented out . I had a roaring fire going and the pipe broke lose and the fire was shooting up . I ran to get my landlord and he came and put the lid from my cast iron pot over the pipe. I never used a wood stove before and did not think to do the . My landlord installed the woodstove and did a bad job. This could had started a horrible forest fire if that happen while I was sleeping . We had to wait for the woodstove o get cold before my landlord could fix it. He said I saved the day by getting to him in time. That is interesting to know pine wood is OK to burn.
 
I don't know about most people, but I screw my pipes together with 2 or 3 screws at each joint, they will never come apart. Just a measure of added safety and is recommended by the manufacturers as well.
 
sonocativo said:
I don't know about most people, but I screw my pipes together with 2 or 3 screws at each joint, they will never come apart. Just a measure of added safety and is recommended by the manufacturers as well.
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This was in the !970's and I really think my landlord didn't know what he was going. He brought some land ands build a 3 cabins , 2 were rentals and he lived in the bigger one. He had a dirt road but he was not maintaining the road during the rainy season and the road started to wash away. I think he brought the land , I know there were a lot of people that just cleared some land and built a cabin and live thee rent free.
 
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