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Hemlock here

Cut, split, and stacked by someone else would be preferable if I had to heat with wood.

Standing dead ash is everywhere around here from the borer and oak is readily available if you like.

PintsofCraft: Count me in on the amazing, clean heat and long lasting Oak.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Burr Oak, Ash, and hackberry. I like it when I stumble upon some quail while working.

IMG_20221124_155208979_HDR by .com/photos/156405073N02/]Tim Richard, on [bleep]

Lotta oak firewood in SW Montana?

I've got an old 710 Earthstove. I burn aspen & Engelmann spruce---because it's the easiest & more readily available here in SW Colorado. The stove is air tight so I can choke it way down. I'm up a couple times a night to pee & I'll add a couple logs to the fire.

It's easier for me to get another load of aspen/spruce to last the winter than itis to look for oak or cedar.

Proper spelling is bois d'arc which is French for "wood of the bow."

We called them spider ball trees when I was a kid. Duck call makers misspell it bodark. It gets no respect. No respect at all.

White oak and hickory here

On my 80 acres I've got about 25 acres wooded with Oak, Maple, Shagbark Hickory, Black Walnut, Elm and of course Hedge. Right now the majority of what I've been cutting has been elm due to the beetles. We burn Osage sparingly as it burns pretty hot. These days it's rare for us to be cutting down live trees unless I'm clearing or making room for my oak trees (mast producing for deer). This year I "automated" part of our process by investing in pallet forks for my Kuboata and started converting IBC Totes into firewood bins.

The ability to only handle wood twice (into bin, then into wood stove) is awesome. I built an IBC Tote dolly with castors, so it can be moved easily in the garage:



One full 275 gallon IBC Tote is almost a face cord.

Difficult to decipher what that has to do with firewood or cat pee - just looks like you are again exercising your penchant for exaggerative hyperbole and in the common crass fashion. You miss by a mile - so understandable by now. Another reminder that the wise and mature guys on here do recognize the limits of their expertise and strive to communicate as gentlemen.

I think I understand cord, but what is a face cord?

A facecord is a half cord.

Good link here. Supports my experience as well. Of the woods available in my locale, nothing beats oak. Then white ash, madrone, and maple in descending order. Always have at least a cord of firewood too just to start the fires.

Nope, a face cord is 4' x 8' x 16" so three face cords in a cord.

Here in Virginia, most everyone burns Oak and Hickory. The nastiest is Sweetgum. That junk stinks and crackles and pops constantly if you burn it.

utah juniper, sometimes called shaggy bark

Ranked in order:

1. Osage Orange

2. Black Locust

3. Hickory

4. Beech

5. White Oak

6. Red Oak

Followed in no particular order:

White Ask
Hackberry
Hard Maple

I keep some poplar on hand to make kindling out of. Soft Maple serves the same purpose

Have A Great Day and Be Safe

correct and Bois D'arc Missouri is about 15 minutes from the house... you can imagine how many hedge trees are in this country..

that is what I've always been taught.. half a cord to be if it's cut in 24-in lengths