Chinese Elm as firewood

[WadePatton]

well it smells a little more swampy and less septic-y today since the bark dried out. i'll burn this load, but not "seek" any more (this was a storm-damage removal for freebie). i have a plenty of "regular" elm (knot sure which) standing dead and just slipped out of the bark. it'll be down in 4-5 years.

 

[Diesel nut]

I have what looks to be a siberean elm in my back yard that needs to be cut down. Its kind of an ugly tree. Limbs broke off here and there. Should be a decent amount of wood there though.

 

[Tom Beyer]

I have a firewood business selling strictly pine. I have someone offering me Chinese Elm to sale for resale. How does it burn? I heard it stinks. Any thoughts on its value? (Pine sells for $150-165 a cord here.)

2Tall in Gods country
Wyoming

My experience with burning Chinese Elm is that it is hard to get it to burn (at least compared to pine, cottonwood, juniper, apple, cherry) and it smells lousy, but very little sparking and it burns hot. It does leave a lot of ash, which I like because it mixes well with my clover ground-cover dirt. And since it is an invasive species, I can either buy Chinese Elm cheap or cut it my own. Everyone wants to get rid of it.