Possible to burn all night with soft wood?

[chucker]

Popple makes good lumber.

The deck of my scrounge wagon is popple and has held up well to a lot of use.

the rafters in my boat shed are 25 years old and as good as back when! kept covered and dry the last forever... till I am dead anyways? lol in the 70's we bought 1" lumber for making farrowing pens and had dry popple/aspen and had to use 3# hammers to drive 20 penny spikes through them! hard as the hub's of hell!

 

[svk]

Makes great paneling too. Especially the water stained wood.

 

[benp]

the rafters in my boat shed are 25 years old and as good as back when! kept covered and dry the last forever... till I am dead anyways? lol in the 70's we bought 1" lumber for making farrowing pens and had dry popple/aspen and had to use 3# hammers to drive 20 penny spikes through them! hard as the hub's of hell!

My Dolmar dealer made my scrounge wagon. Something they work on during the slow shop times and always have 1 for sale. They mill the wood from trees on their property.

When I asked him what the decking was and he said popple by eyes bugged a bit.

"Popple?!?!?!? Why would you use that? Won't it get destroyed?"

He grinned and said "Oh no. The exact opposite. When it's dry......it's hard as nails and stands up extremely well."

He wasn't wrong.

 

[husqvarna257]

No, not my neck of the woods, it's what it is. For the most part if it sheds leaves in fall it's a hardwood.

Poplar is used in all sorts of stuff from paper to sheathing to furniture... and even firewood.

This is a great way to start a never ending discussion here. We might as well say what saw brand is best or the best beer. I need to id a tree we have with long narrow serrated leaves. It grows quickly and burns like pine, maybe even quicker. Never has a bed of coals but it is a great fire starter. I'll see if I can find a picture of it. Guy down the road calls it sycamore but it doesn't match the pictures I can find

 

[GVS]

Popple makes good lumber.

The deck of my scrounge wagon is popple and has held up well to a lot of use.

When popple is allowed to fully season it becomes very HARD!Years ago it was used to make wagon racks.Very durable.Try driving a nail into popple when fully seasoned.

 

[sawjunky23]

This is a great way to start a never ending discussion here. We might as well say what saw brand is best or the best beer. I need to id a tree we have with long narrow serrated leaves. It grows quickly and burns like pine, maybe even quicker. Never has a bed of coals but it is a great fire starter. I'll see if I can find a picture of it. Guy down the road calls it sycamore but it doesn't match the pictures I can find

Don't be silly its nothing like that. everybody knows Jonsered makes the best saws and Busch Light is the best beer.

 

[Del_]

I've found Husky saws don't cut popple well but my Stihls' cut it like butter.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

When popple is allowed to fully season it becomes very HARD!Years ago it was used to make wagon racks.Very durable.Try driving a nail into popple when fully seasoned.

We cut quite a bit for lowboy decks and dump truck sideboards.

 

[Streblerm]

We cut quite a bit for lowboy decks and dump trucke sideboards.

It's fairly popular around here for that purpose. Cottonwood too. I've heard it's because it doesn't splinter or crack when things get dragged and dropped on it.

 

[turnkey4099]

It's fairly popular around here for that purpose. Cottonwood too. I've heard it's because it doesn't splinter or crack when things get dragged and dropped on it.

Neighbor (grew up in Montana) said that back in the day Cottonwood was the preferred flooring for horse barns. Surprised me as I figured in that usually wet, mucked up place it would rot instantly.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Here cottonwood is poplar. Aspen, cottonwood and all the cross breeds.

Seems to hold up good for trailer decking. We do put down rubber mats on the tracked iron that has ice grousers though.

 

[Marshy]

Here's something to consider that may help you. You need to build a nice bed of coals to last the night. Its likely more challenging with the wood you have but it can be done. In the afternoon/evening hours you need to add less wood more frequently. Add wood every time the yellow-ish flames diminish and the wood is fully chared. I guarantee that if you get your coal bed up to the tops of the firebricks in your stove, then throw on the biggest unsplit rounds that can fit in the door then dampen it down you will have coals in the morning.

 

[Hebner]

I'm wondering if it's possible/looking for tips on how to build a fire that will last 8 hours unattended using soft wood. All I have is red fir, white fir, and some pine. It burns great during the day but I haven't figured out how to make one that will last all night. I've stuffed it almost full and gotten a roaring fire, then closing the air flow 90% of the way and still nothing when I wake up. Maybe it's just not possible with this wood?

If you have access to Bio bricks, EZ bricks, Enviro bricks I would get a pallet of those and put 3 or more bricks on top of the other wood for your overnight burn.

 

[mark2496]

Neighbor (grew up in Montana) said that back in the day Cottonwood was the preferred flooring for horse barns. Surprised me as I figured in that usually wet, mucked up place it would rot instantly.

We also use it for bridge decking. Decent firewood too, but lots of ashes.

 

[bowtechmadman]

Uncle if it lasts more than four you have to tell your wife to call her friends!!

 

[husqvarna257]

Ok got a couple of pictures of a tree I mentioned before. The top set of leaves are likely from that tree and the bottom bigger one is another I have wondered what it is. I am burning up some trash wood in the boiler today, rotted dry birch and some old blown down maple tops.

 

[muddstopper]

Bark looks like a wild cherry, but the bottom leaf doesnt match up. The top leaves are a maybe

 

[svk]

I'd second the bark looks like wild cherry.

Top left leaf looks like ash. Can't ID top right. Bottom maybe basswood or catalpa?

 

[JeffHK454]

The big heart shaped leaf is from a Linden/Basswood for sure.

 

[husqvarna257]

Interesting to see what kind of trees we have and when. Right now swamp maples are top dog. used to be white birch but a late season snow ended that. Still need to go over to that patch and cut. Thanks for the tree id guys.