Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

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Hey how'd you do that.

 

[chipper1]

I have a friend that manages a local hardware store that was bought by Lowes up here , Eastern Embers was the brand of wood pellets that got the least complaints , mostly made of spruce sawdust from mills , he'd get complaints about ash buildup from the manufacturers that advertised "Premium Hardwood" lol

Never thought about that.
Might as well grab the softwood since you're getting the same weight it should be about the same BTUs anyway.
The great thing for me is I have what I call the chevy 350 of pellet stoves and it will eat about anything you feed it. I like to buy the bags that are damaged or returned, why not for half price or even sometimes a dollar a bag . I only use a few bags a yr anymore. I bought 5 this yr and have burned what was left in the stove from last yr and 2.5 bags, we had a sitter here with the kids when we went to Niagara Falls so that made it easier on her/the kids to keep the house warm, small price to pay for a nice vacation for my wife and I .

 

[MustangMike]

FS … your given me the jitters … don't they already refer to Red Oak as Piss Oak???

 

[panolo]

FS … your given me the jitters … don't they already refer to Red Oak as Piss Oak???

People have said that about red oak but I never think it stinks. Plenty of other woods that smell worse. Maybe it is the location that it comes from.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

People have said that about red oak but I never think it stinks. Plenty of other woods that smell worse. Maybe it is the location that it comes from.

Agree, has a smell when fresh cut and drying, I could do without. But, burning it seasoned gives off no offensive odor. Red oak is main firewood around here.

 

[muddstopper]

Pin Oak = Piss oak. Pin oak is a red oak, but not all red oak smells the same. Or maybe it does and some is just worse that others, but pin oak is the worse of the worse.

 

[DSW]

True red oak smells great.

Pin oak smells awful.

 

[KiwiBro]

Hey how'd you do that.

Photoshop

 

[Deleted member 149229]

For me, the worst smelling wood is black locust. 90% of my wood is red oak, never really noticed a smell.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Hackberry doesnt smell great either

 

[chipper1]

Hackberry doesnt smell great either

I don't like the smell of scrambled eggs, it makes me want to hackberry .

 

[chipper1]

For me, the worst smelling wood is black locust. 90% of my wood is red oak, never really noticed a smell.

I don't like the smell of black locust burning sometimes, but other than that it doesn't bother me smell wise. I hate the black film it leaves on my cars though arrrrrg, and getting hit by the thorns , sure glad my wife makes the plantain tincture as it makes it all better instantly .

 

[chipper1]

Photoshop

You're funny .
I have a hard time with memes, pictures videos, I got that down.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

I don't like the smell of scrambled eggs, it makes me want to hackberry .

Scrambled eggs with Brussels sprouts is the best breakfast ever.

 

[chipper1]

Scrambled eggs with Brussels sprouts is the best breakfast ever.

Let me guess, you guys get your water from flint .

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Let me guess, you guys get your water from flint .

Camp Grayling is much closer.

 

[chipper1]

Camp Grayling is much closer.

LOL.
I was just on Ebels site and got all excited, even gave them a call, ready to buy . I saw the 550 mark II listed in their inventory, called and it won't be there for at least a month she said, but they have the 572.

 

[Bobby Kirbos]

Hackberry doesnt smell great either

Elm, hands down.
https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/scrounging-firewood.252988/page-1728#post-6688101

 

[al-k]

Red oak some times has a pissy smell but black birch smells like mint. The best around my land.

 

[Erik B]

@panolo Heard a report of expected flooding this spring and they were saying if you usually experience high water you may want to start moving stuff to an upper floor.