Tamarack Tree????

[davebell18]

So can i have more opinions what i can do with these trees. I have around 500 or so. They are all in the swamp hence why they grow sideways. haha I would like to use it for fire wood. Is it smoky or smelly? Is it a good fire wood in terms of heat, how long it lasts on fire? Thanks again guys

 

[Metals406]

So can i have more opinions what i can do with these trees. I have around 500 or so. They are all in the swamp hence why they grow sideways. haha I would like to use it for fire wood. Is it smoky or smelly? Is it a good fire wood in terms of heat, how long it lasts on fire? Thanks again guys

We have the western larch (similar to Tamarack), but it's one of the most sought after firewoods here. Cut it and burn it... After it's seasoned of course.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

So can i have more opinions what i can do with these trees. I have around 500 or so. They are all in the swamp hence why they grow sideways. haha I would like to use it for fire wood. Is it smoky or smelly? Is it a good fire wood in terms of heat, how long it lasts on fire? Thanks again guys

Its a soft softwood, burns hot and fast. It should be seasoned for 2 seasons as well. Are they causing a problem? If not let them grow up, they make good pulp.

 

[PB]

So can i have more opinions what i can do with these trees. I have around 500 or so. They are all in the swamp hence why they grow sideways. haha I would like to use it for fire wood. Is it smoky or smelly? Is it a good fire wood in terms of heat, how long it lasts on fire? Thanks again guys

Burn it. It has more BTU's than some birch.

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[TravisL]

tamarack burns like crazy but burns super fast up here in hardwood counrty we would only use this for kindling. Back in the early days of logging these trees were dug partially up and felled at the roots. Where the trunk met a main perpendicular root in an "L" shape was used as knuckles in wood ship building. If I am not mistaken, these trees, along with eastern white pine, were marked with the the kings broad arrow, making certain trees illegal to cut unless contracted by the King of England to cut for the kings navy. The white pines were used for masts.

 

[Metals406]

tamarack burns like crazy but burns super fast up here in hardwood counrty we would only use this for kindling. Back in the early days of logging these trees were dug partially up and felled at the roots. Where the trunk met a main perpendicular root in an "L" shape was used as knuckles in wood ship building. If I am not mistaken, these trees, along with eastern white pine, were marked with the the kings broad arrow, making certain trees illegal to cut unless contracted by the King of England to cut for the kings navy. The white pines were used for masts.

Yes, you hardwood fellas have it good... Us guys stuck with conifers put Fir and Larch at the top of our firewood list.

I'm very curious about the burn duration you guys get out of hardwoods?.. Having never burned any myself.

I can get a good 10 hour burn from Larch rounds... Which doesn't seem to 'hot and fast' to me?

 

[TravisL]

to us larch is a screamer. Up here you wont find people burning soft wood for fear of chimney problems/fires. If someone up here found a stick of softwood/conifer in their cord they might try to sue you . As for burn rate, I have a crappy old stove with no seals that has about a 10 square foot box that I start a good ash fire in at about 7 pm and all I have to do is add a stick at 7 am and it fires right up. I heat 1000 square feet with single pane windows and no insulation with 2 cord a year.

 

[TravisL]

granted I dont mind chilly mornings or wearing a sweat shirt in the house lol

 

[Metals406]

to us larch is a screamer. Up here you wont find people burning soft wood for fear of chimney problems/fires. If someone up here found a stick of softwood/conifer in their cord they might try to sue you . As for burn rate, I have a crappy old stove with no seals that has about a 10 square foot box that I start a good ash fire in at about 7 pm and all I have to do is add a stick at 7 am and it fires right up. I heat 1000 square feet with single pane windows and no insulation with 2 cord a year.

granted I dont mind chilly mornings or wearing a sweat shirt in the house lol

I too live in a shoddy excuse for a dwelling, leaks, bad windows, well... It is a trailer house. :help: LOL

You got my cord count beat, as I burn 5-7 depending on the year? Long winters mean more wood, as the wood stove is our sole source of heat... No furnace.

I'd love to get my grimy paws on two cords of hardwood, and compare it to Larch... Maybe I'll get lucky, and score some Maple from town? Inside city limits is the only place you'll find hardwoods here.

 

[TravisL]

i dont a furnace either. I do have propane hot water though. Livin' the high life

 

[Westshore]

We have tons of Tamarack here and we prefer it to hard woods, its burns very hot. Its one of the hottest burning of all species hard woods included. We use it in our outside boiler and it burns quite long and leaves very little ash. We burn about 15-20 cords a year. Its used allot were you have standing water etc as its very resistant to rot. The trees here can get to over 24" across and are very tall and weigh a ton.

 

[chewbacca]

We're talkin about two different trees here. The "tamarack" (western larch) we have out west here is a larger tree found in drier areas and is well sought after for firewood. There is a "tamarack" back east which is a smaller tree and found in boggy areas. The two trees, except for size, are very similar visually. They are different species of trees (however may belong to the same genus - I don't know about this). As I said the western larch is sought after for firewood. I have no idea about the firewood characteristics of the "tamarack" back east.