Tree Service Call: "Want some locust"?

[Jutt]

After an entire season of scrounging pine, aspen, cottonwood, elm and even ailanthus. I get a call from a tree service asking if I would like some wood. Sure, what do you have? Locust.

In the 4 years I've been wood burning, I've never burnt any locust because I've never scored any aside from some branches a few weeks ago so I'm psyched to actually get to burn some of this stuff once its seasoned.

I thought it was black locust at first but after further review and help with ID from another site, it appears to be a thorn-less honey locust. Oak, hickory and hard maple don't grow around here so locust is THE best wood we can get.

Was even bucked and stacked curbside. Also 8 minutes from where a work and a half hour from home. Was the perfect storm of scrounges for me anyways. Only negative was that there wasn't more! Total scrounge was around 2/3 of a cord:

 

[HD2010]

Sweet score.

 

[old_soul]

nice burning wood. takes a good year, even two years, to dry but its worth the wait

 

[ponyexpress976]

Honey locust is better than no locust in my book. Nice score!

 

[Dirtboy]

Nice score. Around here you have to call a tree service ($) to deliver wood.

 

[Rudedog]

In Maryland most folks don't even know what it is. I love it. Burns well and splits easy. I do end up with a lot of leftover bark after splitting but its worth it.

 

[pweber]

Nice pile of firewood! I scored some locust a few years ago and I'm still burning it. Love the stuff. It won't rot in the driveway even if left uncovered.

 

[MGoBlue]

It doesn't get much better than that!

 

[zogger]

That is a you suck score!

I tried my hand last week after a big windstorm went through around here. Lot of branches down in yards and some trees. Best looking was a hugemongous oak down in a yard, all the little stuff was hacked off and gone. After a few days looking at it and no more progress I stopped and talked to the elderly woman there, thinking no one around here had a saw big enough to tackle the four footer left over...wrong..her son in law is planning on beavering it to size somehow. Good luck to him!

My friend up the street has a big walnut with a big branch broke but still attached, a hazard removal situation. Plus lost a good chunk of his metal roof. He's sick but talked to the wife, they are waiting on insurance to clear things so no touching it yet. I was just gonna help him buck it up, showed up with saws and gear, etc. Have to wait I guess.

Oh well, back to harvesting all my standing dead/easy access around here.

 

[Jutt]

That is a you suck score!

I tried my hand last week after a big windstorm went through around here. Lot of branches down in yards and some trees. Best looking was a hugemongous oak down in a yard, all the little stuff was hacked off and gone. After a few days looking at it and no more progress I stopped and talked to the elderly woman there, thinking no one around here had a saw big enough to tackle the four footer left over...wrong..her son in law is planning on beavering it to size somehow. Good luck to him!

My friend up the street has a big walnut with a big branch broke but still attached, a hazard removal situation. Plus lost a good chunk of his metal roof. He's sick but talked to the wife, they are waiting on insurance to clear things so no touching it yet. I was just gonna help him buck it up, showed up with saws and gear, etc. Have to wait I guess.

Oh well, back to harvesting all my standing dead/easy access around here.

Haha, yeah I know how you feel. The last 2 CL ad's I responded to before this one were of the "Free firewood at x address" varieties and both times all the wood was gone by the time I got there so it was nice that the planets finally aligned.

 

[bayard]

i find locust to be a fairly dry wood. stacked and split right.i find it will dry to 12 % in 3 months

 

[ft. churchill]

I like black locust alot. It is one of the few good hardwoods we can get here. It burns well with low amount of ashes, lasts a long time, and splits easy.

 

[Locust Cutter]

After an entire season of scrounging pine, aspen, cottonwood, elm and even ailanthus. I get a call from a tree service asking if I would like some wood. Sure, what do you have? Locust.

In the 4 years I've been wood burning, I've never burnt any locust because I've never scored any aside from some branches a few weeks ago so I'm psyched to actually get to burn some of this stuff once its seasoned.

I thought it was black locust at first but after further review and help with ID from another site, it appears to be a thorn-less honey locust. Oak, hickory and hard maple don't grow around here so locust is THE best wood we can get.

Was even bucked and stacked curbside. Also 8 minutes from where a work and a half hour from home. Was the perfect storm of scrounges for me anyways. Only negative was that there wasn't more! Total scrounge was around 2/3 of a cord:

I know that every time we've brought Hedge out to family and friends on the western plateau (Salida/Buena Vista area) you'd think that Christmas had come early... We were happy to help

 

[Jutt]

I know that every time we've brought Hedge out to family and friends on the western plateau (Salida/Buena Vista area) you'd think that Christmas had come early... We were happy to help

Man, I bet so! Hey I'm somewhat on your way heading west on 285

 

[Uzi]

If you've been burning pine and cottonwood this stuff is going to amaze you. It ranks higher than several varieties of oak on most BTU charts and splits up great. I don't know that it gets much better out in this area.
I found a huge score of it last winter and I'm looking forward to it this winter. Here's a picture of part of my pile I've got another row in since this was taken but that a Farmall 460 tractor in the background for scale haha.

 

[Jutt]

If you've been burning pine and cottonwood this stuff is going to amaze you. It ranks higher than several varieties of oak on most BTU charts and splits up great. I don't know that it gets much better out in this area.
I found a huge score of it last winter and I'm looking forward to it this winter. Here's a picture of part of my pile I've got another row in since this was taken but that a Farmall 460 tractor in the background for scale haha.

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Lol, what tractor? How many cords is that?

 

[Uzi]

I'm not exactly sure I've hauled some of it to my father in laws place and stacked it, alot is still thrown in heap in front of the splitter and a small amount still in rounds so its hard to figure. The stuff in rounds still will probably get burnt next year. I'm guessing 5 cords or more I'll try to measure it up before burning and selling starts. The pile was 120+ feet long 2 rows and 6+ ft tall before we started splitting.

 

[rancher2]

Locust is some great wood the thorn type I throw in the brush pile but we have a lot of big and tall thron less locust in the pasture and that is what we have been cutting and splitting for a while probably have 15 cords cut and split ready for the boiler and hope to get more of the logs I have down know split before fall harvest gets here. Had help lined up for the three day weekend and now its raining and muddy something we normally don't see in Aug. It sure will help the bean crop. You will enjoy the locust.