Best time to cut firewood

[blm28]

Cottonwood is about all I burn because i get it for free. I was just trying to point out some of the disadvantages. Even free has its price.

[funkymonkey1111]

Cottonwood is about all I burn because i get it for free. I was just trying to point out some of the disadvantages. Even free has its price.

how long does the cottonwood take to season? I've had some over a year old that I thought was still moist. do you have a gas splitter? I've thought about one of those little electric ones (i'm just burning for ambiance at home and don't have the space for one of those giant gas splitters--but I do like to have frequent fires)

[Great-Kazoo]

how long does the cottonwood take to season? I've had some over a year old that I thought was still moist. do you have a gas splitter? I've thought about one of those little electric ones (i'm just burning for ambiance at home and don't have the space for one of those giant gas splitters--but I do like to have frequent fires)

rent a splitter, once toy have the OAL less than 30" make a day of it. $80 later your well stacked, splitter returned and no need for storage.

[blm28]

Most of the wood I get has been dead for several years. If I get green wood I usually let it age for a couple of years. I have a 27 ton gas powered troy bilt log splitter. It gets the job done but there are times when I wish I had a bigger splitter. We heat primarily with wood. About 4 cords per year.

[blm28]

I have never had cottonwood that didn't smell, regardless of age. Personaly I prefer the smell of pine, but I like the smell of free best.

[SamuraiCO]

One reason I miss Oregon. We cut madrone and would let it dry for a year or more. It is hard and heavy. My dad would fall a small tree or take a branch from a larger tree. Cut rounds and my bros and I would throw down the hill to the road for splitting. Hot, dirty hard work dodging poison oak the best we could. All split and loaded by hand. Was a bitch but as stated previously builds character.

It burns hot hot hot with very little ash. Would love to have a source close.

[funkymonkey1111]

One reason I miss Oregon. We cut madrone and would let it dry for a year or more. It is hard and heavy. My dad would fall a small tree or take a branch from a larger tree. Cut rounds and my bros and I would throw down the hill to the road for splitting. Hot, dirty hard work dodging poison oak the best we could. All split and loaded by hand. Was a bitch but as stated previously builds character.

It burns hot hot hot with very little ash. Would love to have a source close.

i don't know the species (and I asked the guy at the place and he didn't know either), but when i was on vacation in oregon two years ago you could have a fire on the beach with s'mores, etc (from the hotel). the wood had an amazing smell. i mean, heavenly. i don't know of it was alder or madrone or whatever, but man, it was amazing. it'd be worth it to me to drive to oregon just to get some of that stuff.

[Big Wall]

I cut fire wood with my Dad in Oregon as well. We would stock up 6 chords for us plus sell a few as well. I was only 12 so probably wasn't much help. My biggest job was stacking it on our truck that held a cord of wood. There was hell to pay if it wasn't stacked tight.

[Ah Pook]

Old (grey) cottonwood is a pain to cut and dull chains fast. It does burn fast and hot though.

Been seeing a lot of dead willows, in old farmer's ditches, on the flats. I'd like to get a cord or two of that.

I burn pine and aspen because it's easy to get a hold of.

When to cut firewood? Before you need it.

[Irving]

The good thing about Aspen is you can split it with an origami axe.