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04-29-2012, 12:22 PM
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what to burn in wood stove?
which would you choose? poplar, spruce or pine..
I am lenaing towards poplar becuase its easier to cut. Although it smells, I find it burns better then spruce or pine
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04-29-2012, 12:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LacLaBicheNS
which would you choose? poplar, spruce or pine..
I am lenaing towards poplar becuase its easier to cut. Although it smells, I find it burns better then spruce or pine
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Neither. Birch is the ticket! You have lots your way too!
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04-29-2012, 12:30 PM
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I use cured birch in the house, poplar or beetle killed pine in the garage. I like the pine better than the poplar.
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04-29-2012, 12:32 PM
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Always used birch, followed by pine and sometimes spruce. Poplar is just not good despite its abundance.
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04-29-2012, 12:35 PM
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I can get poplar super easy and cheap, so I do. Birch is better, but I don't care.
Poplar is a lot cleaner in the house than spruce.
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04-29-2012, 12:57 PM
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there is some birch up here.. but its too muddy to get too..!! I just need to get out of the house and do something so I figured I'd add ot the wood pile
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04-29-2012, 02:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LacLaBicheNS
which would you choose? poplar, spruce or pine..
I am lenaing towards poplar becuase its easier to cut. Although it smells, I find it burns better then spruce or pine
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We used to burn poplar (cotton wood) a lot.
But it needs to dry for a season...nice heat...common...non commercial for lumber and long burning.
Otherwise all 3 choices soot up PDQ.
My favorite is birch or nice dry tamarack
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04-29-2012, 03:09 PM
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I used to burn 12 chords a year as we heated our house with wood. I found a mix between pine and white aspen to give good heat and leave very little ash.
Birch is too much work!!
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04-29-2012, 03:11 PM
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We burn aspen (poplar) just because of ease of access to it. It does burn clean but it leaves a lot of ash so cleaning the firebox often is required. I'd pick birch if I had access to it.
Just ordered a new stove yesterday.....seems a weird time of year but it fits into the reno plans now...lol
Last edited by sheephunter; 04-29-2012 at 03:17 PM.
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04-29-2012, 03:18 PM
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Poplar is all right if you cut it green, split and stack it till it is cured. Seem to get better heat and less ash that way. That said, tamarack is my favorite, gives off better heat than birch. Hard to go wrong with dry pine and spruce either
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04-29-2012, 05:24 PM
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Heat my cabin with wood in the winter and what I found is:
- pine and spruce burn fast and pop a lot. If you like to open the front doors and use the screen there is always a mess of ashes to clean up.
- poplar gives lots of heat and no "popping" , mostly stays inside your stove with door open.
- birch is the best of both worlds but if you are paying for it you are paying for it. Almost twice the cost of poplar. If you cut it yourself it is heavier and harder to find.
In my opinion whatever is close by you can cut down, dry out and burn will be your best bet. If it is dried out (seasoned) enough you should be happy.
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04-29-2012, 08:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LacLaBicheNS
which would you choose? poplar, spruce or pine..
I am lenaing towards poplar becuase its easier to cut. Although it smells, I find it burns better then spruce or pine
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The local Scouting organization has a swack of seasoned, split birch for sale at $280./cord picked up. Call Ken Yakimec if you are interested.
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04-29-2012, 10:16 PM
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I'm gunna go out on a limb and say wood? sorry,, I couldn't help it. Personally I like Birch, Oak, Maple and Ash. Unfortunately you don't find much of those woods out west so I stick with mostly pine. I can't stand splitting poplar or the ash it leaves.
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04-29-2012, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by fordtruckin
I'm gunna go out on a limb and say wood? sorry,, I couldn't help it. Personally I like Birch, Oak, Maple and Ash. Unfortunately you don't find much of those woods out west so I stick with mostly pine. I can't stand splitting poplar or the ash it leaves.
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Whatever is close by and well dried. Brother in law is one of those wood snobs. On our Alberta elk hunt, I finally handed him the axe and sent him off to find me some oak, maple or walnut.
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04-29-2012, 10:33 PM
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Burn Black poplar
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