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Old 04-30-2012, 05:52 AM
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1) Larch
2) Birch
after that it does not matter..
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Old 04-30-2012, 07:08 AM
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I left a couple logging truck loads of Tamarak out in the bush to dry last winter. The mill didn't want it. I figure if it sat a summer in log form then a summer split I should be ok. There was even some double cut stuff (over 24").
I've got acres of the stuff on my place and I found if it is cut live and left without being cut up it will rot long before it dries. Personally I think it is best to split right away (and that is a bugger when it is wet). Luckily I have LOTS of dead standing with the bark off, that stuff burns incredibly hot and splits like a dream.
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Old 04-30-2012, 09:17 AM
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I like to use soft coal, that is the kind Alberta has 1/2 the world's supply, it is nice and warm, burns for a couple of day between fills, and you can use the clinkers on your drive way. In the old days when some of the mines in Drum were still operating a farmer could get a grain truck full for $10.

I'm sure it costs more now, but if you are busy or lazy and I'm both coal was my solution.
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I've got acres of the stuff on my place and I found if it is cut live and left without being cut up it will rot long before it dries. Personally I think it is best to split right away (and that is a bugger when it is wet). Luckily I have LOTS of dead standing with the bark off, that stuff burns incredibly hot and splits like a dream.
On the coast they burn a lot of Alder.

One an elk trip one year I met a local in Creston. He asked me about firewood prices on the coast. When I told him a lot of people burned Alder, he came unglued. He looked at me like I had married my cousin. He said Alder is just a dang weed. He also said he would put on a sweater before he ever put a stick of alder on his fire.

he burned Tamarack.
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I like to use soft coal, that is the kind Alberta has 1/2 the world's supply, it is nice and warm, burns for a couple of day between fills, and you can use the clinkers on your drive way. In the old days when some of the mines in Drum were still operating a farmer could get a grain truck full for $10.

I'm sure it costs more now, but if you are busy or lazy and I'm both coal was my solution.
Where can it be bought now?
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