Chris I agree with you on the campfires. Hardwood for cooking, pine for everything else. I predict you'll do as many others have before you. You'll smash your rear window, then after replacing it go and get a headache rack.
Hey Yardman!! If you would take a day off I might be able to catch up on your videos! Night load of oak. That’ll get some beers drunk and mellows toasted. Take care. Tears for Fears
Chris, you need some signs on your truck or trailer, Fire Wood 4 Sale by Chris in the Woodyard and a phone number. You could get those ones that go on your truck door that are magnetic so you could take then on on off. I think this would be a great idea. People will see you signs and give you a call.
No, I don't. 1-My main business has nothing to do with the wood business and I use my truck a lot in both. 2- I do not want thousands of youtube people having my number and calling me to "chat" 24 hours a day. Other than that you are right about it.
For all the years I sold fire wood here in Florida If it wasn't oak they would just turn there noses up, and the worst offenders were the snow bird. I did have hickory and pecan but that always went to the BBQ guys. I'm no longer selling firewood but I still heat with it and most always start my stove with pine then switch to oak ore cherry and still get dirty looks from my friends and family when they ask and I tell them what I use go figure.
If memory serves you don't have that much of a price difference between mixed and oak. So people are going to buy the better wood. In my area it's about $60 a Face for any hard wood and 25$ for pine, aspen, and other real soft wood. Plus delivery. If you buy a mixed hardwood load there is no aspen in it.
I only burn lightning struck thin bark pin oak grown on the north side of of slightly clay based, rocky hillsides that has be processed by hand tools (that were built using only hand tools) by left handed Mongolian Amish Community. I pay a little more, but it's worth it.
Here are some species and their btu’s per million in a cord. Red and white oak 26.39. Maple 21.59. Ash 22.30. Apple 28.72. Locust 27.30. Black walnut 21.5. Cherry 21.3. Orange Osage 32.90. Dogwood 27.00. Hickory 29.21. Birch 21.71 and the winner is pinion pine @33.50. I love when people use oak because it means someone cut down that nasty tree. They drop long stringy stuff in the spring, then acorns and finally acidic leaves. Only furniture and fires are good for oak!!
Or every delivery walk around to the five nearest houses and place a business card/flyer in the door. Called a five around. Not just in the trailerhood but residences as well.
Not too much of a wood snob here. I will take just about anything that is free. I have gotten picky about getting stuff that needs to be trimmed down, knotty pieces, cut too short by a tree service, or stuff that has to be lumped up a hill or out of a backyard. Otherwise, species really doesn't matter. Also about your truck. you probably already thought about it, but a backrack would be good. I got the kind with the 2 inch grid steel. Works great. I even went for the cheaper one, seems as good as name brand.
I was thinking that same thing kast year when I sold Oak to someone for his firepit.. But when I left I was like whatever works for him and I got paid..
Sadly firewood isn't the only business where many customer's have preconceptions of what's best... No matter the years of experience you have in your trade, they want what they want.
Like you say but he buying it recommended you sell the oak $$$.the weather in the UK is crazy we getting April showers in may lol it was the coldest driest April in 50 year's. This time last year we cutting hay 26c
Well,,,I'm still watching and clicking but you tube has done something to the comments and I cannot comment or even see the comments most of the time and on all the channels I watch.....all I see is that circle goin round and round....and makin me more dizzy than I already am!!!!
Glacier split oak burns longer! It split open a lot slower!!😂 I agree people should burn some cherry and pine for campfires. Smells awesome. See ya on the next one. GNI
From the Pacific Northwest 100 miles north of Seattle we have Alder, Big Leaf Maple and Birch hardwood for fire wood. Apple, Cherry and Alder for smoking. I'd say the wood of choice for fire wood here is Fir, a couple of different species. Less ash with the Firs. We got a bunch of Cedar too. We have tons of Cottonwoods but frown on that for fire wood unless you're broke and can't afford the good stuff.
I simply like burning hardwoods. They burn good and long smell good and just nicer for me. But I’ll burn what ever when it comes down to it. Once I have a big enough stock I’d love to supply a restaurant. Do you do any restaurants?
If I'm cooking over the fire, I prefer oak. It gives the food a great smoke flavor. If we are just sitting around the fire burning wood. It is all the crap wood sitting around. Odd pieces, punky, and softwood all go in. If they're paying giv'em what they want. 👍
I have had a bad experience with pine. Had a brand new camper we were parked about 25 ft. From the fire it was popping and cracking all at once we noticed numerous burn holes in our new cannapy Not good.approx.850.00 dollars.
It's Like buying a sports car to be a grocery getter, It does the job, more expensive, but more in style. .. same with campfire wood of oak. Buuuut. It pays you the same if it's for camp or for house heat. 🏠
Red oak is the quickest growing oak out of all oaks burns quickly well in the UK it does. My customers not fuzzy they like mixture of all hard wood and softwood mixed up no problems
I suspect you wouldn’t, but did you charge stacking fee for the first pickup load, even though there was help with stacking? It still took nearly the same amount of time as if you had stacked it because you couldn’t just chuck it off.
I like a mix of pine and oak .you get the best of both worlds. pine is hard to get here in Texas it's all hardwoods. the way I get most of my pine is getting the small cut off pieces from construction sites that they don't want 2x4s 2x6s etc.
In the south, people pretty much only burn hardwood for recreational burning. Pine that would make "firewood" get pushed into brush piles and burned as trash, or left to rot.
I prefer Douglas Fir bigger the better or Arbutus but split it when it is green cause I don’t have a splitter our Gary oak is good but so much ash.Best of all is natural gas LOL Have a good one!! Bob
Yes I try hard to discourage people from trying to buy oak for firepit or campfire wood. Most people just don't know the difference and all they have ever heard is that oak is the best wood.
I like to burn oak in my fire pit if I am going to do some grilling because it gives you a better flavor than pine. If I am going to just burn for enjoyment I like to mix pine and oak because you get the long burn with the oak and the pop of the pine.
I hear ya I burn pine in my fire pit but a lot of people don't like all the flying embers especially in a campground with campers with rubber roofs and tents
why go on social media and tell folks they are silly for burning good wood. Wood is wood all wood burns but it does not burn the same....just a thought.
Because I always say what I think about the topics I cover and it seems about half the people agree and half only burn their favorite wood, so it was a good topic to discuss with other firewood people.
I personally don't mind a fast burning wood, but when the drinking and partying squad pikes on the wpod like a pyromaniac, the cheaper the better. Is sacrilege to pile on the wood as if is their last day. My neighbors bought a truckload from someone else after they bought from me.
Loved your little oak tirade! 😂 In MN we burned mostly ash, it was easy to cut, split, and it dried quick. We have oak but didn’t really cut much because of all the reasons you stated.
Being a certified chimney sweep and installer and in the Firewood business and living in central Canada when the customer asks me what wood is best my answer always is “Drywood.” We heat for nine months of the year majority of my wood is Pine and Poplar as that is what the dominant species in my neck of the woods with a little Tamarack and Birch. For heating I always suggest mixing a softer wood with a hardwood they complement each other perfectly . oak and Ash are available but cost a fortune. Chris isn’t the customer always right?? 🤪
Yes they are right but, some think that their favorite is the only wood. That is interesting that you have first hand professional knowledge about the firewood to burn. I have a few customers that have told me their chimney guy told them to keep buying wood from the same guy (me) because he could tell that the stuff they got (from me) was good! Their chimney was clean!
Hi Chris I’m from Alberta, you’re right we have mostly pine, spruce aspen/poplar and fir, a little tamarack and birch, we burn birch in the fireplace, and the other in camp fires, hauled loads of prefab steel up North and they originated in Ontario they had 4X4 maple, I took it home and it made great firewood. Looking forward to the TRACTOR. Keep safe my friend
Good video! I like your advice on different kinds of wood. Have you ever messed with live oak? I know it’s more of a coastal wood. I have a tree guy giving me a load of it tomorrow.
Here in central North Carolina, we are fortunate to have timber that for over a hundred years produced some of the most beautiful furniture on the planet. Red Oak, White Oak, Black Oak, Post Oak, Hickory, White and Black Walnut. Folks from other parts of the Country have posted that it is sacrilegious to burn this gift from the wood to heat my house, so I can see your point.
I’ll burn any hardwood in my wood stove, but my favorite, is shagbark hickory. Super hot! I’m splitting up a truckload right now!Love the videos Chris. Good night Irene!!!!
For me hedge, Osage Orange, is king. But Icut oak, hickory, locust, cherry, ash, and hackberry as well. Around NE Kansas, these are what is desired and most are what you can go cut.
At the campground delivery, you mentioned Locust wood. It's called fence posts around here. The spikes can puncture a tire, and at around a couple inches . Before the Clovis Comet, 12,900 years ago the spikes were over a foot long to prevent the Mastodons from damaging the trees. Evolution has diminished their size since then. Saginaw Bay and the Carolina Bays are a great research for a rainy day. Take care and keep on working the wood, oz
Nobody down here in the south burns pine, everybody wants oak. I guess it’s because of the creosote buildup and black smoke. But on your suggestion I found some really dry pine and tried it in my fire pit. I was amazed at how well it did, it burned hot and had a big bright yellow flame with very little smoke. It’s almost impossible to sell though!
Mark, I agree! Beech is very nice too! Outside of all the species already mentioned in this video, I would also add that I really enjoy Ash and Mulberry... Great video Chris!!
Oak burns slow and hot. On a cool night you get the heat and burn less wood, which makes your supply last longer. Oak also is a great fire wood to cook over. Personally I like a mix of wood, last year I had some odd pieces of maple, pine, and some oak. I like to burn the odd ball pieces or odd splits when I go camping.
Lol. Camper s going to melt the fire ring. Plus who is going to stay up all night till it goes out. Angles pee because the firewood gods are saying don’t burn oak in a pit.
If wasn't going to be so busy this weekend in my woodyard, I'd bring the new toy to your woodyard for you to try out. Give you a hint, is smaller than your saws but is a Husqvarna XP. Got a really light saw to reduce back fatigue but still cut fast. Think that is a good idea for people that don't have a strong back yet?
@@InTheWoodyard, YEPPERS! Buying it to reduce back fatigue when cutting at waist level and the smaller logs. My big Echo 590 and my 372xp clone.and 660 clone are way to heavy for me to use for long unless can let the log take their weight for a while. The 550xp should help reduce lower back fatigue until get my back rehabbed. Think that "baby" saw will rip through most of the Ash that John brought me?
I know a guy that burns elm exclusively. There are lots of dead standing elm trees in his area, so he uses that. Dense wood, lots of btu's. It's a pain to split.
Good morning Chris!!😀😀 I see you have Tony as your camera man on this trip. Hope you guys had a great time together cutting wood. 😀😀 Take care my friend!! TTYL!!
I’d love to burn some of your pine but you’re 3 hour plus drive from here. This year we’re burning a Bradford Pear (invasive species) which came down in winter 2019-2020 and ash from 2017 that died from ash borer.
Oak is awesome for firewood especially split smaller than normal for the wood burner!!
You got that right! It is great wood!
Oak is absolutely perfect for campfires. Creates unbelievable coal beds to ensure the ladies stay comfortable.
Oak is better to cook over too.
Good point keeping the ladies warm is a good thing!
Yes Oak is great for coking with, so is hickory and locust and maple.
Chris I agree with you on the campfires. Hardwood for cooking, pine for everything else. I predict you'll do as many others have before you. You'll smash your rear window, then after replacing it go and get a headache rack.
So far so good, it will make a great video when it happens!
Sounds like you got Tony running camera for you, can't beat that. Don't forget Beech.
Yes Tony was the camera man! We do not have much beach at all around here. I wish we did!
Hey Yardman!! If you would take a day off I might be able to catch up on your videos! Night load of oak. That’ll get some beers drunk and mellows toasted. Take care. Tears for Fears
I do not take days off much, you just need to do your job and watch every day! HA!
It's the aroma of oak when it burns. I love to burn pecan...great aroma.
All wood smells good!
agree all the way. no oak for campfires.
It is great wood, to me it is just that there is a lot of other wood that would be nice too.
Dry Oak is great for campfires. Less smoke and smells great.
Yes it does burn nice!
Chris, you need some signs on your truck or trailer, Fire Wood 4 Sale by Chris in the Woodyard and a phone number. You could get those ones that go on your truck door that are magnetic so you could take then on on off. I think this would be a great idea. People will see you signs and give you a call.
No, I don't. 1-My main business has nothing to do with the wood business and I use my truck a lot in both. 2- I do not want thousands of youtube people having my number and calling me to "chat" 24 hours a day. Other than that you are right about it.
8:38 - Softwoods are perfectly decent indoor firewoods, IF, AND ONLY IF, they are as dry as an Englishman's sense of humour... 👍🇦🇺🌲🪵
Yes, all wood should be dry to be burned!
For all the years I sold fire wood here in Florida If it wasn't oak they would just turn there noses up, and the worst offenders were the snow bird. I did have hickory and pecan but that always went to the BBQ guys. I'm no longer selling firewood but I still heat with it and most always start my stove with pine then switch to oak ore cherry and still get dirty looks from my friends and family when they ask and I tell them what I use go figure.
Yes, people are "special" when it comes to their favorite wood!
If memory serves you don't have that much of a price difference between mixed and oak. So people are going to buy the better wood. In my area it's about $60 a Face for any hard wood and 25$ for pine, aspen, and other real soft wood. Plus delivery. If you buy a mixed hardwood load there is no aspen in it.
That is cheap wood! You must have a lot of it available!
I only burn lightning struck thin bark pin oak grown on the north side of of slightly clay based, rocky hillsides that has be processed by hand tools (that were built using only hand tools) by left handed Mongolian Amish Community.
I pay a little more, but it's worth it.
That's only for people that do things "proper".
That is good to hear but make sure it is only cut by the ones with green eyes or the wood is not going to burn correctly.
Yes! Only proper people!
It’s kind of like living in the northern part of the United States and buying a tractor without a cab
Ha! you really want me to get a cab bad Philip!
I like to burn oak and pine outside. Like the way you interact with your customers. Have a Safe Day
Thanks David, I like to burn all wood that is dry!
Here are some species and their btu’s per million in a cord. Red and white oak 26.39. Maple 21.59. Ash 22.30. Apple 28.72. Locust 27.30. Black walnut 21.5. Cherry 21.3. Orange Osage 32.90. Dogwood 27.00. Hickory 29.21. Birch 21.71 and the winner is pinion pine @33.50. I love when people use oak because it means someone cut down that nasty tree. They drop long stringy stuff in the spring, then acorns and finally acidic leaves. Only furniture and fires are good for oak!!
Good point Harold! I did not know that pinion pine was that good!!!
Figure 5800 btu's per pound dry wood, no matter the specie.
The campground is a great hookup. Giving him a stack of business cards should pay off.
Or every delivery walk around to the five nearest houses and place a business card/flyer in the door. Called a five around. Not just in the trailerhood but residences as well.
Yes it probably will be a good connection!
Very good idea Brian, you are a smart fella!
Not too much of a wood snob here. I will take just about anything that is free. I have gotten picky about getting stuff that needs to be trimmed down, knotty pieces, cut too short by a tree service, or stuff that has to be lumped up a hill or out of a backyard. Otherwise, species really doesn't matter. Also about your truck. you probably already thought about it, but a backrack would be good. I got the kind with the 2 inch grid steel. Works great. I even went for the cheaper one, seems as good as name brand.
Yes, all wood burns! Some is just better than others!
In Australia red gum is popular.
Personally dry wood burns a lot better than wet wood.
Yes you are correct about the dry wood!
This campground is what my mother would call a Trailer Hood.
You mother is correct!
I was thinking that same thing kast year when I sold Oak to someone for his firepit..
But when I left I was like whatever works for him and I got paid..
Exactly!
Sadly firewood isn't the only business where many customer's have preconceptions of what's best... No matter the years of experience you have in your trade, they want what they want.
Well said.. 😊👍
Once again my friend, you have......NAILED IT!
G’afternoon Chris. True, I cringe when people buy my oak for bonfire,, but who cares, they are paying ! Another awesome vid. Irene : GN
Yup, same here, but as long as they buy it is all good!
Like you say but he buying it recommended you sell the oak $$$.the weather in the UK is crazy we getting April showers in may lol it was the coldest driest April in 50 year's. This time last year we cutting hay 26c
Good morning from S. E. Ohio
Hello there John!
Beechwood is the only wood that I burn to heat my house.
Nice! We have very little of it here.
@@InTheWoodyard I live in Germany, and along with oak, birch, there is a lot of beechwood.
As someone who heats with It's a shame to waste indoor wood. With that being said, a sale is a sale.
Yes and if they are happy I might as well be too! Thanks for the visit today Harold, I hope Buckys burn gets better!
@@InTheWoodyard thanks Chris I had fun and really appreciated the opportunity to work with you.
Burning oak for campfires? That's like putting ketchup on steak!
Or ordering a steak well done. 😂
Mmmm, that sounds good! HA!
Yup!
@@brianfletcher7942 I do both...deelish!
@@atomicwedgie8176 each of these ruins a steak for me. If we were all alike I guess things would be so boring.
Well,,,I'm still watching and clicking but you tube has done something to the comments and I cannot comment or even see the comments most of the time and on all the channels I watch.....all I see is that circle goin round and round....and makin me more dizzy than I already am!!!!
It might be your internet and not youtube, just a thought, but thanks for watching and commenting again!
@@InTheWoodyard yes could be...I guess I link em together....LOL
If they want to pay the oak premium, guess it doesn't matter where or how they burn it. ;)
Yes that is true!
Glacier split oak burns longer! It split open a lot slower!!😂 I agree people should burn some cherry and pine for campfires. Smells awesome. See ya on the next one. GNI
Yes, I like the cherry and the pine myself.
From the Pacific Northwest 100 miles north of Seattle we have Alder, Big Leaf Maple and Birch hardwood for fire wood. Apple, Cherry and Alder for smoking. I'd say the wood of choice for fire wood here is Fir, a couple of different species. Less ash with the Firs. We got a bunch of Cedar too. We have tons of Cottonwoods but frown on that for fire wood unless you're broke and can't afford the good stuff.
You have some wood there that we do not have, I would like to see, cut and burn some of it!
It's blasphemy. Intentionally going against traditional principles of best use wood practice. I'm surprised they didn't ask for a walnut slab.
They can burn whatever they want. All wood burns. And they winter camp with a wall tent with a wood stove so good hardwood is great.
I simply like burning hardwoods. They burn good and long smell good and just nicer for me. But I’ll burn what ever when it comes down to it. Once I have a big enough stock I’d love to supply a restaurant. Do you do any restaurants?
Just 2, I have not gone after them yet, but I will.
If I'm cooking over the fire, I prefer oak. It gives the food a great smoke flavor. If we are just sitting around the fire burning wood. It is all the crap wood sitting around. Odd pieces, punky, and softwood all go in. If they're paying giv'em what they want. 👍
Yup all good points Rosel!
I have had a bad experience with pine. Had a brand new camper we were parked about 25 ft. From the fire it was popping and cracking all at once we noticed numerous burn holes in our new cannapy Not good.approx.850.00 dollars.
My guess is that the wind was blowing the embers to it. Yes, not a good one! Ouch!
It's Like buying a sports car to be a grocery getter,
It does the job, more expensive, but more in style. .. same with campfire wood of oak. Buuuut. It pays you the same if it's for camp or for house heat. 🏠
Yup, good point!
Red oak is the quickest growing oak out of all oaks burns quickly well in the UK it does. My customers not fuzzy they like mixture of all hard wood and softwood mixed up no problems
A mix is good for sure!
I suspect you wouldn’t, but did you charge stacking fee for the first pickup load, even though there was help with stacking? It still took nearly the same amount of time as if you had stacked it because you couldn’t just chuck it off.
No, I did not, when people help and it goes directly to the wood rack I do not charge. A lot of people will tip me though.
haha funny that you mentioned it..busted out my back window last week..a first for everything thank god it's just a workin pony
Ouch! Now you can get fresh air!
Only softwood here in Butte, Montana. I use Lodgepole Pine and Douglas Fir.
I here that it is good stuff!
I like a mix of pine and oak .you get the best of both worlds. pine is hard to get here in Texas it's all hardwoods. the way I get most of my pine is getting the small cut off pieces from construction sites that they don't want 2x4s 2x6s etc.
Yes, it burns nice!
In the south, people pretty much only burn hardwood for recreational burning. Pine that would make "firewood" get pushed into brush piles and burned as trash, or left to rot.
That is too bad, because it all burns.
I prefer Douglas Fir bigger the better or Arbutus but split it when it is green cause I don’t have a splitter our Gary oak is good but so much ash.Best of all is natural gas LOL Have a good one!! Bob
Yes, I hear the west coast guys say that the fir and arbutus is good stuff!
Yes I try hard to discourage people from trying to buy oak for firepit or campfire wood. Most people just don't know the difference and all they have ever heard is that oak is the best wood.
I guess if they are happy I should be too! I like cherry and pine and birch in the campfire myself.
Back in the woodyard again, I'm glad to see.
Yes there is a lot more to come!
Hickory burns great but boy do I dislike splitting it. My favorites are black birch and cherry
Yes, I like cherry a lot it smells great!
I still can’t figure out why you still have a back window in the truck!
Maybe it's because I replace it every day when it explodes! HA!
For camp firewood I'd get a mix, and pine would have to be 30-50% min. of it.
Yes, a mix is nice, soft wood for flames and hardwood for coals!
I come home and venison back straps on pine firewood then yum yum. And we cook great food that we need good firewood.
Awesome!
Sorry for coming off like an idiot when you didn’t understand why they wanted oak for an outside fireplace that’s why I said what I did
No worries, I am glad you are always here keeping me on my toes! Have a good one!
I like to burn oak in my fire pit if I am going to do some grilling because it gives you a better flavor than pine. If I am going to just burn for enjoyment I like to mix pine and oak because you get the long burn with the oak and the pop of the pine.
That sounds like good solid wisdom!
I hear ya I burn pine in my fire pit but a lot of people don't like all the flying embers especially in a campground with campers with rubber roofs and tents
Yes, that is a good point!
why go on social media and tell folks they are silly for burning good wood. Wood is wood all wood burns but it does not burn the same....just a thought.
Because I always say what I think about the topics I cover and it seems about half the people agree and half only burn their favorite wood, so it was a good topic to discuss with other firewood people.
I personally don't mind a fast burning wood, but when the drinking and partying squad pikes on the wpod like a pyromaniac, the cheaper the better. Is sacrilege to pile on the wood as if is their last day. My neighbors bought a truckload from someone else after they bought from me.
Yes some people always want to pile it on!
@@InTheWoodyard, especially when they are already two sheets to the wind!
Have you thought about getting an air bag system to bolster your truck's rear suspension?
Yes, but I am going to put on some helper springs on the back leafs.
@@InTheWoodyard Use oak leafs! lol
is that Tony filming in the campground with you?
Yes!
Good afternoon, I do fire wood also. I think as long as they are getting enjoyment out of it who cares.lol
You got that right! I just thought it would be a good topic for discussion!
Loved your little oak tirade! 😂 In MN we burned mostly ash, it was easy to cut, split, and it dried quick. We have oak but didn’t really cut much because of all the reasons you stated.
Ya, I gotta complain about something, I can't always be happy! HA!
Being a certified chimney sweep and installer and in the Firewood business and living in central Canada when the customer asks me what wood is best my answer always is “Drywood.” We heat for nine months of the year majority of my wood is Pine and Poplar as that is what the dominant species in my neck of the woods with a little Tamarack and Birch. For heating I always suggest mixing a softer wood with a hardwood they complement each other perfectly . oak and Ash are available but cost a fortune. Chris isn’t the customer always right?? 🤪
Yes they are right but, some think that their favorite is the only wood. That is interesting that you have first hand professional knowledge about the firewood to burn. I have a few customers that have told me their chimney guy told them to keep buying wood from the same guy (me) because he could tell that the stuff they got (from me) was good! Their chimney was clean!
@@InTheWoodyard your wood sounds dry , like music to my ears!
Good morning Cris good to see you in the woodyard but where is our friend Tony
Tony was running the camera on the delivery!
Hey I have TONS of black locust... maybe I pull a Cramer and drive a load out your way by USPS truck
I wouldn't care what they did with it, as long as you get your money! "Every feller to his own notion, said the old woman when she kissed the cow"!
Good point, as long as they pay!
try cooking a fat ribeye on oak coals.. nothing better
Yes it is good for that, tell you what I'll supply the wood you do the steaks!
Camp fire , anything works for me !
Yes, in the campfire is where we burn the odd stuff.
Locust is good stuff I got 5 face cords of That stacked up
It is awesome wood!
Is that your new best friend on the camera?
Yes, Tony was Steven Speilberg that day!
Not much for good hard wood here. I would be smoking a brisket with that oak. Heating the house with what ever free wood I come across.
Yup, all wood burns, some kinds just burn longer.
@@InTheWoodyard pine is classified good wood here. I burn mostly popular and cotton wood. It easy to get and it free so works for me.
Nothing better than cherry 🍒 👍👍
Yes I love cherry a bunch!
What’s your other business?
I am a pro photographer, 38 years full time.
Hi Chris I’m from Alberta, you’re right we have mostly pine, spruce aspen/poplar and fir, a little tamarack and birch, we burn birch in the fireplace, and the other in camp fires, hauled loads of prefab steel up North and they originated in Ontario they had 4X4 maple, I took it home and it made great firewood. Looking forward to the TRACTOR. Keep safe my friend
Thanks for the comments Gerry! The tractor is coming!
I'll burn anything in a fire pit.
Me too, but I usually just burn the marshmallows.
Good video! I like your advice on different kinds of wood. Have you ever messed with live oak? I know it’s more of a coastal wood. I have a tree guy giving me a load of it tomorrow.
No, if that is a kind of oak, we do not have it here.
@@InTheWoodyard yeah they say it’s super hard and super dense. I shall see what is like soon. Lol
I’m from southeast texas. Land of the wood snobs. Lol
Oak is good too me I think its all good
Yes, all dry wood is good wood!
Here in central North Carolina, we are fortunate to have timber that for over a hundred years produced some of the most beautiful furniture on the planet. Red Oak, White Oak, Black Oak, Post Oak, Hickory, White and Black Walnut. Folks from other parts of the Country have posted that it is sacrilegious to burn this gift from the wood to heat my house, so I can see your point.
Sounds like you have some nice trees there!
I’ll burn any hardwood in my wood stove, but my favorite, is shagbark hickory. Super hot! I’m splitting up a truckload right now!Love the videos Chris. Good night Irene!!!!
Yes hickory is great wood for sure, we do not have a lot of it here.
Have you ever dealt with white mulberry, in my opinion way better than oak
No, we do not have it here that I am aware.
I live in good old Wisconsin just like you,and I come across it once in a while,but not often enough
For me hedge, Osage Orange, is king. But Icut oak, hickory, locust, cherry, ash, and hackberry as well. Around NE Kansas, these are what is desired and most are what you can go cut.
Those are all great kinds of wood, we do not have any Osage orange here, sounds like great wood!
ONLY IF U COOD MOVE THAT FAST LOL
That would be nice!
At the campground delivery, you mentioned Locust wood. It's called fence posts around here. The spikes can puncture a tire, and at around a couple inches . Before the Clovis Comet, 12,900 years ago the spikes were over a foot long to prevent the Mastodons from damaging the trees. Evolution has diminished their size since then. Saginaw Bay and the Carolina Bays are a great research for a rainy day. Take care and keep on working the wood, oz
Thanks for the info, very interesting!
Nobody down here in the south burns pine, everybody wants oak. I guess it’s because of the creosote buildup and black smoke. But on your suggestion I found some really dry pine and tried it in my fire pit. I was amazed at how well it did, it burned hot and had a big bright yellow flame with very little smoke. It’s almost impossible to sell though!
Some folks don't care and others are very picky! As long as they keep burning and buying I am happy!
Mark, I agree! Beech is very nice too! Outside of all the species already mentioned in this video, I would also add that I really enjoy Ash and Mulberry...
Great video Chris!!
Thanks Mazz, we do not have much beech and no mulberry at all.
Good morning from Grand Forks
Howdeeee Dean!
Oak burns slow and hot. On a cool night you get the heat and burn less wood, which makes your supply last longer. Oak also is a great fire wood to cook over. Personally I like a mix of wood, last year I had some odd pieces of maple, pine, and some oak. I like to burn the odd ball pieces or odd splits when I go camping.
Right on, I can agree with that!
have burn black lockus
Locust is awesome wood!
Lol. Camper s going to melt the fire ring. Plus who is going to stay up all night till it goes out. Angles pee because the firewood gods are saying don’t burn oak in a pit.
HA! I think some of the camper folks stay up all night!
I love my Campers!!!
Yup, burning wood for fun!
If wasn't going to be so busy this weekend in my woodyard, I'd bring the new toy to your woodyard for you to try out. Give you a hint, is smaller than your saws but is a Husqvarna XP. Got a really light saw to reduce back fatigue but still cut fast. Think that is a good idea for people that don't have a strong back yet?
Is it a 550?
@@InTheWoodyard, YEPPERS! Buying it to reduce back fatigue when cutting at waist level and the smaller logs. My big Echo 590 and my 372xp clone.and 660 clone are way to heavy for me to use for long unless can let the log take their weight for a while. The 550xp should help reduce lower back fatigue until get my back rehabbed. Think that "baby" saw will rip through most of the Ash that John brought me?
I know a guy that burns elm exclusively. There are lots of dead standing elm trees in his area, so he uses that. Dense wood, lots of btu's. It's a pain to split.
Yes and a big YES!
I burn what I can get.
Yup, all wood burns!
Looks like rain, stay dry if possible. good morning from Salem oregon
No rain here today, it went north of us!
Lots of oak to get from the ice storms in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Got 4 cords split, stacked. My back will never be the same. 😀
Enjoy like always thanks again for a great video ❤️ from In the woods 🇨🇦
Thanks so much for always watching, see you here again tomorrow morning!
Good morning Chris. Have a great day. Word of mouth advertising. 👍👍
Thanks, you too Brian!
Good morning Chris!!😀😀
I see you have Tony as your camera man on this trip.
Hope you guys had a great time together cutting wood. 😀😀
Take care my friend!! TTYL!!
I didn’t notice this. Made me watch it nice more.
Yes he was there running the camera!
All wood is good as long as you have enough.
The sage words from the wood god! Thanks Tom!
for camping i like burning pine poplar sycamore
Yup, pine to me, is great campfire wood. But it all burns!
I burn oak, locust, hickory, maple.
Those are all great woods!
I’d love to burn some of your pine but you’re 3 hour plus drive from here. This year we’re burning a Bradford Pear (invasive species) which came down in winter 2019-2020 and ash from 2017 that died from ash borer.
Here in the southern USA (Tennessee) Bradford pears are referred to as “the spawn of satan” due to their intense pollen production.
I don't think we have it here.
For a price I will deliver! Or, if you ever make it this way, come and pick some up!
Hey I heard your new best friend at the campground. Are you training your future competition.
He was the camera man! We went to his place after and did some more videos for you!
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Thanks!