Always kills me when coming upon a site where a tree was bucked up.....uglies left to rot......I scrounge them back up, no reason to leave good wood out to rot just because it is not a perfect round.I burn the uglies down to the notch I cut out to fall the tree. As mentioned earlier, there usually tight grained and put out some good heat.
also, uglies are more appreciative and will...wait are we still talking about burning?I have a rack that is just for shorts and uglies. In the late afternoon I pull up a beer and lawn chair and look at that rack and go back to my bar hopping days. With every beer those chunks start looking better and better.
For me, the most scarce resource in my firewood "supply chain" is storage space (in the "gazebos" where I stack my wood) - as opposed to trees or labor. Uglies don't utilize that resource very well, as they don't stack nicely.I can't understand discriminating against uglies. I expect to burn every inch of the trees that will be felled to build my house (after they are seasoned a few years).
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