Just wanted to resurrect this old thread to comment on that same Hickory two years later, total c/s/s time 3+ years. Now at 14-18% on a fresh split, the hickory is still very slow to start burning on a reload, with lots of smoke as it come up to temperature, but then it lets rip and can't be stopped, a huge volume of secondary flame, and more heat that I could ever use in early December. My insert is already oversized, so I've realized that only one split of hickory goes in each load, way at the back where it releases those gases slowly.
Obviously a great BTU wood, but very hard to control, and it really did take 3 years to season well. No, none of you can have any, but I'm glad I don't have too many hickory trees on my property.
TE
Obviously a great BTU wood, but very hard to control, and it really did take 3 years to season well. No, none of you can have any, but I'm glad I don't have too many hickory trees on my property.
TE