Glad I dried out the punky wood!!!!

[woodchip]

Yes, once really dry, it burns well, ideal for the shoulder season!

Every day burning punky stuff means another day less of burning my better wood.

It seems to fire up quicker, burn hotter, and need reloading quicker, but the secondary burn does get going quicker too.

So it could almost be a good way of getting a lot of firing experience in quickly.

I don't think I would try and do an overnight burn with it ;-)

 

[4fire]

It does go fast. My dad is trying to get rid of some punky alder and brought some chunks over today. We burned it while we butchered our deer and each piece only lasts about 20 minutes in my insert.

 

[snowleopard]

I had some that got dragged in last winter when we were using up the old woodpiles around here. Instead of pitching the last batch back in the woods, I whacked it up into chunks and threw it in some tubs, and set them around the corner from the back door. I figure it'll make great firestarter this winter. We shall see.

 

[shawneyboy]

Waste not want not. BTUs are BTUs. As long as you are around and keep feeding the fire, I burn it all.

Shawn

 

[Jags]

Yep, that punky stuff burns like you doused it with charcoal lighter fluid.

This year, I have found myself hunting through the stacks in search of lesser woods. Seems like all I got is rock solid oak, ash and hard maple. I usually have a mix of soft maple or something for variety, but not this year. (No, you don't have to throw a pity party for me. )

 

[Fod01]

The big pine round I was using for splitting broke in half. All punky/ wet inside. We'll see how it looks in March

 

[Ash_403]

A few weeks ago I cut up my big (40" diameter) Silver Maple stump of 3 years a little lower to the ground. I was about to chuck the punk wood chunks into the compost pile, but ended up stacking them, and letting them dry out. You can probably guess what I was burning last weekend to take the evening/nightly chill out. A full firebox of punky chunks well lit, and drafted down lasted about 3 to 4 hours in my insert.

 

[firefighterjake]

Punky wood is perfect for the shoulder season.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Hey, BTU's are BTU's in my opinion. Heck last year I burned bark from the splitter pile in the fall shoulder season. Worked just fine... This year I've graduated up to having well-seasoned lesser-quality woods for the shoulder season. I'm burning poplar now. Probably move to my "mixed" pile soon. It has a little bit of everything in it. A little dead standing elm, some partially punky BL and HL, and some dogwood too. Once I'm through that my wife will be burning the good stuff while I'm gone... I have 2 cords of HL for her to burn and if that runs out there is lots of BL, hard maple, and seasoned oak for her to tap into. Then some black cherry to finish out the spring shoulder season.

 

[woodchip]

This afternoon we are sitting cosily round whilst burning a bit of old root whilst it's chucking down with rain outside.

Surprising how unromantic that sounds when I read it back ;-)

 

[firefighterjake]

This afternoon we are sitting cosily round whilst burning a bit of old root whilst it's chucking down with rain outside.

Surprising how unromantic that sounds when I read it back ;-)

Could you re-write this in English?

 

[jimbom]

I think Mr. Chip meant he was -
Chillin like a villian, warm and fuzzy - gettin the free car wash.

 

[woodchip]

This afternoon we are sitting cosily round whilst burning a bit of old root whilst it's chucking down with rain outside.

Surprising how unromantic that sounds when I read it back ;-)

Could you re-write this in English?

Golly gosh, we had an absolutely spiffing time inside whilst it was raining jolly hard outside.......... ;-) ;-)

 

[Jags]

This afternoon we are sitting cosily round whilst burning a bit of old root whilst it's chucking down with rain outside.

Surprising how unromantic that sounds when I read it back ;-)

Could you re-write this in English?

Golly gosh, we had an absolutely spiffing time inside whilst it was raining jolly hard outside.......... ;-) ;-)

I think what he meant was "Could you re-write this in American". :lol:

 

[woodchip]

:lol: :lol: :lol: ;-)

 

[ScotO]

Yes, once really dry, it burns well, ideal for the shoulder season!

Every day burning punky stuff means another day less of burning my better wood.

It seems to fire up quicker, burn hotter, and need reloading quicker, but the secondary burn does get going quicker too.

So it could almost be a good way of getting a lot of firing experience in quickly.

I don't think I would try and do an overnight burn with it ;-)

I can almost feel the warmth off of that picture.....nice shoulder fire chap!

 

[firefighterjake]

Good looking fire . . . even though I'm still not quite sure of what you were saying . . . maybe you could dumb it down for this dumb Maine Yankee hick.

And yes . . . punky wood is really nice . . . I've pretty much stayed clear of the good wood in my woodshed and have just been using punks, chunks and uglies so far this season . . .