I have a lot of White Pine on my land. There are a few trees that are a danger to the house due to a V crotch that is showing weakness and need to be taken down.
The pine I currently have burned in my Tarm has worked fine. My issue is with the Pine Borers in the wood. I am not willing to store the wood in or near the house as I do with hard wood.
The Pine is very cost effective for me but since I load the pickup and park outside the door and the pine that comes in goes directly into the boiler. Not real convenient.
What I want to figure out is the best way to store the pine and use it rather than have it trucked away.
At this time it is stacked on pallets in a row near the hardwood I buy. The hardwood is brought into the house a cord or two at a time. This works well.
I expect I am right in not wanting the pine to warm up so the borers can wake up and find my house appealing.
How do others that burn pest infested wood deal with these issues?
The pine I currently have burned in my Tarm has worked fine. My issue is with the Pine Borers in the wood. I am not willing to store the wood in or near the house as I do with hard wood.
The Pine is very cost effective for me but since I load the pickup and park outside the door and the pine that comes in goes directly into the boiler. Not real convenient.
What I want to figure out is the best way to store the pine and use it rather than have it trucked away.
At this time it is stacked on pallets in a row near the hardwood I buy. The hardwood is brought into the house a cord or two at a time. This works well.
I expect I am right in not wanting the pine to warm up so the borers can wake up and find my house appealing.
How do others that burn pest infested wood deal with these issues?