Anyone burn Red Elm

[rkevins]

Does anyone use red elm for firewood, I have a tree that fell and hate to waste a good sized tree. It has been down about a year, my plan is to cut and split then mix with red and white oak.
Does it hold up to being stored in the dry, it will be a couple of years before I would need it or would it need burned sooner?

 

[jack stand]

Any hardwood falling IN YOUR YARD is certainly worth burning.
I'm not familiar with red elm but as long as it's not punky, I'd split and stack it.

 

[PCustoms]

^^^as said if it's not punky or a softwood keep it dry and undercover until it is seasoned and burn away!

Elm Firewood – Frrewood Resource

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[gmcgeo]

Red Elm is good for like Spring / fall. it does not burn as hot as Oak, it also has a distinct smell to it.

It does smoke a little more then oak and ash. Id use it if its well seasoned

 

[cdoublejj]

as hard as hardwood is to come by why do burn it instead of making table legs?

 

[gmcgeo]

as hard as hardwood is to come by why do burn it instead of making table legs?

I guess it depends on the area, where i live in Central Pa i have hardwood everywhere

 

[PCustoms]

I guess it depends on the area, where i live in Central Pa i have hardwood everywhere

Same.

****** twisted wood=firewood. It's everywhere

Straight trunks, sawlogs. Not as plentiful

 

[gmcgeo]

Same.

****** twisted wood=firewood. It's everywhere

Straight truncks, sawlogs. Not as plentiful

I have logs available. however there is a mill not far from me

 

[PopcornSutton]

I'm with those who burns anything that isn't a pine type. I have cut many "tree of wonder" on my property. It's crappy wood, soft and no strength, but when dry it burns. Heat output my be low, but it's free.

 

[alfadan]

I like it. Burns decent when seasoned a couple years. Splits well and the bark is usually falling off already after a couple months in the round. Standing, barkless dead are great!

 

[cdoublejj]

yall seen those rocket stoves that will be burn a cardboard box's worth of wood for week?

 

[Firebrick43]

I have burned red/slippery elm in my stove and it worked well if it was well dried for 2 years.

I wouldn’t burn it in a fire place due to the smell of piss

It does smell less if well dried.

A closely related species is Siberian elm which has the nick name of piss elm. I can’t tell if one smells worse than the other.

 

[rkevins]

can't smell as bad a pig nut, it smells like the down wend side of a hog farm lagoon.

 

[gmcgeo]

yall seen those rocket stoves that will be burn a cardboard box's worth of wood for week?

I do not understand your question. A cardboard Box's full of wood???? How big is this box? what type of wood?

Most realistic backyard setups with a standard rocket stove (no large thermal mass), using just one box + wood is unlikely to get you continuous heat for a full week. It might get you through some days, or through the cold hours each night, but expect some drop-off.

 

[mike93lx]

I do not understand your question. A cardboard Box's full of wood???? How big is this box? what type of wood?

Most realistic backyard setups with a standard rocket stove (no large thermal mass), using just one box + wood is unlikely to get you continuous heat for a full week. It might get you through some days, or through the cold hours each night, but expect some drop-off.

 

[PCustoms]

 

[gmcgeo]

That doesn't answer the type of wood, but im afraid to have you answer that

 

[cdoublejj]

about as big as the one to the left

also can be seen in this video about 3:45 or 3:50

apparently banana boxes