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Using a recently felled Maple tree for firewood?

  • 28-11-2012 12:02AM
    #1
    paddy147
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    How long should you wait to use maple tree trunks and large branches as firewood.

    The tree was recently felled/taken down.

    When the trunk and branches are chopped up for firewood,how long should it take,before the logs can be used in a stove??

    Does the sap have to completely dry out of the tree,in order for it to be used as firewood??

    Thanks.:)


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  • #2
    looksee
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    http://www.ehow.com/how_5791865_burn-maple-firewood.html


  • #3
    Bixy
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    Paddy, I tend to wait at least 6 months for fresh wood to dry out. What I am cutting now (eucalyptus mostly) I will burn next autumn. I tend to leave it out in the open initially and then put it under some sort of shelter for the last month or so. If the branches/logs are not very thick it would be a shorter period or time. It is really not worth moving too quickly as there is nothing sadder than a smoky fire with green wood smoldering in it!


  • #4
    magicbastarder
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    if you burn 'green' wood, you get half the heat out of them as compared to seasoned wood. this is because a lot of the heat is taken up by boiling the water off.
    also, you run the risk of creosote buildup in your flue if you use a stove.


  • #5
    paddy147
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    The branches are about 4-5 inches thick

    The trunk is around 12 inches thick.

    Tree was only felled last week.


    So would you leave out in the open for a while,and then transfer the trunk/logs into a shed or garage to dry out??


    Thanks.:)


  • #6
    magicbastarder
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    yep, and split the logs now into the size they will be going into the fire, will help them season more quickly.


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  • #7
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    yep, and split the logs now into the size they will be going into the fire, will help them season more quickly.


    Thankyou for the advice.:)


  • #8
    Oldtree
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    usually at least a year to season wood, if not more with the weather we are having


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