Cutting, Splitting, Burning Cedar.
Mmmnnn............I absolutely love the stuff.
JLTrent posted about loading his Moms woodpile up with it. (I was envious/jealous.) I would love to have access to that much.
I had/have a fair amount of Cedar on hand from a very large (4' diameter) tree we took down from a previous job I worked, several years ago. It is exquisite wood to burn.
The smell inside the house is also as good as it gets. LOVE the stuff, from getting a fire going, to throwing a big slow burning log on.
I've been splitting some up over the last several weeks/days. Just now split up some smaller pieces here, inside by the stove. (I have two large Cherry stumps at the front of my wood stove, holding down the large galvanized piece of metal protecting the carpet.) Perfect kindling splitting sources.
Smell is Awesome!!
JLTrent posted about loading his Moms woodpile up with it. (I was envious/jealous.) I would love to have access to that much.
I had/have a fair amount of Cedar on hand from a very large (4' diameter) tree we took down from a previous job I worked, several years ago. It is exquisite wood to burn.
The smell inside the house is also as good as it gets. LOVE the stuff, from getting a fire going, to throwing a big slow burning log on.
I've been splitting some up over the last several weeks/days. Just now split up some smaller pieces here, inside by the stove. (I have two large Cherry stumps at the front of my wood stove, holding down the large galvanized piece of metal protecting the carpet.) Perfect kindling splitting sources.
Smell is Awesome!!
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If you have never tried a K-ax try to find one. They are the cats ass for cutting kindling
http://k-axe.com/0 -
quote:Originally posted by Sam06
If you have never tried a K-ax try to find one. They are the cats ass for cutting kindling
http://k-axe.com/
I am kind of a conessuir, (SP?) Of axes. I have about 10 to 12 at least. From large 12 pound mauls, down to very small. (think hand Battle axe with a 14" handmade hickory shaft.) One of my favorites is a Sand Cast head, my Son found in the woods, while we were hiking up in the Catskills. (Buried in the leaves, in the middle of nowhere.) It was a fluke, and a Godsend it came to be mine. It is an Old School design that protects the shaft, via its drop nose front. (God knows how old it is.) I like it.
Was just using a SS Eastwing, with about a 16-18" handle. (All SS, a one piece design with a rubber handle.) It is razor sharp. I have a scar to prove it. (Done while sharpening it with a Diamond stone.)
I will look at the link, thank you Sam.0 -
I too am an Axe junky.
I buy just the heads, refurb them and fit handles, I have well too many[;)]
I just chopped some kindling with my old Snow & Nealley Kindling Axe.
There is nothing better than a fine axe.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Sam06
If you have never tried a K-ax try to find one. They are the cats ass for cutting kindling
http://k-axe.com/
Wow! I gotta get one of those.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Sam06
I too am an Axe junky.
I buy just the heads, refurb them and fit handles, I have well too many[;)]
I got into it, while just a wee lad. My Grandfather taught me with an old double bitted axe, in a cavernous wood shed/garage on his property in backwoods E TN. Shown how to judge wood, look at the grain structure, figure out how best to split it. I've always enjoyed splitting wood since a wee lad.
One of Lifes enjoyable pastimes.0 -
quote:Originally posted by jimdeere
quote:Originally posted by Sam06
If you have never tried a K-ax try to find one. They are the cats ass for cutting kindling
http://k-axe.com/
Wow! I gotta get one of those.
I want one too but I cannot figure out how to buy one or even what they cost[:(!]0 -
That smallish Hand Battle Axe, with the 14-16" hand hewn shaft of Hickory. Is amongst my SHTF necessities. A coveted piece of armature.
Exquisitly designed head. Razor sharp. The perfect one hand up close weapon.0 -
Agree cedar is the best wood for many things including the burn. 0 -
Cedar might split easy, smell good, cheap, but it has one of the poorest BTU outputs of most any wood. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jltrent
https://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=707164&SearchTerms=,wood
Awesome Cedar pile my Brother. Thanks for posting. [:D]0 -
Cedar is good for whittlin?, too. 0 -
I use cedar for lighting my stove. Got a pile of used cedar shingles.
But for main firewood, no thanks. I have oak, and even better, hickory and locust. Lots of it.0 -
Site says they are currently sold out of K Axes. 0 -
Cedar will burn your house(via chimney fire)quicker than gasoline. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
Cedar will burn your house(via chimney fire)quicker than gasoline.
+1000
Cedar is almost safe IF it is well dried. If it pops and acts
violent while burning, it means unburned oils are going up your stack.
Then the oils cool and stick to the walls of the chimney.
Bad Jou-Jou.0 -
In NM most burn Western red Juniper, our version of Virginia Red Cedar, and pi?on. We have the best smelling air pollution in the USA.[^] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by babun
quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
Cedar will burn your house(via chimney fire)quicker than gasoline.
+1000
Cedar is almost safe IF it is well dried. If it pops and acts
violent while burning, it means unburned oils are going up your stack.
Then the oils cool and stick to the walls of the chimney.
Bad Jou-Jou.
Ummmnnn...............................is apprx. 5 years long enough to dry it out? [:D][}:)]0 -
Those of us with wood splitters can throw away our axes, although I still have several, when it comes to splitting wood for kindling. It's so easy, even a caveman can do it. 0 -
Be nice to have a few rounds in my pad just for the smell and maybe as an end table. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
In NM most burn Western red Juniper, our version of Virginia Red Cedar, and pi?on. We have the best smelling air pollution in the USA.[^]
I always envisioned you guys out there having to burn buffalo chips to stay warm!![:D] Must be from watching too many of those old westerns or something![:D]
Anyway, sure glad to know you DO have real wood to burn![;)]0 -
Around here most do not burn non-deciduous (conifer) type trees inside our homes. Just used for outside "campfires". There is plenty of good hardwood deciduous types and sadly these days the dying ash trees are going fast. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by JimmyJack
Cedar might split easy, smell good, cheap, but it has one of the poorest BTU outputs of most any wood.
Not to mention dangerous because of how extremely sooty it is.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
quote:Originally posted by JimmyJack
Cedar might split easy, smell good, cheap, but it has one of the poorest BTU outputs of most any wood.
Not to mention dangerous because of how extremely sooty it is.
If the Cedar is extremely dry, (as in 5 years dry,) it is not sooty. I have most of mine split in to 2X2", to 4X4" quarters, in order to start the fire, get a good fire going. It also gets placed upon the woodstove in order to thoroughly dry it out. (You can tell by the weight.)
We are not all novices here.0 -
https://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=707164&SearchTerms=,wood
My mother burnt probably 2/3's of that pile of cedar wood last year. During the spring I got on top of her house and brushed her chimney out as I always do. There was some buildup and maybe just a little more than usual, but it didn't cause a problem. Most of the cedar was solid red and the ice storm we had in 2014 had broke the trees down that I sawed up. There was no bark left and my hands didn't even get sticky handling it. While burning it sure did smell good and sound good. Cedar is below a lot of hardwoods in wood quality, but above soft wood.
The trees were already down and dried out, so that was a fast way to get her some good dry wood.0 -
Here is the scoop, the firewood chart.
https://www.chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm
Here we see that cedar has about 12 million BTU per cord. Whereas, oak has about 22 million. The really premium firewood, hickory, has about 25 million BTU per cord.
I have lots of white pine around here but I use it for kindling as it is about 14 million BTU per cord.
So cedar is not the best firewood in the world but, if it is all you have, or, if it is nearby and free, it is pretty good.
I am in the NC mountains we don't have any cedar around here I have never heard of anyone in this area using cedar.
But I do love cedar for starting the fire I have a big stack of used cedar shingles and they are the cat's meow.
Y'all boys who use cedar, 84bravo1 and jltrent, where do you live?0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
Here is the scoop, the firewood chart.
https://www.chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm
Here we see that cedar has about 12 million BTU per cord. Whereas, oak has about 22 million. The really premium firewood, hickory, has about 25 million BTU per cord.
I have lots of white pine around here but I use it for kindling as it is about 14 million BTU per cord.
So cedar is not the best firewood in the world but, if it is all you have, or, if it is nearby and free, it is pretty good.
I am in the NC mountains we don't have any cedar around here I have never heard of anyone in this area using cedar.
But I do love cedar for starting the fire I have a big stack of used cedar shingles and they are the cat's meow.
Y'all boys who use cedar, 84bravo1 and jltrent, where do you live?
I live in Mtn. City, TN. (Very near Boone, NC.) JLTrent lives in extreme SW VA.0 -
Love cedar and sassafras both for the smell 0
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