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And ya can’t beat the smell of the red oak, love it. Imo


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Me too...
I've heard it described as "vomit smelling" before:roto2lol:

Some love the smell of red oak, some hate it. I am of the "love it" clan. My wife on the other hand...I had a load of fresh cut red oak on the trailer, she walks outside and says, "what is that nasty smell on your trailer??!!"
 

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Hedge apple, Shag bark Hickory, and Oak. Tough decision as to which one. Red oak is excellent at leaving a nice flat bed of fine ash instead of holding its form and leaving big clumps. I really like that, but hickory has more energy, and burns better when wet, and the bark is an energy dense kindling, though not easy to light. Then Hedge isn't too hard to light, and burns a long time. Hickory attracts borers, and the bark can hide several bugs and spiders.

I wouldn't mind having just red oak.
 

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Ash hands down. Drys quick no need to stock pile for a hundred and fifty years to get it to burn good.

Next in Elm it dies and drys standing very well also.

Any third is what peolple have and don't want, just go get it. Can be any thing from popler to box elder. it all makes heat way I see it and there are the right time to burn it and a wrong time to burn it.

:D Al
 

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1. Oak (Red then white) love the smell of both
2. Hickory (lots of shagbark in my stacks)
3. Apple

I live in a area that produces huge amounts of apples. I’ve burned more of it than any other wood. It smells fantastic, burns hot with little ash. Also great to cook with!

Can’t believe elm is on anyone’s list. Splits horrible and after burning the ash lays in my wood/coal grates and won’t shake through. I have to break up with a poker. That and any gum... let it rot.
 

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My one favorite is turkey oak, 2016, 2015, 2010, 20" bar:
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If I could get any wood in particular I'd love to burn locust.
I used to be able to get it, but not anymore.

Favorite 3:
1. turkey oak
2. locust
3. oak (regular, no idea how one would call it in the US)

These are turkey oak embers in my living room cast iron fireplace.
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This winter, as an exception, I am burning a mix of beech and ash, I'll see how that goes.
I got the truck load at a great price so I jumped on it without thinking twice.
But no worries, I have a bucked, split and stacked oak/turkey oak load in reserve.
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I've had elm, wet or dry, that splits just by looking at it, but other that stinks to high heaven. I have even given some away just because I was tired fighting it. Burns well and I try not to turn it away.
 

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I have 34T of hydro pressure. If you think this is splitting fine, more power to ya.
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My wedge goes 1/2-1" into oak and the round pulls easily apart. Piss on elm, next time I run into some let me know... you pay shipping and I'll send it all.

Locust would have made my list but I don't get much if at all.
 

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I have 34T of hydro pressure. If you think this is splitting fine, more power to ya.
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My wedge goes 1/2-1" into oak and the round pulls easily apart. Piss on elm, next time I run into some let me know... you pay shipping and I'll send it all.

Locust would have made my list but I don't get much if at all.
I feel your pain. The last time I tried to split elm... I said eff it and ended up noodling it into 1/4’s with the saw, then it split ok. But still a PIA.
 

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1. Osage Orange/Hedge
2. Red Oak
3. Honey Locust

Ash (due to quick dry time/easy splitting) and Mulberry (good for firewood and smoking) both get honorable mention. I also routinely cut Hackleberry, White Oak, Bur Oak, Chestnut Oak, Post Oak, Cedar, Pine, Silver Maple and Red Elm. When I'm running behind (like now) I'll cut almost anything, including Siberian Elm and other PITA woods to split...
 
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