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Hawthorn as a fuel

  • 24-11-2013 11:17pm
    #1
    cpg093
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭


    How would people rate hawthorn as a firewood? Do ye think it would be suitable for use in a stove?


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  • #2
    webels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 679 ✭✭✭webels


    Great stuff but rough to cut with all those spikes. Leave it dry for a year if you can.


  • #3
    cpg093
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭cpg093


    It has been cut for a year and stacked in lengths so hopefully it should be fit to burn soon


  • #4
    webels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 679 ✭✭✭webels


    Great. I find it burns long and hot once dry.


  • #5
    JohnBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭JohnBoy


    as said, hard work, needs good drying, but is savage fuel to put out heat for hours


  • #6
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Great firewood, dense and hard to split though. Burns well maybe burn some ash with it. Gloves [EMAIL="WON@T"]WON'T[/EMAIL] keep out the thorns though.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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  • #7
    cpg093
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭cpg093


    I have read on some posts that you can burn ash green? What do ye think? Is it a waste of good firewood?


  • #8
    ford2600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    cpg093 wrote: »
    I have read on some posts that you can burn ash green? What do ye think? Is it a waste of good firewood?

    Stillat least 40% water. Happy to put that in your stove?


  • #9
    cpg093
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭cpg093


    How long would it take to get hardwood from 27% moisture to below 20%. I have it stacked on pallets and covered on top.


  • #10
    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    To get wood from 27% to under 20 % at this time of year could be a slow process depending on the weather but if drying conditions are good and the timber is in short lengths by next march it should be ok, you won't get wood much below 20%


  • #11
    GY A1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭GY A1


    cpg093 wrote: »
    How would people rate hawthorn as a firewood? Do ye think it would be suitable for use in a stove?

    Great heat from it, hard enough wood to cut


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