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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2914384" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>as someone that's heated primarily with wood for 6+ seasons .. when you first get started one is not too picky as you've not had a chance to stockpile enough wood for several seasons. until that happens, it's battle to get enough real seasoned wood to last the winter.</p><p></p><p>sooo one takes what comes up .. but once your stockpile builds up .. it's time to get more picky. for most of Oklahoma, Oak has to be one of the easiest to obtain hardwood with near the top BTU. as someone has already noted ALL wood per pound puts out about same BTU .. density is where the difference lies.</p><p></p><p>Osage orange is excellent to get your fire going .. if you are lucky enough to find some. very few in select zones are lucky enough to have enough Osage orange to burn as a primary wood, burns really HOT and long ..</p><p></p><p>what type stove determines how seasoned your wood has to be .. some happily burn green wood cleanly once it reaches full operating temps .. others will not perform properly without very seasoned woods.</p><p></p><p>tale of the chimney tells the truth .. if you see black smoke after wood stove has long reached operating temps .. you've got problems. a properly operating stove should put out almost no visible smoke after reaching full operating temps.</p><p></p><p>a clean burning wood stove should be mandatory, even if you don't have neighbors closeby. when my wood stove is running, neighbors care barely tell it's there, only when it's ramping up to temps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2914384, member: 7629"] as someone that's heated primarily with wood for 6+ seasons .. when you first get started one is not too picky as you've not had a chance to stockpile enough wood for several seasons. until that happens, it's battle to get enough real seasoned wood to last the winter. sooo one takes what comes up .. but once your stockpile builds up .. it's time to get more picky. for most of Oklahoma, Oak has to be one of the easiest to obtain hardwood with near the top BTU. as someone has already noted ALL wood per pound puts out about same BTU .. density is where the difference lies. Osage orange is excellent to get your fire going .. if you are lucky enough to find some. very few in select zones are lucky enough to have enough Osage orange to burn as a primary wood, burns really HOT and long .. what type stove determines how seasoned your wood has to be .. some happily burn green wood cleanly once it reaches full operating temps .. others will not perform properly without very seasoned woods. tale of the chimney tells the truth .. if you see black smoke after wood stove has long reached operating temps .. you've got problems. a properly operating stove should put out almost no visible smoke after reaching full operating temps. a clean burning wood stove should be mandatory, even if you don't have neighbors closeby. when my wood stove is running, neighbors care barely tell it's there, only when it's ramping up to temps. [/QUOTE]
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